App Review: Six String (iPhone)

I don’t often get sent stuff to review for Assault.it, so when I do, I figure it’s probably because the product has already been tested by the Assault team and they can’t find anything good to say about it, or they know right off the bat that whatever product it is will suck so hardcore, that it’s not worth wasting their time.  That’s right: my time is not valuable and my opinion sucks.

HOWEVER, as a pleasant surprise to yours truly, I was offered the new iPhone app Six String as a result of me being the only member of the Assault team to actually play an instrument, and guitar no less! (Editor’s note: I’d be remiss not to step in and point out here that Assault.it’s editor-in-chief Oswald Hobbes [myself] totally shreds on a number of instruments, and has recorded numerous popular recordings under monikers including [but not limited to] The Vampyre Syxx, Knuckle Beach, and Chee Chee Flaco & His Uptown Players. Craig is full of shit.)

To get this out on the table, this is not a cheap iPhone game.  My first initial reaction actually came when I investigated it in the App store and saw its $4.99 price tag.  That’s right, 5 bucks for an iPhone guitar game.  Don’t count it out though, as this game was surprisingly fun.

The game comes loaded with 6 songs:

Peter Frampton – “Show Me the Way”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”
Bon Jovi – “You Give Love A Bad Name”
Fall Out Boy – “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”
Scorpions – “Raised On Rock”
Orianthi – “According To You”

At the time of this review, there were a total of 27 songs that you could play, all of which, with the exception of the 6 initial songs, cost $0.99 each.  There are songs from No Doubt, Kaiser Chiefs, Sum41, Rise Against, & even 3 Doors Down!

Where Guitar Hero & Rock Band focus more on the fret playing part of guitar, Six String focuses on plucking & strumming the correct strings at the right time.  For notes that ring out, you hold the string for the duration.  In the harder levels, you are responsible for changing the chord via a button further up the neck of the guitar.

All in all, this game was a lot more fun that I imagined it would be.  Despite my preconceived notions about a guitar game for iPhone, it was built in a way that plays well on this platform.  So if you’re looking for a good music game to pass the time and have a few bucks to spare (or preferably a gift card to iTunes that someone bought you as an impersonal gift), I say pick this game up and let your inner Eddie Van Halen out.

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Craig, also known as Mr. 51% is part owner of Assault and currently resides somewhere between Dallas and Indiana.

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