Finally, a new hat in the music game genre. Results are good!
Finally, a new hat in the music game genre. Results are generally good, if not difficult, but hey....I couldn't play Guitar Hero at first either, now I can do consistent 5's on hard mode. Anyways, some thoughts on whether or not this fulfills my childhood fantasy of being a DJ :-p It's available on the Xbox360, PS3, PS2 and the Wii. This gets an 8/10 from me.
The Good - DJ music game that comes with a turntable controller. If you're familiar with Guitar Hero/Rock Band, some things will be a bit familiar. Such as a flowing note chart in which you have to hit the right button to the music to succeed, hoping to get 5 stars by the end of the song. What's new here, well all of the music are mashups, a combination of 2 tracks premixed and tweaked for a club sound. Not my favorite, but it works and sounds really well in this case. The music spans all types of genres, from hip-hop to dance to rock to pop, there's bound to be something for everyone. There's 3 buttons on the turntable, hit the right one to the tune, sometimes you gotta scratch, and on harder modes, crossfade between tracks. There's the starpower equivalent, Euphoria, which of course doubles your points for a limited amount of time, and other features that keep you motivated during play. Once you get the hang of things you get the cool sensation of rockin the party and it's a ton of fun. There's a ton of mixes, a bunch of unlockables and just an all around fun atmosphere.
The Bad - This just feels like it'll be harder than GH/RB for some people. Not all the tracks are winners, it would've been nice if all the songs were accessible instead of having to unlock them. Getting the hang of crossfading is reeeaaallly tough, luckily I'm not dealing with that yet since I'm stickin with easy mode at the moment. The turntable and crossfader portion are physically a little too close for me, I'm a big dude, adjustable width should've been part of the controller design. Find something to lay the controller on, keeping it in your lap can be pretty uncomfortable. I was hoping for a freestyle scratching mode, but nope, deal with the songs included. There's some lost potential there.
The Ugly - Some of the characters, they're similar to the Guitar Hero look....we've said on the podcast, we like the look of the Rock Band folk a lot more.
