Sat 27 Aug 2011
Playstation
DJ Hero Review
Look I know what you’re thinking, believe me I thought the same thing as well. What’s next Piano Hero? Jazz Hero? Yep, I know it’s a spinoff of guitar hero, an attempt to get their hands into the pockets of the dance/hip hop demographic and yes, right again, it sucks. But as a Video game writer it’s unfortunately my job to review games that don’t really need to be reviewed and also give games the benefit of the doubt. So let’s take a look.
Dj hero comes with 56 songs, obviously these aren’t rock or metal songs like in Guitar Hero, instead what you have is club music, Daft punk, dub step, techno, you know anything that a Turntable would normally be required to make. But the game also features blends or remixes if you will of guys like Gary Numan, Queen, No doubt. This game has nothing to do with Guitar so get the idea of solo’s out of your head, and really this is part of the problem, the guitar was actually very well implemented in guitar hero to the point where completing a song was a real challenge. The turntables just aren’t the same, they’re not well implemented and the game ultimately just recedes to redundancy very quickly. What DJ hero gets right are the elements in which a DJ would traditionally be required however the game is broken into sets, some of them are better than others, most of them suck, and not because the music isn’t good, but because you would never hear this music being playing with a turntable and furthermore you would never hear a DJ to attempt to mix this type of music. I’m talking about bands like Rancid, The Foo-Fighters, an embarrassing attempt to blend Public enemy with rock music. One of the biggest problems with this game which the developers should have seen coming from a mile away is the susceptibility that a game based on turntables would have to becoming repetitive and boring, it is very susceptible.
The song sets are not particularly consistent, divided into five different sets each represented by an artist. Some of the song sets are great and actually brilliant, however you have to go through five disappointing songs before arriving at them. DJ hero doesn’t start to pick up until it reaches the end of the game, and even that end although much better than the beginning isn’t worth rummaging through the amount of crap you have to go through to get there. You have to spend hours suffering through tracks that are memorable..... for all the wrong reasons.
Dj hero attempts to put the best tracks off until the end and makes you work for it. Unfortunately the pay off in the end isn’t worth the amount of time you have to invest in this game to get there. There’s way too many more weak tracks than there are strong tracks, the good tracks are a bit like a needle in a haystack in this game. The bottom line is this game didn’t hold my attention, not only did I find it repetitive and somewhat unrealistic as far as the controls were concerned but the songs just didn’t move me. Dj Hero just doesn’t have the same steam or practicality that Guitar Hero had. Guitar hero was challenging, varied, and featured good music that people are familiar with. The problem with DJ Hero is its just poorly implemented, not particularly refined, and is just too easy, it doesn’t feel challenging. DJ Hero doesn’t even care if you can’t get a scratch, unlike guitar hero you won’t get booed off stage if you suck, instead it just acts the same way every time regardless of how good or bad you play the song. Because of this it also doesn’t reward you with anything for being able to play the song well, effectively putting one more nail in the coffin of this failed attempt to translate guitar hero for the urban demographic. No reward or punishment? That’s like playing an FPS game in which you can’t die, yea, no, do yourself a favour and get a real turntable if you want to “spin”. Without a pass/fail or measurement for how poorly/well you play the songs this game is painstakingly pointless and ultimately just a waste of time.
Rating: 58%
Pros:
There are some good songs on here that are enjoyable
Cons:
Lots of a appalling songs, far more bad than there are good
No way of gauging how good or bad you are at the game, so there’s ultimately no real challenge and the game is there for pointless
What worked with Guitar hero simply doesn’t translate to the turntables, the gameplay becomes redundant fairly quickly and isn’t particularly challenging.
Dj hero comes with 56 songs, obviously these aren’t rock or metal songs like in Guitar Hero, instead what you have is club music, Daft punk, dub step, techno, you know anything that a Turntable would normally be required to make. But the game also features blends or remixes if you will of guys like Gary Numan, Queen, No doubt. This game has nothing to do with Guitar so get the idea of solo’s out of your head, and really this is part of the problem, the guitar was actually very well implemented in guitar hero to the point where completing a song was a real challenge. The turntables just aren’t the same, they’re not well implemented and the game ultimately just recedes to redundancy very quickly. What DJ hero gets right are the elements in which a DJ would traditionally be required however the game is broken into sets, some of them are better than others, most of them suck, and not because the music isn’t good, but because you would never hear this music being playing with a turntable and furthermore you would never hear a DJ to attempt to mix this type of music. I’m talking about bands like Rancid, The Foo-Fighters, an embarrassing attempt to blend Public enemy with rock music. One of the biggest problems with this game which the developers should have seen coming from a mile away is the susceptibility that a game based on turntables would have to becoming repetitive and boring, it is very susceptible.
The song sets are not particularly consistent, divided into five different sets each represented by an artist. Some of the song sets are great and actually brilliant, however you have to go through five disappointing songs before arriving at them. DJ hero doesn’t start to pick up until it reaches the end of the game, and even that end although much better than the beginning isn’t worth rummaging through the amount of crap you have to go through to get there. You have to spend hours suffering through tracks that are memorable..... for all the wrong reasons.
Dj hero attempts to put the best tracks off until the end and makes you work for it. Unfortunately the pay off in the end isn’t worth the amount of time you have to invest in this game to get there. There’s way too many more weak tracks than there are strong tracks, the good tracks are a bit like a needle in a haystack in this game. The bottom line is this game didn’t hold my attention, not only did I find it repetitive and somewhat unrealistic as far as the controls were concerned but the songs just didn’t move me. Dj Hero just doesn’t have the same steam or practicality that Guitar Hero had. Guitar hero was challenging, varied, and featured good music that people are familiar with. The problem with DJ Hero is its just poorly implemented, not particularly refined, and is just too easy, it doesn’t feel challenging. DJ Hero doesn’t even care if you can’t get a scratch, unlike guitar hero you won’t get booed off stage if you suck, instead it just acts the same way every time regardless of how good or bad you play the song. Because of this it also doesn’t reward you with anything for being able to play the song well, effectively putting one more nail in the coffin of this failed attempt to translate guitar hero for the urban demographic. No reward or punishment? That’s like playing an FPS game in which you can’t die, yea, no, do yourself a favour and get a real turntable if you want to “spin”. Without a pass/fail or measurement for how poorly/well you play the songs this game is painstakingly pointless and ultimately just a waste of time.
Rating: 58%
Pros:
There are some good songs on here that are enjoyable
Cons:
Lots of a appalling songs, far more bad than there are good
No way of gauging how good or bad you are at the game, so there’s ultimately no real challenge and the game is there for pointless
What worked with Guitar hero simply doesn’t translate to the turntables, the gameplay becomes redundant fairly quickly and isn’t particularly challenging.
