DJ Hero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkfT0nSlcs

I briefly tried DJ Hero out today (at a Best Buy) and it seemed like good fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2jSy0P_6w

For whatever it's worth, I was very skeptical about this game... until I actually put my hands on the controller and tried it out, which kind of sold me on it

EUPHORIA USED

mannnnn i dunno here
like this is a case where you really could buy and learn to use the actual instrument at roughly the same price and devotion of time that the simulacrum takes

mannnnn i dunno here
like this is a case where you really could buy and learn to use the actual instrument at roughly the same price and devotion of time that the simulacrum takes

― "Keep Tweeting", Raged Roger The Kindly Hippopotamus. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 12 October 2009 20:41 (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

Have you tried buying records? That shit is expensive. What are saying works for Guitar Hero though.

guitar playing... well i think i could probably get really good at GH much quicker, haha. still, etc etc the old canard comparing a puzzle beat-matching video game to actual instrument technique, c'mon people get realz

still too much money for a single game/controller combo tho, maybe once it hits the clearance rack

I really want this. I was skeptical until the track list started getting more and more interesting.

"Have you tried buying records?"
ha, my dad is a record dealer. My gf was the music director at FMU for a few years. We have a wall of vinyl. I just don't wanna be a dj.

It sounds like you have succeeded.

Why does THE voiceover on that TUT-or-I-aL EMPHAsize words IN a REAllllly ODD way?

I hope YOU s-a-v-e-d some TURkey for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Forks - DJ Hero is a lot less sim-like than it looks. From my brief time trying out the game, it seems to present just a different interface to interact with the music and possibly a simpler one than even guitar hero / rock band. I'm not trying to sell you, but if you watch the tutorial video posted above, you can see it's all about just hitting three buttons in time to the music. doing the occasional scratch type movement and pushing the fader left, right, or center. I didn't find it any harder than any other rhythm action game after thirty seconds or so of figuring out how to play it. I did find that the controller pulled me more into the game, like a good controller should. I do agree with Nhex though that these games are damn pricey.

I'd like to try it, no doubt. I'm just real wary.
we spent an hour or two last night culling vinyl for the FMU Fair. Anybody want a lovely copy of pet sounds? or the white label michael jackson megamixes?

Played this a little bit at Best Buy last night. Not the best circumstances, because they didn't even have the music turned up, and the turntable was set up so that I couldn't really see the TV. And it was wobbly. So pretty lackluster, but I think it would be much better if I could actually hear the music.

Can't afford this for at least a few more weeks it looks like, but in a few more weeks there may be other games to get instead...

not quite sure i get dj hero... is there no pitchshifting/beat matching element to it? if not, what... is the point really?

s1ocki, what the fuck do you mean, what's the point? It's a rhythm game! The point is it's hopefully fucking fun and challenging to press buttons and move stuff in time to the music. Were you confused that people played Guitar Hero but still couldn't play guitar after beating the game? Did that make it no fun? Was it absurd that after playing Space Channel 5 people hadn't learned how to dance like Michael Jackson? Was it pointless to play Parapa the Rapper, because you still couldn't rap for shit after acing the game?

whoa there pal. im confused that it doesn't seem to involve the part of djing that actually involves, like, matching up rhythms. which i would think would be the fun part of a dj game.

jeff levine you cursed a lot in your defense of dj hero

this is a rhythm game that they could have conceivably done something interesting and different with, but it just looks like guitar hero with a different-shaped controller. whatevs, im sure its fun.

So a game where you start a record, cue up the next record then fade into it on a beat, then que up the next record is what you were looking for? I don't know quite how you would turn that into a game... sounds more like a DJ sim - at the point why wouldn't you just buy two turntables and some records?

I agree it is like Guitar Hero. But with better music! Personally I find the controller a little more natural and comfortable too (when I tried the demo). I've always felt a little uncomfortable using the guitar controller actually. It's a bit silly and definitely over-priced, but scratching, reversing the track and using the fader to switch between songs felt very immersive to me

The music is much better. It doesn't matter how many gutair heroes or rock bands come out, I get tired of playing rock music, indie rock, and metal.

well jeff (levine) I feel like actual djing is kind of a rhythm game already, so I'm surprised that the game version doesn't really seem to resemble it!

it would be pretty frustrating and terrible-sounding if you couldn't get two songs in sync.

right i mean unlike guitar hero this game seems to ignore the most prominent rhythm-based action of using the instrument

it would be pretty frustrating and terrible-sounding if you couldn't get two songs in sync.

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, October 26, 2009 1:12 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ya that's why there would be an incentive to uh.. be good at it

does this simulate the horrible guitar screeching u get in guitar hero w/some un-beatmatched, wonky mixing?

when u fk up, obv

I was really, really amped for this until I watched that tutorial ;_;

EUPHORIA USED

Seems to be reviewing pretty well?

8.8 review from gametrailers gives a good overview
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-dj-hero/58263?type=flv

The music is much better. It doesn't matter how many gutair heroes or rock bands come out, I get tired of playing rock music, indie rock, and metal.

― Jeff, Monday, October 26, 2009 12:57 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i kind of agree... i mean, just based on where my tastes lie... but even though i'd rather listen to daft punk than (whatever indie band), i'm not sure triggering daft punk songs is gonna be as fun as "playing" the various parts of rock songs.

wish there were a way to rent this with controller. I just CANNOT blow the cash on this with new ps3 in house

this looks horrible

I didn't expect this thread to be so polarizing :(

you ratcheted up the rhetoric with your expletive-filled post you know!!

it would be pretty frustrating and terrible-sounding if you couldn't get two songs in sync.

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, October 26, 2009 1:12 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ya that's why there would be an incentive to uh.. be good at it

― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Monday, 26 October 2009 21:08 (3 days ago) Bookmark

yeah but it wouldn't be fun. i.e. - do it right and the mix sounds fine, do it even slightly wrong and it sounds awful (like djing!)

i think this looks terrible but beatmatching sim sounds like it would be even worse, and would require two expensive controllers!

I'm sure it's a lot of fun, but I'm done buying music games. Hopefully one of my friends will get it so I can mess around with it.

yeah but it wouldn't be fun. i.e. - do it right and the mix sounds fine, do it even slightly wrong and it sounds awful (like djing!)

― never acid again, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think this looks terrible but beatmatching sim sounds like it would be even worse, and would require two expensive controllers!

― Pedro Paramore (jim), Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i dunno, there might be a way to do it that would make it fun... i mean playing guitar w/o any knowledge of the instrument should technically sound terrible too yknow

i can attest to the above point

see? case closed.

I think I'm happy to wait and play this in 6 or 9 months time, when it's bound to be less ridiculously expensive.

yeah, this kind of game screams "pick me up when it's being clearanced out of best buy!", when it will join the hoarded games i have for systems i never got around to buying. then again i think activision said it's dedicated to at least making a second DJ hero just to recoup the development costs and invest in the franchise, but we'll see how far it goes

I'm enjoying this far more than I expected. The controls feel great, especially the crossfading, and the music is generally pretty good.

The minute I saw this came with a free Eminem mix CD, I realised that it wasn't for me.

No matter what the price.

http://www.scratchvideogame.com/

deltron 3030's gonna be in that? damn. i can't believe there will be another turntable peripheral on the market.

li'l bro got this for his xmas; not had a chance to play yet but it looks fun, the music's alright too

My boy's been heavily into it since he got it yesterday.

let me know when it's fifty bucks and i'll give it a spin HAHAHAHAHAHA they're losing money on this

forks i hope you can hear my GROANNNNNNN from here

GROANNNNNNN featuring Lil Wayne (Master P Dutty South Remix)

haven't had a go yet but it looks a lot harder than Guitar Hero, you have to do 4 or 5 different kinds of things rather than just get v good at doing 1 or 2 like in GH.

Played a bit of this a couple of weeks ago for XBox.

I thought it was pretty cool, and if I had time or motivation to sit down and get good at it, I could see it being muy addicting. NV, you are totally correct that its more complicated than guitar hero in terms of modalities - spin, fade, pitch control, and samples all at the same time - BUT its only got three rhythm lines to keep up with at the same time, whereas guitar hero has four. I've played guitar pretty regularly for over 15 years, and I am HORRIBLE at Guitar Hero. I was actually alright at DJ Hero.

Points to remember about this review: I was sober while playing. I could see this being REALLY REALLY fun with the proper. . . enhancements.

is it fifty bucks yet?

Almost there. It's been popping up here and there for around $70-80. I'm hoping it'll drop below $40 before the sequel comes out.

Don't know if our J seems to like it as much as Guitar Hero, he played the hell out of it for a couple of weeks but he's been much more sporadic since. I keep meaning to have a go but I'm on heavy Football Manager and Endless Ocean 2 jags at the moment.

Like... a crying jag?

Seriously man Endless Ocean 2 is my fave game in forever

I prefer this to guitar hero but i think i may just be completely burned out on guitar games now.

Game is v. relaxed on medium but moving up to hard is pretty brutal.

Music is nice esp. daft punk megamix 2

Hey forks, DJ Hero is $50 on Toysrus.com right now. (Unless like me you want the PS2 version, which is oddly $80.)

actually JUST bought the $30 little big planet and don't have time to play that either, but thanks for the heads up. when i have a spare week, i am sure i will give up the dough and acquire a new dorky paperweight. I'm easy like that.

Almost there. It's been popping up here and there for around $70-80. I'm hoping it'll drop below $40 before the sequel comes out.
--Nhex

pretty sure there's not gonna be a sequel

there's the new competing product, right?

DJ Hero 2 was confirmed a few months ago, they've been lining up the artists for a long time now. It makes sense since they basically decided to invest in the turntable as a new platform, like the GH guitar or RB set, so the sequel was probably in the pipeline before the first one even came out. Sounds like it'll be the same game just with new tracks, so the cost isn't that high for them - the bulk of it was putting out the first game. Then again if their financials are bad enough, they still might just ditch it.

First impressions: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1095728p1.html

Sounds pretty good. I only played the first in the store, but will prob by the sequel. Especially now that I'm moving to a place big enough to have a lot of dumb plastic controllers around.

http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/200703sterne5th_img04.jpg

^ jeff's new place

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/200/amazonpngzero0w480h350d.png

i should've bitten

went to the big Activision event last night for work and had to suffer through Deadmau5

also Usher sucked, surprisingly. went completely flat during the second verse of "Love In This Club" and never recovered.

interesting

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/07/we-were-wrong-dj-hero-not-a-flop-sells-12-million.ars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7P6zcHxLfQ

Picked this up for my son for £35 at Tesco. He seems top be doing ok. I'm hoping to get a go at some point in the next few hours. Looks hard (I've only ever had a couple of goes at Guitar Hero and I was rub at it).

Using Queen for *all* of the tutorial levels was a bad move but he's really into it now he's past that and getting a variety of songs.

There's a sequel to this. Apparently.

1 year passes...

There's a sequel to this. Apparently.

― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Sunday, October 24, 2011