Dj Hero demo
In the beginning there was Guitar Hero. After a sequel Rock Band was born. It added two important things to the Guitar Hero series; full band experience and competition. Along the way a few bastards were born, games that wanted to be Heroes, but just couldn’t live up to it. ShredMaster I’m talking about you.
Now that guitar based music games have been beaten to death, Activison has moved on to something new. Something called Dj Hero (official site). As the title describes you take the roll of a Dj. News Djs are equipped with a turntable, original mixes and pixilated rave girls. I was only able to play a demo of it, but what a demo it was.
The game obviously plays similar to the other Hero games. The turntable has three buttons green, red and blue. To the side there is the cross-fader, which i personally think is the hardest part of the game-play. The turntable actually turns and is also incorporated in the game-play. If you have played Beatmainia than you have effectively played Dj Hero. The concepts are the same, but Dj Hero is noob friendly.
For veterans of rhythm games the learning curve may be about 30 minutes to an hour. For those who aren’t so talented be prepared to give up you social life for a day.
From the demo I played Dj Hero is looking pretty good. The mixes are fun a play, and are pretty awesome to listen to. I’m not a Dj, so i can’t tell how authentic the experience is, but there were actually Djs in the development process. The game is going to be hard at first, but after a few days everyone should have the hang of it.
Dj Hero is a relatively fresh concept. I’m glad they are stepping away from the guitar games and doing something new.
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Akemi said,
October 18, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Wow. I had no idea they were coming out with this. This sounds like a really cool concept. Can’t wait for it to flood college dorms to become the new obsession đŸ™‚ lol
Charity said,
October 19, 2009 at 7:53 am
Just to make sure I’m getting this right, you have to press the various buttons WHILE turning the turntable AND screwing around with the crossfader?
…forget that! I’ll stick to my unrealistic plastic flying v! đŸ™‚
Le Templar said,
October 23, 2009 at 5:36 am
I like where you what did with this post. A good, detailed review but not too long. You have art and a critical link (although it would be a good idea to throw in links to the other games you mentioned). Great first paragraph. Make me laugh.
Along with more links, try working with categories and/or tags. You want these to become second nature as part of the blogging writing process.
Keep up the good work!
Le Templar
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