INTRO
No, it's not Guitar Hero for the DS. It's not even a real game. This game simply turns your DS into a virtual guitar (more acoustic than electric). You 'strum' the touchscreen while choosing the chord with the d-pad.........thats about it.
There is no story mode, no scoring system and no music or vocals. Most of the songs included, I have never heard of. The songlist includes Bob Marley's 'No Woman No Cry' and Jimi Hendrix's 'Wild Thing'.
Graphics - 6
Games like this aren't really bought for their graphics, however Jam Sessions does have some nice 2D graphics. There are over 60 themes for you to choose from, ranging from pictures of hearts to pictures of anime cartoons. You are also able to choose different effect for the strum bar, which is a nice touch and allows you to personalize the game a bit. Then again.........It wont be winning any awards for these effects.
Sound - 5
The chords sound like real guitar chords, what more could you ask for.......Well maybe some backup music and vocals would have been a nice touch. Nothing but guitar sounds........nothing....
Playability - 4
I really would only recommend this game to people who are at intermediate level or above on guitar. People who have never played guitar before will simply get bored very quickly. This is not a good place to start learning how to play the guitar. Musicians may find Jam Sessions a useful tool in car journeys etc. when playing the real thing is not possible.
Fun - 5
If you like playing a real guitar you may find this fun for 5mins here and there, but if youve never hold a real guitar you may find it to be no fun at all. The lack of scoring system is real let down. Including such a system would have made it much more fun for everyone, but alas, none was included. With nothing to achieve gamers will find it pointless ro play.
OVERALL - 5
If you enjoy playing a real guitar you may find some fun in Jam Sessions, if you dont, stay clear of this game.......
JonTron: Videogame commercials can really make or break your will to play a game, let Jon and his robotic parrot Jacques take a countdown of some of the most memorable eh?!
NoBSGamers writes: "One of the biggest arguments against games is that you are just following a set path, you don't create anything. While one could make the same argument against watching TV, or even point out that at least games help you with your path planning and logic skills. That does not mean that you can't directly refute the claims that games don't let you flex your creative muscles. Here are some games that let you create your own music."
good list, for the people with CFW on their PSP I highly recommend PSP Rhythm.
http://www.psprhythm.com/
Hmm, Electroplankton is also a good DS game for just messing around but it's rare and expensive, luckily enough it's being rereleased on the DSiware!
Jam Sessions looks interesting enough. What's funny is that I was thinking of getting Guitar Pro for the PC. I might as well go for Jam Sessions. Looks like all the important chords are there.
You should seriously get guitar pro. Jam Session is a game and GP is a program, and if you want to learn how to play the guitar you should go for the latter. That you're even considering Jam Session is incomprehensible. GP has TONS of free tabs for download for almost every song you could think of
You're right. The tabs and MIDI interpretation might be worth my time. Thanks man, I was weak. (and cheap). I'll swing by my music store sometime this weekend while I pick up some more loose sets of strings. Bubbles for ya.
If you have an inner musician inside of you then you would actually pick up a real instrument. You cant be a musician from playing games..
Okay… so he also uses a Midi keyboard, and a theremin (which is by far the coolest modern instrument)… but the whole thing is being controlled by a DS playing Jam Sessions that's hooked into a computer running Ableton Live . Pretty impressive if you ask me.
daaaaaaaaamn, that's pretty impressive.
Never really liked daft punk.. but still really cool.
