DJ Hero: Bored Of It
£100, too. Wicked way to spend some cash.Published 20/11/2009 at 12:15 by nofi
DJ Hero “Best New IP Of 2009″ [25]
Bob Kotick: DJ Hero Didn’t Get it Right [12]
UK PS3/360 Charts: Week Ending 28th Nov [22]
Whilst at the PlayStation Video Store event with Davs and Tuffcub on Wednesday we discussed a new feature to TSA where we look back on past reviews and see whether or not the game has held up since the score, or is better (or indeed, worse) than we first thought. As a precursor to us going down that route I felt so strongly about DJ Hero that I just had to write something. You remember DJ Hero, right? Activision’s £100 beat juggling entry into the Hero cash cow series? The one I scored an 8/10 to? I’m bored of it.
The video screams excitement, action, innovation. In reality, DJ Hero actually offers very little of any of these things – it’s little more than a memory test to music, but without all the class, subtlety and finesse that something like Rez offered, and the various mash-ups are far more rigidly fixed than the trailers would have you believe. You can’t influence the tracks, you can’t change how they sound outside of a few sample triggers, and there really isn’t actually that much to do in the game once you’ve unlocked all the various levels available.
Do I regret the £100 outlay needed to gain entry into the DJ Hero club? Yes, I do. It was, in my defense, brilliant fun for the first couple of days, but with the rush of new songs out of the way and only my own scores to battle against, the game has lost much of its verve and the rather expensive bit of plastic is now just sat there under my TV waiting for something else to use it on. A sequel? Well, perhaps, if Activision up their game and actually do something a bit more interesting with the concept, but will I be daft enough to part with another £40? Probably.
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Raen | 20/11/2009 12:05
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Oh. Well I guess I won’t buy it then
superjag86 | 20/11/2009 12:23
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Yeah don’t bother, I feel the same as nofi
FireasBall | 20/11/2009 13:13
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Activision uses allmost the same system as in the guitar, they just switched some buttons and they got this. I have allready GH4 and i have no need to buy this….crap.
Gastos84 | 20/11/2009 12:17
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Bring back Vib Ribbon! He was the best Rhythm Game!
tjgb | 20/11/2009 12:32
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Defo. I love that game. It’s well hard though.
retroedward | 20/11/2009 12:43
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Vib Ribbon was awesome, I had a promo copy somewhere….
*plans visit to parents loft at weekend*
kevatron400 | 20/11/2009 21:16
Don't call him Kevatron400.
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Man that game was so seriously awesome! Remember going to my mates house after school and trying out metallica CDs to get the hardest level possible.
skibadee | 20/11/2009 12:19
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never was going to buy this for a 100
Pixl1983 | 20/11/2009 12:24
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I was umming and arring at getting this with my first paycheck but my brother just moved in with his real decks. Whadda-ya-gonna-do ey?
Raen | 20/11/2009 12:41
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True. Cheaper than buying real decks, but if you’ve got the decks already you know that’s gonna be more fun.
retroedward | 20/11/2009 12:39
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I’ve loved Rez for years, owned all the versions of it (and the vibration accessories) and still play it today but I’ve never considered it to be a ‘music’ game, I just thought it was an awesome shooter. Could someone explain if I’m missing something ?
Ta!
bajere | 20/11/2009 12:40
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I had a go in HMV, i loved it. Its a game that has a small amount of replay time really…something you can play a few times a month. Im holding off until it hits £60 or i can find a good 2nd hand unit for that reason…
Also, You can get it for £80, seen it whilst i was getting my booze for this wkend in morrisons.
patch | 20/11/2009 12:41
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The only rhythm game to be worth it’s retail price was PaRappa the Rapper.
gordon_strange | 20/11/2009 14:38
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+1 woooooowatcha cha chaaaaaaa
flatfour | 21/11/2009 17:44
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+1 and a step on the gas, step on the brakes… ah good times!
commuterzombie | 20/11/2009 12:43
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Excellent idea for a feature Nofi. Be interesting to hear views on Uncharted 2, MW2 etc. in a month or so.
dirtyhabit | 20/11/2009 14:42
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and Forza3
nofi | 20/11/2009 14:46
Wants a custom tag.
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Yup.
cc_star | 20/11/2009 14:46
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You wanna hear nofi’s views on MW2?
He gave it a 4 when all the hype was flying around… do reviews ever get minus numbers?
Divine | 20/11/2009 12:44
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I can’t believe you forked out the cash, honestly it looks utter shite. I’ve been scratching and juggling (for real) for nearly 20 years and to me DJH looks like pulling teeth
Raen | 20/11/2009 12:52
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Well yeah, but the same applies to Guitar Hero as well really to most people who play real guitar. It looks dumb and silly.
Divine | 20/11/2009 13:07
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pulling a Noel Gallagher. When I first heard about Scratch: The Ultimate DJ; it sounded cool. The promises of accurately being able to recreate scratches was promising and the ‘turntable/mixer’ peripherals looked like they could work.
It just could have been so much more than tapping coloured buttons with ridiculous ‘Hip-Hop’ stereotypes. I was hoping for some kind of multiplayer battle setup with the PSEye or something.
Raen | 20/11/2009 14:57
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Scratch could still be good. Assuming it every comes out that is.
bunimomike | 20/11/2009 13:07
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Good article, nofi. I remember talking about “our favourite games” on the forum. Not so much the high-scoring ones (possibly) or even the best ones, but the ones we return to again and again. The ones we’d take to the desert island should we ever get stranded…. with electricity and countless pieces of hardware.
Seems the novelty wore off very quickly with this one, eh? Good to know.
Dunks | 20/11/2009 13:14
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It’s a real shame, loved the ‘idea’ but actually in practice, not so much…
Lorcan | 20/11/2009 13:29
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Tried this in a shop the other day and HATED it.
Could NOT get the hang of it and neither could anyone else from the looks of it. There’s probably a knack to it and it’s probably good once you get used to it, but from what I played I was not impressed.
nofi | 20/11/2009 13:31
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Well, yeah, you need to learn how to play it of course.
shields_t | 20/11/2009 13:33
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It’ll all get a bit better when they bring out the “Caged dancing girl in hotpants Hero” add-on, I’m sure.
cleric20 | 20/11/2009 14:52
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That’s a game in itself surely… It could come with additional downloadable content: “traffic under age teen girls in from europe to ‘work’ in the cage”.
shields_t | 20/11/2009 22:02
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Haha, sounds like a GTA plot!
Roynaldo | 20/11/2009 14:47
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If I had more money than sense, I would still buy it. Unfortunatly I dont have much of either right now
carlosfilippsen | 20/11/2009 15:50
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Way too expensive I will probably buy it when there are pre-owned ones about and price has gone right down.