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I Just Keep Getting More Excited About DJ Hero

Here are some large shots of Daft Punk to help you out in the excitement department.

I hear you. You're out there whining about how your house is already filled to the brim with plastic guitars and that you're going to take a stand and not buy any more games with equipment. I get where you're coming from, but you're wrong. You know as well as I do that you're going to crack at some point and end up with a copy of DJ Hero, which is due out on October 27. Hey, it's only like $120, right? Surely you've spent more on rhythm games in the past.

And you know why you're going to be right there, alongside me, buying DJ Hero while simultaneously cursing yourself out for "letting it happen again?" These screenshots should pretty much tell the tale: 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Yeah. The French robot men of Daft Punk are going to be in DJ Hero. They're contributing 11 tracks, which include two "megamixes" of their material, these eight tracks, and one mysterious thing that hasn't been announced yet but probably isn't world-shattering:

  • Daft Punk “Around the World” vs. Young MC “Bust A Move”
  • Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. NASA “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip”
  • Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
  • Daft Punk “Robot Rock” vs. Hashim “Al-Naafiysh (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”

 I don't normally consider promotional screenshots of games to be worthy of being desktop wallpaper, but I'm pretty close on a couple of these shots. Heck, at this point I'm practically ready to throw down for the way-more-expensive "Renegade" edition of the game... though since that won't come with any weird replica Daft Punk helmets, maybe I can safely hold off of that one. We'll see.
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Too bad I did not really enjoy Dj Hero when I tried it at gamescom. Having a pair of  sl-1200mk2's at home probably didn't help the feeling I got from the plastic turntable. Having buttons on the "record" is still just wrong. As well as some other things in the game.

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Edited By Scarabus

That's pretty awesome, but how could they not do this?

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Edited By Otacon

Argh man, Daft Punk? Must... still... resist.

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Edited By TheGTAvaccine

No thanks.

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Looking forward to the Daft Punk/Gary Newman mashup.

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  This just made my day ,i was on the fence about dj hero till now.    

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Edited By irishjohn

I'm really not excited at all!! To be fair, it's probably more to do with rhythm game (and rhythm game peripheral) ennui.

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Edited By EvilDingo

This is the first announcement that make me mildly interested in this game... Though I doubt it's enough to make me go out and buy this.

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This game keeps sounding better and better, but that price tag keeps hitting me in the face and it hurts.

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Damn, theyre making this really appealing

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Benny Bennassi and Daft Punk...shit I don't want to spend 120 on dj hero, but I really like the musicians.

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Everything about DJ Hero is awesome, except the price. The Price is why I won't be buying DJ Hero nor Tony Hawk Ride.

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This now has my interest..I'll get it at one point most likely..

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Edited By Hector

Wow that is freaking awesome!

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Edited By Bigbombomb

I was thinking of buying this game, but now I really think I'm going to buy this game. (I'm just going to read the reviews first.)

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@Black_Rose said:
" Considering I hate Daft Punk, this still isn't going to make me buy this crap. "
Great comment. So you hate the band in the article tagline AND weren't going to buy the game anyway. This is like me commenting on anything Little Big Planet: I'm afraid of sock puppets AND I don't have a PS3! 
 
 
(BTW: I love Little Big Planet. And no, I don't think I'll buy DJ HERO either, but mostly because it's too expensive.)
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Edited By Winternet

You're right Jeff. This screenshots are pretty awesome.

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Edited By Earthborn

It'd be nice if you could choose WHICH songs to mix in DJ HERO...

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@BenderUnit22 said:
" No thanks. I'd rather just listen to Daft Punk. "
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QUESTION! (Can someone answer please?)
Will I be able to play JUST the Daft Punk songs, and not the remixes? That determines whether I buy it or not :)

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I have always wanted to be a douche bag and now, thanks to videogames and this new peripheral and rhythm game system, I can finally know exactly what it's like to be a total douche bag! Awesome!

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Although I love Daft Punk, it still isn't enough to get me to buy this game. After realizing that DJ Hero was not gonna be solely electronica, trance, drum n bass, dance, etc I lost interest when  Activision started showing hip-hop and shit like Gwen Stephanie/Rick James mash ups. Lame.

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It's really expensive, but I'm still kinda interested in this game even though I amn't really into any of the music.

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Man that is SO tempting, but from the other remix songs I've heard i haven't been that pleased. so a sample sound would be nice.

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The coolest thing about Daft Punk is their silly outfits, not a fan of their music.
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Considering I hate Daft Punk, this still isn't going to make me buy this crap.

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Edited By Jimbo

I'm boycotting this spinny piece of shit, it's way too soon after Guitar Hero.  Who's with me?
 
Love,
The Boycott General xx

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No thanks. I'd rather just listen to Daft Punk.

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@Hashbrowns said:

" Strange, I've never purchased nor even played Rock Band, Guitar Hero, or Dance Dance Revolution and I have no desire to do so.  DJ Hero does nothing to change my complete and utter apathy toward music games.  I literally skipped almost half an hour of the last Bombcast out of total boredom as they spoke about music games.    I have no problem with these games or the people who do like them, so don't take this as an attack.  I just thought I'd just voice what must be a minority opinion. "

I feel the same way. It's just a fad that is going to get over soon hopefully. I just don't get how people can be so interested in these things, they are just a series of quick time events with music in the background. Each their own i guess, all i know is i have never bought one, and even when they make DJ Band Hero 876 i still wont have bought any. 
 
Then there is how badly these things are designed to nickle and dime people for stuff they need to rebuy with every other version of the game. That scares me because if publishers think they can start to do this with other games as badly as they do with these it gives me nightmares of the stuff we will see.
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Still need convincing to be honest.

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I don't even like hip-hop, but I like Guitar Hero/Rock Band and rhythm games in general enough to know DJ Hero'll be a damn good time. Picking it up for sure.

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@Delta_Ass said:
" DJ Hero, I'm really happy for you, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!    "
lulz. very well said, sir.
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fucking awsome!

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i am now buying dj hero 

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Edited By Hashbrowns

Strange, I've never purchased nor even played Rock Band, Guitar Hero, or Dance Dance Revolution and I have no desire to do so.  DJ Hero does nothing to change my complete and utter apathy toward music games.  I literally skipped almost half an hour of the last Bombcast out of total boredom as they spoke about music games.   
 
I have no problem with these games or the people who do like them, so don't take this as an attack.  I just thought I'd just voice what must be a minority opinion.
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DJ Hero, I'm really happy for you, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!   

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I'm still not sold. . .but I'm getting closer. . .damn.
 
Just want Def Jam Rap Star so bad that I believe I can safely ignore this.  Guess I have to base my decision on the GB review.
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Music games aren't my thang

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man...just when i thought this DJ Hero business was a joke, they just keep impressing me.
I love The Scratch Perverts, i love Daft Punk, and i loved DJ Shadow's earlier stuff.
Hell i may have to get this one as well...i'll still keep my eyes on the reviews first...but like jeff said, if it came with those helmets...sold; day one.

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No, I am still not feeling it. It looks cool but not enough for $120. I seem to be in a minority here....

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It honestly looks great. But it's too expensive. 
 
Maybe some day.

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One more time.

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Does anyone else find it weird to be playing a character that is virtually spinning records that mimics someone that spins records with pre-existing material on them that was made by someone else? It's like a copy of a copy of a copy. I find that too weird to be a part of. I also finding myself more and more wanting to just play real instruments and not fake ones that come in packages, whose bundles, rival the price tags of the REAL things. Does anyone else feel this way too? 
 
Just a side note...There ain't nothing like an 808....moneymakin'.

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No Daft Punk vs. Midnight Brown, no sale. I've managed to not go crazy with my money and stay out of the music game scene and this won't change it thankfully.

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@Jeff said:
" I hear you. You're out there whining about how your house is already filled to the brim with plastic guitars and that you're going to take a stand and not buy any more games with equipment. I get where you're coming from, but you're wrong. You know as well as I do that you're going to crack at some point and end up with a copy of DJ Hero, which is due out on October 27. Hey, it's only like $120, right? Surely you've spent more on rhythm games in the past.

And you know why you're going to be right there, alongside me, buying DJ Hero while simultaneously cursing yourself out for "letting it happen again?" These screenshots should pretty much tell the tale: 

 
 


  • Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. NASA “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip”
  • Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
 
These screenshots here, and these two songs just made me tell my mom to not buy me whatever birthday present she was going to buy, and buy this
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Daft Punk vs BDP?
 
SOLD.

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@Metal_Gear_Sunny said:
" I still couldn't be any less interested in this game. "
my thoughts exactly
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Fuck, this game is so expensive :(
But I want it so bad.

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Fuck Activision... yet I still pine for MW2.  Curses!