DJ Hero is a great game. I have played almost every rhythm game out there, and other than Beatles Rock Band, DJ Hero might be my favorite. More than anything I love the music. Just as with previous Hero titles, you can earn famous DJs, which I found surprising and exciting. I haven't downloaded any new songs, yet, but I'm still having too much fun with the on-disc songs. Overall, a great game. I have had to replace my deck already, but that hasn't soured me on the gameplay.
As the Music Artist Beck once sang "two turntables and a microphone", and that's what DJ Hero is all about. The DJ Hero Game is made by Activision, the same game developers who created the Guitar Hero franchise and the new Band Hero.
DJ Hero plays very much like its musical brothers, with you having to hit the color coded keys on the turntable at the correct time. However with DJ Hero there's an added sense of difficulty as you will have to use both hands in unison to turn the turntable to simulate scratching and also use your other hand to add sound effects etc.
The Multiplayer option is great fun. Connect up a guitar, and then you and a friend can remix and rock out to some of the funkiest songs from artists ranging from Rick James to Gwen Stefani.
As far as build quality, the turntable looks toy like but it is pretty tough and would take a lot of break. It is certainly very responsive and easy to use.
Overall, I think DJ Hero is a breath of fresh air to the repetitive-looking music video game scene. If you want something fresh, something funky and something to add to your already booming Guitar Hero collection then this is it.
It's definitely a fun game, albeit hard to play for beginners. I whipped it out at a party full of my closest friends and we experimented with the game a bit before putting it away. The songs are interesting and the combinations fun but we were just somewhat left annoyed by the sound made from it.
It didn't really sound that fluid (which I'm guessing is an indication we sucked at it so I'm not holding it against the product) but we did go through with it anyhow and had some fun.
The turntable is a bit awkward to use. People didn't really understand it even after the tutorial but it may be given none of us have really used anything like it before and it's the first instrument that really is significantly different than its real life counterpart (you have to keep the buttons on the wheel fairly static in the same area) we may just not have understood the concept.
If you like rap and the idea of being a DJ I'm sure you'll enjoy this though,
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