DJ Hero

Nah, its a shame. I'm still curious, but will have to wait for reviews for that price.

Can see why its so high - same as RB, the shipping costs will be much more than shipping a DVD case and with these peripherals, I'm sure they allow a large margin to cover returns etc.
 
Yeah it's more an Americanised DJ (sans Detroit) type theme going on I would imagine. It's a pity, but I'm sure there'll be some more club type music in there as well, here's hopeing anyway...
 
Activision has uncovered the whopping pile of records being mixed for brand new rhythm game DJ Hero, out 30th October for PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

All bases are covered, from Fedde Le Grand's massive "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" to Gang Starr's "Just to Get a Rep". Jay-Z wades in with raps like "Excuse Me Miss", and Little Richard belts out "Tutti Frutti".

Among the star DJs mixing the songs up are DJ Yoda, Cut Chemist, Daft Punk, Scratch Perverts and Grandmaster Flash.

Here's the list:
* 2Pac - "All Eyez On Me" vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)"
* 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
* 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life"
* Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown" vs. Freedom Express - "Get Down"
* Beastie Boys - "Here's A Little Somethin' For Ya" vs. DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (2009 Version)" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
* Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" vs. Blondie - "Rapture"
* Beastie Boys - "Lee Majors Come Again" vs. Daft Punk - "Da Funk" (Produced and mixed by Cut Chemist)
* Beck - "Where It's At" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)"
* Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" Beat Juggle
* Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
* Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"
* Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction" vs. Tiësto - "Elements Of Life"
* Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" vs. Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction"
* Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. 2Pac - "How Do You Want It"
* Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. Connie Price & The Keystones - "Fuzz And Them"
* Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
* Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. The Zombies - "Time Of The Season" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
* Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"
* Common - "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)" vs. Masta Ace - "Jeep A** Gutter (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir RMX)" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
* Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. Classics IV - "Spooky"
* Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. David Axelrod - "The Edge"
* Daft Punk - "Around The World" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"
* Daft Punk - "Da Funk" vs. N.A.S.A. - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip"
* Daft Punk - "Megamix 1"
* Daft Punk - "Megamix 2"
* Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim - "Al Naafyish (The Soul)" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
* Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Queen - "We Will Rock You"
* Daft Punk - "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades"
* Daft Punk - "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars"
* Daft Punk - "Television Rules the Nation" vs. No Doubt - "Hella Good"
* David Axelrod - "The Edge" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President"
* Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. DJ Shadow - "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)"
* Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. Justice - "Genesis"
* DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)" vs. D-Code - "Annie's Horn"
* Eminem - "My Name Is" vs. Beck - "Loser"
* Fedde Le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"
* Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench" vs. Beastie Boys - "Sabotage" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
* Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero" (DJ-Guitar mix, produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
* Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" vs. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt 2" (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
* Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." vs. Blondie - "Atomic"
* Grandmaster Flash's - "Boom" vs. "Tap" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
* Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool, DJ Demo - "Here Comes My DJ" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
* Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
* Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. InDeep "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
* Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"
* Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" Beat Juggle
* Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
* InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"
* Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
* Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
* JAY-Z feat. Pharrell - "Change Clothes" vs. 2Pac - "All Eyez on Me"
* JAY-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" vs. Eminem - "My Name Is"
* JAY-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" vs. Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"
* JAY-Z - "Excuse Me Miss" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"
* Jean Knight - "Mr. Big Stuff" vs. Masta Ace - "Born To Roll"
* Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"
* Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
* Kid Cudi - "Day 'N' Nite" vs. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"
* Kool Moe Dee - "How Ya Like Me Now" vs. Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman - "I Like To Move It"
* Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti" vs. Shlomo - "Beats" (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
* M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
* M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" vs. Wale - "Lookin' At Me"
* Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
* Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
* Motörhead - "Ace Of Spades" vs. Noisia - "Groundhog" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* N.A.S.A. - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip" vs. Isaac Hayes - "Theme From Shaft"
* Noisia - "Groundhog" Beat Juggle (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
* Paul van Dyk - "Nothing But You" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"
* Public Enemy - "Shut 'Em Down" vs. Beck - "Where It's At"
* Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" vs. Justice - "Genesis" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
* Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Q-Tip - "Good Thang" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
* Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Beastie Boys - "Brass Monkey" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
* Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
* Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. Kid Sister - "Control"
* Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"
* Shlomo - "Beats" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"
* Street Sweeper Social Club - "Fight! Smash! Win!" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)"
* Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President" (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
* Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
* The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)" vs. LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells" (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
* The Scratch Perverts Beats and Pieces (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
* The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
* Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
* Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"
* Wale - "Lookin' At Me" vs. Black Eyed Peas ft. Tippa Irie - "Hey Mama"
* Weezer - "Beverly Hills" vs. Evidence, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, Rakaa & 88 Keys - "Fresh Rhymes And Videotape" (DJ-Guitar mix)
* Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" (DJ-Guitar mix)
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Now that's a quality track list, some cracking rap tunes in there!

Shame the game and equipment is ridiculously expensive :SHAKE:
 
That is an impressive track list right there, but I won't be getting it! Not a big fan of DJ despite the fantastic stuff they have in there such as The Killers, Wild Cherry, Weezer, Daft Punk, Jay Z and Beastie Boys!
 
I'm actually quite disappointed with that track list. It's just confirmed what I thought, it's mostly Americanised stuff and quite a large llack of club tunes. Would have loved a good mix of Electro/House stuff but ah well.

The cost of this was probably gonna reduce the odds of a purchase anyway.
 
I have it on pre-order in store, only recently done it, as read a few reviews and kinda like the look of it now after poo-poo-ing it earlier. Have ordered the Renegade edition too, as really wanted a CD of Jay-Z vs Eminem, but it turns out it's not really mixed by them at all. Tis more or less a Greatest Hits type thing with some unreleased (*see shite which is no use for a normal release) stuff on it. I like the fact it comes in a case which turns into a table for playing the game on. However, I think I could live without it. So for now, I'm thinking of maybe just getting the normal one, or even leaving it. It really is a bare bones game right now it seems.
 
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I have it on pre-order in store, only recently done it, as read a few reviews and kinda like the look of it now after poo-poo-ing it earlier. Have ordered the Renegade edition too, as really wanted a CD of Jay-Z vs Eminem, but it turns out it's not really mixed by them at all. Tis more or less a Greatest Hits type thing with some unreleased (*see shite which is no use for a normal release) stuff on it. I like the fact it comes in a case which turns into a table for playing the game on. However, I think I could live without it. So for now, I'm thinking of maybe just getting the normal one, or even leaving it. It really is a bare bones game right now it seems.
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After playing it, most people are really loving it - whether its review magazines/websites or people getting their hands on demo versions set up in shops.

Think it could be a slow burner, but agree that the £90 price tag will most likely put most off.

The RE is looks great though, the case is really robust and the decks definitely look nicer.
 
Its good... very good!

I love rhythm games anyway, so a bit biased, but its great fun once you get up to Hard - so much going on, like patting your head, rubbing your belly, standing on one leg, tapping the other foot and humming the national anthem!
 
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Looks like a complete gimmick from that video if im totally honest.

Won't be getting it. Tracklist doesn't float my boat either.

Im with Dar - if it had some club electro/house tracks I might have been interested.
 
Come on PBB, you must of played this last night! Lets hear what you think of it.
 
Holio said:
Come on PBB, you must of played this last night! Lets hear what you think of it.
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Aye, played it all night! :LOL:

Really is superb, but like I said, I am a bit biased as I love these sort of rhythm games.

The music is the most important thing I guess and thankfully it excellent on the whole - and I'm not a massive fan of dance music (I'm a rocker!), but I've been humming a lot of the tunes today.

Also, some songs really suck you in, so if you've seen anyone from the dev team play this, you can see they are really into it (like bobbing their heads and looking really relaxed) - well at times, it really does grab you like that. I found myself really into it and as the music is generally uplifting, it does make you feel happy and in the party mood!

The peripheral is excellent - great build quality and no probs so far (and bonus the 360 doesnt need a bloody dongle like the PS3!). The cross-fader is a little hard to get right as it is so loose (as I think it is on real decks), so its easy to slide to far to the other track sometimes, but it will come with practice.

The scratching and rewinds are dead fun, but if I had to say the game had a big problem its the illusion of scratching. The scratching noise is actually part of the song, so you aren't *actually* scratching the track, more just replicating the action when the section comes up. Bit hard to explain but its a bit disheartening when you miss a scratch and the sound plays anyway.

If you can ignore that (and you do 99% of the time), then its very engaging.

Graphics are excellent - models, venues and crowds all better than anything in GH and RB, but its a moot point I suppose as you are always focussed on the streams.

Difficulty is weird.

I went straight to medium after doing the opening tutorials and for the most part, its hard enough. But when you try hard, the game really feels much more immersive (like on GH when you go up to the harder levels, you actually feel you are playing the real notes). Well the same here, there is much more to do in the harder level and it is all in time with the music, so it gives you a better feeling - BUT, its pretty hard to pull off. So much going on - it will have you cross-fading, scratching and pressing alt combos of the buttons at the same time!

I can pass lots of the hard levels (though you cannot fail any) with 3, some 4 stars, but its painful.

Christ knows what extreme is like! :LOL:

I like the fact there is no failing in the game as it means you can progress without frustration and just enjoy the music - what it becomes then is not 'if you can beat the song', but 'how high can you score' which is much more fun and something GH/RB should have been instead of booting you out the song 95% through it and having to start again.

Not tried online yet, but the leaderboards are a nice addition.

So overall, is it worth it? Its relative I suppose - if you have £90 spare and wanna take a punt, then for me, its a no brainer. Its superb fun and something very different to RB/GH - the fact its score based too gives it longevity.

That said, £90 is a lot of money for most people, so I fear this will really get overlooked and after all the other guitar games, has missed the boat a bit I suppose. How many plastic toys can one house hold? (for the record, my room now has 3 guitars, 2 drum kits - and one 'real' drum kit, a steering wheel, 5 microphones and now a turntable :LOL: this is meant to be my 'office')
 
andish2001 said:
Im with Dar - if it had some club electro/house tracks I might have been interested.
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i completely agree with that...

considering it's called 'dj hero' how many of those tracks come from djs in the top 100 dj list? hopeless...

i hope they 'un-americanise' it soon, and add some european dance tracks, then i'll snap it up.

until then, jay-z??? no thanks!!!
 
Spunk_of_MJ said:
i completely agree with that...

considering it's called 'dj hero' how many of those tracks come from djs in the top 100 dj list? hopeless...

i hope they 'un-americanise' it soon, and add some european dance tracks, then i'll snap it up.

until then, jay-z??? no thanks!!!
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They'd have no chance of selling it if it wasnt so commercialised. If it was full of names that (generally) nobody knows, then it has no hope of getting pushed.
 
Activision has released the first downloadable content for turntablist opus DJ Hero. Extended Mix Pack 01 features two luxury-length mixes for 480 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live, or £4.79 / €5.99 on PlayStation Network.

The first mix mashes 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige's All Of Me up with Queen's Radio Ga Ga, while the second is a headlong collision between DARE by Gorillaz and the classic Public Enemy cut, Can't Truss It.

The next DJ Hero DLC is a little under a month away. 24th November will see the release of David Guetta Mix Pack 01, featuring three remixes of tunes by the French house DJ. You get When Love Takes Over featuring Kelly Rowland, Sexy Chick feat. Akon and On The Dance Floor feat. will.i.am and apl.de.ap (stop it now) of the Black Eyed Peas. The pack hasn't been priced yet.

All the Guetta tracks and the two Extended Mixes will be made available as single downloads for the Wii on the 24th.
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Shocking, DLC that could've been included on the disc again. Someone really needs to stop games companies doing this and force them to not be allowed to release DLC for six months after release or something.

Some David Guetta for those looking for dance tracks anyway.
 
OMG DLC already that is pure filth :SHOCKING:. And people wonder why there are pirates out there. Companies don't help themselves nowadays.

Quite torn whether or not to get this... How much is the turntable? Hmm, can you even buy just the turntable?
 
Nope, whole pack only and you're paying £100 or so I think?
 
DagsJT said:
Some David Guetta for those looking for dance tracks anyway.
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Pop dance... yay. Plus it's the sexy "chick" version, it already loses all it's appeal to me. :TTTH:

If they brought a game with some Bloody Beetroots, MSTRKFT, Crookers, 2 Many DJ's, Ampersand, Deadmau5, Fake Blood etc... then I'd be really interested.

Might not be very big names to some, but they're probably some more of the commercial house out there and pretty big names, plus they do some top notch remixes and self written/produced tracks.

Even given that, I'm still contemplating this game. :JAY:
 
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