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Well, most of the people could be found at Games Convention could be found at
Activision stands. Most of them were playing Guitar Hero, waiting in line to play
Guitar Hero, watching other people play GH, screaming and yelling to get some GH/Rock
Band goodies, “enjoying” rock concerts by some unknown German bands….
….you get the idea.

GH On Tour Decades
Guitar Hero On Tour for DS was available in a really nice booths or on a quite nice and
confortable benches. GH On Tour is played with the four action keys available on
Nintendo DS and a special strumming “thingy” you use to strum. You put it on your
finger and with it you scratch the strums on one of the DS screens.

The song list of this game is similar to GH World Tour it features songs from Linking Park, Red Hot CHilli Peppers or REM.
The game is also linkable with the original Guitar Hero On Tour.

GH World Tour
Guitar Hero World Tour was played in way bigger booths. GH World Tour is a game similar
to Rock Band. Four players can play it. One player plays the normal guitar, other one
is playing bass, the third one is playing the drums (two kind of cymbals, three drums +
kick) and the last one sings/screams.

The Game engine seems to be the same as of Rock Band - it looks the same, it feels the
same, it has the same features and weak points. Overally in game the game is much more
legible than Rock Band (also it’s not that bright and gold).

The notes are similar to previous Guitar Hero notes. There is a new note type for drum note charts. It’s a two layered note which has to be confirmed with both drum sticks. The solo parts in GH World Tour have a different colored notes for some reason. What is completely new is the piano roll with notes for the singer. There are the long notes you actually have to sing, then there are parts were you have just to yell and some parts where you have to be on time with the music (more like rapping from Singstar - anyway it’s same as in Rock Band).