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    DJ Hero 2

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Oct 19, 2010

    DJ Hero 2 adds freestyle scratching and crossfading, as well as scored vocal gameplay to the mix in this DJ-ing rhythm game.

    DJ Hero 2: If It Locks Up, Ditch A Friend

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    Edited By jeff

    Hey there, by now you may have seen our DJ Hero 2Quick Look, where Brad and I "eff it up old-school" on a turntable and a microphone. That was our first experience with the final retail version of the game, and it locked up like three times while we were playing it, usually right at the end of the song. 

      

      
     
    It sounds like this was already corrected on the PlayStation 3, but over on the Xbox 360, if you're experiencing lockups at the end of every single song, it's probably because your friends list is full. Apparently there's some sort of issue related to the way the game pulls scores from your friends list and displays them in-game, and if you've got a full list, the whole game explodes! Cool, right?

    Anyway, G4 bugged Activision about it and heard that a patch for the 360 version should be available by the end of the week. Until then, if you're looking to get busy on the decks and stuff, you need to either play offline or cut someone from your friends list. Consider yourself warned!
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    #1  Edited By jeff

    Hey there, by now you may have seen our DJ Hero 2Quick Look, where Brad and I "eff it up old-school" on a turntable and a microphone. That was our first experience with the final retail version of the game, and it locked up like three times while we were playing it, usually right at the end of the song. 

      

      
     
    It sounds like this was already corrected on the PlayStation 3, but over on the Xbox 360, if you're experiencing lockups at the end of every single song, it's probably because your friends list is full. Apparently there's some sort of issue related to the way the game pulls scores from your friends list and displays them in-game, and if you've got a full list, the whole game explodes! Cool, right?

    Anyway, G4 bugged Activision about it and heard that a patch for the 360 version should be available by the end of the week. Until then, if you're looking to get busy on the decks and stuff, you need to either play offline or cut someone from your friends list. Consider yourself warned!
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    #2  Edited By iamun

    Good thing I have no friends

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    #3  Edited By SteamPunkJin

    I had lock up issues with the first DJ Hero if I played a setlist that was too long - haven't had any trouble in DJH2 yet, once on the main screen it froze but also could have been my console as the Menu button didn't work.

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    #4  Edited By skrutop

    Not going to be an issue for me.  No friends, and I don't play DJ Hero. 
     
    I do however, drink a lot.

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    #5  Edited By ajamafalous

    Lol.

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    #6  Edited By gbrading

    Really bizarrely specific bug. Weird.
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    @Iamun said:
    " Good thing I have no friends "
    HAH
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    #8  Edited By Hamz

    When I saw your tweet about this I thought it was absurd. Such an odd bug.

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    #9  Edited By Jeffmoocow

    Wow that's stupid.

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    #10  Edited By turboman

    how the hell is something like this not caught by the QA team? Such a simple sounding bug to find in my opinion

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    #11  Edited By kraznor

    Or not have many friends. Not an issue for me. The lineup of songs, on the other hand, is grossing me out.

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    #12  Edited By louiedog

    Good thing I don't have any friends or DJ Hero 2. Yes... Hornberger!

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    #13  Edited By Duffyside
    @TurboMan said:
    " how the hell is something like this not caught by the QA team? Such a simple sounding bug to find in my opinion "
    To be fair, probably because most people don't have 100 friends? QA probably doesn't think to test for it, because who has 100 friends? 
     
    The gaming press. That's who.
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    #14  Edited By Skald
    @Jeff said:

    if you've got a full list, the whole game explodes! Cool, right?

    Yes. Totally awesome feature. More games should crash if random conditions outside of the game itself are met. 
     
    It's like a surprise party, only instead of a party it's the DJ Hero 2 apocalypse.
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    #15  Edited By bybeach

    Covering my lack of friends, and that this game adds absolutly nothing for me to correct that  sad situatiion, I think the whole issue is moot. 
     
    If I ever change my mind, my cat can sing pretty......she tries!
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    #16  Edited By TadThuggish

    Don't make excuses; it's still pretty pathetic no one found this during development, and that it happens in the first place.

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    #17  Edited By random_guy23
    @Iamun said:
    " Good thing I have no friends "
    THIS
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    #18  Edited By TheGremp
    @Duffyside said:

    " @TurboMan said:

    " how the hell is something like this not caught by the QA team? Such a simple sounding bug to find in my opinion "
    To be fair, probably because most people don't have 100 friends? QA probably doesn't think to test for it, because who has 100 friends?  The gaming press. That's who. "
    Actually, most people I've played with have 100 friends, due to real life friends, tournaments, clans, and the like.  I have just over 80 at the moment, so it's not a totally unheard of thing to have 100 friends.
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    #19  Edited By 234r2we232

    It's good if you can get this far. But do the controllers actually work this time?

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    #20  Edited By megasoum

    I REALLY doubt that QA missed that. I work in QA (not for Activision) and this is one of the first thing we test when we get a new game (btw entering 70-75 friend codes on a Wii is not fun lol). 
     
    This looks more like a big Microsoft fail. I really can't understand how MS Cert missed that...

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    #21  Edited By KeepThisKoupon
    @Iamun said:
    " Good thing I have no friends "
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    #22  Edited By Afroman269
    @random_guy23 said:
    " @Iamun said:
    " Good thing I have no friends "
    THIS "
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    #23  Edited By Duffyside
    @TheGremp said:
    " @Duffyside said:

    " @TurboMan said:

    " how the hell is something like this not caught by the QA team? Such a simple sounding bug to find in my opinion "
    To be fair, probably because most people don't have 100 friends? QA probably doesn't think to test for it, because who has 100 friends?  The gaming press. That's who. "
    Actually, most people I've played with have 100 friends, due to real life friends, tournaments, clans, and the like.  I have just over 80 at the moment, so it's not a totally unheard of thing to have 100 friends. "
    Not unheard of, but really rare. I mean, out of the 40 million people who have a 360, how many do you think have full friends lists? I'd say... ten thousand?
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    #24  Edited By JamesKond

    Only a problem for 'clebs', like you giantbomb folk ^^

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    #25  Edited By FritzDude

    Oh man... Every game got serious bugs nowdays...

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    #26  Edited By MisterMouse

    that is a weird bug

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    #27  Edited By superjoe

    It's always sad when relationships fall apart.  DJ Hero 2 ruins friendships.

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    #28  Edited By cookiemonster

    yo we heard you like bugs so we put some bugs in yo bugs

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    #29  Edited By riffingt0n

    And one I remove from my friends list will be... DJ HERO 2!
     
    j/k, I don't have that many friends.  I actually think the game looks pretty good when it's got moving pictures and stuff.  Not my cup o' tea necessarily, but if I was somewhere and this was there, I'd be interested in getting my hands on it.

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    #30  Edited By PLWolf

    When I get it, it'll be for the PS3 anyway, but still. That's a crazy bug to have.
    So, are we going to get an updated QL?

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    #31  Edited By JammyMan

    Clearly the makers of DJ hero have no friends... 

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    #32  Edited By LiquidPrince

    PS3 patches are coming pretty quickly nowadays.

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    #33  Edited By megasoum
    @LiquidPrince said:
    " PS3 patches are coming pretty quickly nowadays. "
    It's not like the sony certifications department has a lot of games to check this fall.....
     
     
    OHHH SNAPPPP
     
     
    (sorry couldn't resist haha)
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    #34  Edited By meteora

    This is a weird ass bug.

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    #35  Edited By xyzygy

    It's not like this is a big issue anyway, what with the new update that will increase the friend limit to 1000. And I highly doubt anyone will get that many friends any time soon, unless it's GiantBombing.

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    #36  Edited By LiquidPrince
    @Megasoum said:
    " @LiquidPrince said:
    " PS3 patches are coming pretty quickly nowadays. "
    It's not like the sony certifications department has a lot of games to check this fall.....   OHHH SNAPPPP   (sorry couldn't resist haha) "
    As opposed to what on the 360...? I mean the only thing coming out on the 360 is Fable 3. I mean I can't think of anything else I might buy...
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    #37  Edited By Quacktastic

    Kind of funny for a game that's add slogan is "mix2gether"

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    #38  Edited By megasoum
    @LiquidPrince said:
    " @Megasoum said:
    " @LiquidPrince said:
    " PS3 patches are coming pretty quickly nowadays. "
    It's not like the sony certifications department has a lot of games to check this fall.....   OHHH SNAPPPP   (sorry couldn't resist haha) "
    As opposed to what on the 360...? I mean the only thing coming out on the 360 is Fable 3. I mean I can't think of anything else I might buy... "
    Well there's huh....you know.....huh.....right. Touché!
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    #39  Edited By Alphazero

    Programming is hard.  
     
    Pour one out for QA. They don't get much love, but they are key to the entire operation.

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    #40  Edited By conformunist

    Normally, I'd say something snarky and lame about this bug but I kinda feel for DJH2.   
     
    Triple digits fuck me up too.

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    #41  Edited By SleepyDoughnut

    Good to see it won't affect the majority of the players, and it will soon be a non-issue. Still unfortunate though.

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    Too bad. Good thing they're fixing it quickly.

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    #43  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Wow. Bugs run rampant this week!

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    #44  Edited By c_rakestraw

    Now that's a strange bug. Wonder what's causing it.

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    #45  Edited By smcn
    @xyzygy said:

    " It's not like this is a big issue anyway, what with the new update that will increase the friend limit to 1000. And I highly doubt anyone will get that many friends any time soon, unless it's GiantBombing. "

    http://twitter.com/#!/majornelson/status/27373529218
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    #46  Edited By ch13696

    Good thing none of my friends play this game. As a matter of fact, neither do I. Should I worry?

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    #47  Edited By xyzygy
    @smcn said:
    " @xyzygy said:

    " It's not like this is a big issue anyway, what with the new update that will increase the friend limit to 1000. And I highly doubt anyone will get that many friends any time soon, unless it's GiantBombing. "

    http://twitter.com/#!/majornelson/status/27373529218 "
    Lol. Guess I wasn't around when people found out it wasn't true... I was kinda of thinking that 1000 was a lot. 
     
    I only have 20-something on mine and it's enough. If you have 100 people on the friends list, you should be doing some deleting anyway.
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    #48  Edited By phoenixflames

    So who is the poor smuck that got deleted from Jeff's account?

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    #49  Edited By Mystyr_E

    they're not expanding the friends list? way to listen to your audience, Microsoft

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    #50  Edited By TiE23

    Hah. Having just taken a break from some programming homework it's probably from a simple out-of-bounds issue with an array. One typo probably left a bug that can only display 99 friends instead of 100. Some zero-count issue, probably.

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