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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on June 08, 2010, 03:14:20 PM

Title: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: ManaByte on June 08, 2010, 03:14:20 PM: SANTA MONICA, CA – June 8, 2010 – This fall, living rooms will transform into nightclubs letting budding beat chemists, singing sensations and all of their friends party together by firing up two turntable controllers and a microphone to experience their favorite music as they’ve never heard it before in Activision Publishing Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero® 2 – the follow-up to the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009, DJ Hero®. Picking up where the award-winning DJ Hero soundtrack left off, DJ Hero 2 spins together the hottest tracks blazing up the charts and legendary club anthems from the biggest artists in pop, dance and hip hop including Dr. Dre, The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and over 85 others. Fueling the party will be a host of all-new social multiplayer game modes and innovative freestyle gameplay giving virtual DJ’s the ability to crossfade, scratch and sample in over 70 speaker-blowing mashups from the hottest DJ’s and Producers around the world, including Deadmau5 – part of dance music’s elite – who will be starring as an in-game playable character.

To celebrate the announcement, DJ Hero owners and all of their friends will have the opportunity to download, spin, scratch and battle a mix from DJ Hero 2 as downloadable content. The mix features the sultry sounds of Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” Mixed With the blistering beats of Deadmau5’s “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff.” The mix will be available for free from June 8-14 on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

“DJ Hero was the best music game of 2009 and with DJ Hero 2 we’re delivering a new easy to pick-up, challenging-to-master experience that all players can enjoy together,” said David Haddad, Chief Operating Office, Guitar Hero. “With new social game modes, the inclusion of full microphone support, all-new levels of creative freedom and an amazing soundtrack, DJ Hero 2 is the ultimate mixer of music and friends.”

“We’re improving upon all the gameplay elements from DJ Hero that gamers loved with the all-new freestyle gameplay and a host of new multiplayer game modes,” said Jamie Jackson, Creative Director, FreeStyleGames. “But we’re not stopping there either as the award-winning soundtrack is getting bigger songs from hotter artists that our talented crew of DJ’s is spinning into hits that fit the gameplay flawlessly.”

DJ Hero 2 will deliver the ultimate way for players to come together and party with a host of new multiplayer modes – including DJ Battles that pit DJ against DJ in mixes produced specifically for battle gameplay – and invite vocalists into the spotlight with integrated on-screen singing and rapping of lyrics and rhymes while bringing the party to life with jump-in/jump-out Party Play gameplay. Featuring the biggest dance, pop and hip-hop hits by the hottest artists everyone knows and loves remixed by world-class DJ’s in an all-new way, the game’s soundtrack delivers over 70 unique creations only available in DJ Hero 2. Further immersing players into the music, the game offers a heightened level of creative input and allows everyone to add their own touch, directly impacting the beats they’re spinning with freestyle scratching, crossfading and sampling. The game will also feature an all-new career-based Empire Mode where players start out as an up-and-coming DJ on the road to becoming the head of a major entertainment empire, all of which is founded solely on their success as a DJ.

Dropping this fall, DJ Hero 2 will invite a wave of new digital disc jockeys to the turntables as the game will be available as a Party Bundle which will include a copy of the game, two turntable controllers and a microphone, offering the ultimate “party-in-a-box.” Gamers who experienced the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009 can pick up DJ Hero 2 as a Turntable Bundle featuring one turntable controller and a copy of the game or as standalone software. The game is in development by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and the Wii™ system from Nintendo. The game is not yet rated by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero 2, please visit www.djhero.com, facebook.com/djhero and twitter.com/djhero.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 08, 2010, 03:22:13 PM: SPOILERS? I'LL CUT YOU MANG!!

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Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: chronovore on June 08, 2010, 07:35:59 PM: In before A Slime Appears appears. +1 victory!

Also, apparently the DJ Hero team made their Save VS Death roll, despite the -5 Kotick Acid modifier.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: brob on June 08, 2010, 08:06:52 PM: A couple of mates of mine bought this for xbox and both their controllers are broken now. I've heard about others who've had them break too.

I liked the game and if I'm going to point out a flaw, it would be that it was very bare bones, but if the hardware is shoddy I'm gonna have a hard time getting hyped.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 10:08:59 PM: I am a huge music game nerd, and even I passed on this game. It's distinguished mentally-challenged. Some people may disagree, but at least RB/GH simulates playing a real instrument. Yes, I know, buttons instead of strings, right. But where the fuck are the BUTTONS on a real turntable?

I cannot dig it. >:(

But I can dig this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skc0eiDZ4mo
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 08, 2010, 10:21:55 PM: I guess the best music games ever Parappa and Frequency are distinguished mentally-challenged because they don't simulate closely to anything real. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 10:22:40 PM: Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 08, 2010, 10:21:55 PM
I guess the best music games ever Parappa and Frequency are distinguished mentally-challenged because they don't simulate closely to anything real. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

I didn't have to buy a $100 controller to play those games, dickbreath. ::)
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 08, 2010, 10:24:19 PM: The point of DJ Hero is not to simulate DJ-ing, but to provide a fun game based around DJ-ing. ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 10:29:19 PM: Failure on all counts, then!
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: chronovore on June 08, 2010, 10:30:47 PM: Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 08, 2010, 10:21:55 PM
I guess the best music games ever Parappa and Frequency are distinguished mentally-challenged because they don't simulate closely to anything real. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 08, 2010, 10:24:19 PM
The point of DJ Hero is not to simulate DJ-ing, but to provide a fun game based around DJ-ing. ::) ::) ::)
Methodis again fails to comprehend the point prior to criticizing others' observations. And fails to understand the game.

It's fun to play Rock Band or GH because it's legitimizing our own air guitar tendencies. Hell, it grades them. The games you listed are music games, and they're fun, but they're played with standard controllers and do not have the intent of simulating instrument play, which DJ Hero does.

I'll be curious to see what happens to Scratch DJ now. I want it out, I want it to not suck, and I want it to have a controller that doesn't bring the whole price up to 120 bones, and won't break. And I want a pony.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 08, 2010, 10:33:55 PM: I never really looked at DJ Hero as simulating DJ play, but I still don't see how it's any different than the guitar part of RB / GH. Scratching on the fake pad is about as "lifelike" as hitting buttons on a plastic stirp is to plucking / picking strings.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 10:36:17 PM: Quote from: chronovore on June 08, 2010, 10:30:47 PM
I'll be curious to see what happens to Scratch DJ now. I want it out, I want it to not suck, and I want it to have a controller that doesn't bring the whole price up to 120 bones, and won't break. And I want a pony.

Agreed on all points, except I don't really have any need for a pony.

I'm not saying there can't ever be a good DJ game for @ home... but DJ Hero is not it. Blow me, Methodis.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 08, 2010, 10:37:04 PM: DJ Hero is a good game, you just have never played it, as you freely admitted about 5 posts up.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 10:38:58 PM: I said I never played it? ???

Could you quote that for me, lil' fella?
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 08, 2010, 10:47:28 PM: "I didn't have to buy a $100 controller to play those games, dickbreath. "
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 10:49:29 PM: So how did you get "I've never played DJ Hero" from that statement? I've played it, I just didn't get suckered into buying it.

For fucks sake boy I will cut a hole in your belly and fuck the wound if you don't back off me.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: chronovore on June 08, 2010, 10:54:39 PM: Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 08, 2010, 10:33:55 PM
I never really looked at DJ Hero as simulating DJ play, but I still don't see how it's any different than the guitar part of RB / GH. Scratching on the fake pad is about as "lifelike" as hitting buttons on a plastic stirp is to plucking / picking strings.

You've at least must acknowledge the intent of the controller is to emulate the experience of using the professional instrument. The drums and microphone are going to be more representative of the actual experience than "button presses" equaling fingering chords, but it's clearly the goal.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: demi on June 08, 2010, 11:13:23 PM: Cornelius, you can pick this up for ~$20 off eBay these days. I got mine for about $22 shipped

Here's a couple:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Activision-95849-DJ-Hero-Turntable-XBox-360-/300435637912?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item45f35c0698

http://cgi.ebay.com/Activision-95849-DJ-Hero-Turntable-XBox-360-/300435677396?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item45f35ca0d4
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 08, 2010, 11:28:03 PM: Good looking demi but I really don't like the game. I'm the opposite of slime, I love me some Bemani.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: DJ_Tet on June 09, 2010, 01:32:57 PM: I picked up the Collectors Edition off of Amazon for $67 shipped a couple of weeks ago. The package as a whole is awesome. Two CDs (haven't listened to the Eminem one yet but the Jay Z one is a solid greatest hits album) and the case. The case is a lot sturdier than I anticipated, and even has a traditional metal snap-down handle. When the legs are assembled it is sturdy too.

The controller only has cosmetic differences fro the other one.

The game, I can see why Corny doesn't like it but I enjoyed it enough to justify the purchase. I wonder if it's similar but this game makes me feel like a DJ way more than Rock Band made me feel like a guitar player. Perhaps it's because I know how to play guitar and can feel the disconnect in the controller but I don't really think it's any more accurate an experience. I've never operated a turntable but I would imagine the track switching and scratching are fairly accurate, obviously the mixing of two platters at different speeds is not recreated.

But there are a ton of things going on while playing guitar that aren't emulated in Rock Band/Guitar Hero also.

The music is pretty sweet (for the most part) and it's something that I can't get outside the package (until the mp3/youtubes are ripped.)

Looking forward to the second game.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:22:54 PM: No he fucking wasn't.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:24:26 PM: Oh my fucking god ::)
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:26:17 PM: Well, if you want to keep looking like a moron, that would be the path of least resistance right thurr
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:31:40 PM: You asked me, me of all fucking people, if I had ever seen a turntable! Do you have any idea what kind of music I listen to? (Obv. not, because you certainly wouldn't ask me that if you did).

If you can show me a turntable with buttons on the platter, then I'll eat my virtua hat.

Look man. As I said before, I love rhythm games. I have a fucking Pop N' Music controller imported from Japan for the DC. I've played Para Para Paradise in the arcade with a weeaboo dancing behind me. I just don't think DJ Hero is a good game at all. Maybe Scratch DJ will be.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:41:46 PM: Quote from: a slime appears on June 09, 2010, 02:38:45 PM
Hey, it's fine to think that you're the shit but it's a bit presumptuous to think that a stranger on the internet was given the 411 on the type of music that you like. How about you preface that next time before you go all internet nerd warrior on me.

I... christ, man, I really hate the fucking internet sometimes. I never said I was the shit. I hardly post here and when I do, it's usually to talk about some form of hip-hop / electronica / shit that would be rocked by a DJ. I thought perhaps you might have noticed.

Quote from: a slime appears on June 09, 2010, 02:38:45 PM
In fact thanks to this thread I found out you're really into music games and that's awesome. I mean I know other people on Evilbore liked rhythm games but it's nice to meet another person who's really into it like you are. Like that video you linked in the thread, that shit is awesome. Unfortunately I never got to try out Crackin' DJ but I'd die to play something as awesome as that is.

We like the same stuff, let's not hate. :-*

The only thing I'm hating on is DJ Hero. And maybe Methodis. We can totally co-exist peacefully, my nephew.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 09, 2010, 02:45:16 PM: (http://www.the-dj-equipment-guide.com/image-files/ttusb.jpg)

I see 4 buttons.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:46:40 PM: Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 09, 2010, 02:45:16 PM
(http://www.the-dj-equipment-guide.com/image-files/ttusb.jpg)

I see 4 buttons.

ON THE FUCKING PLATTER, QUEERBAIT
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 09, 2010, 02:48:03 PM: Why dont you explain what a fucking platter is you fucking inbred pedo ass licking cigarillo nut?
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:49:24 PM: Oh my god if you don't understand what a "platter" is on a turntable then why the fuck are you even trying to argue with me?
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 09, 2010, 02:50:49 PM: Because you're arguing DJ Hero sucks because it's not real enough, when if they were trying to really emulate DJ-ing it'd be the most boring shit in the world
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 02:51:48 PM: -revving chainsaw-
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 09, 2010, 03:00:19 PM: I got more DJ insults if you want them.

What has two hands and no musical skill? :smug
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 03:00:39 PM: Your mother?
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Saint Cornelius on June 09, 2010, 03:01:06 PM: Actually she's a top-seeded flutist, nevermind
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: tiesto on June 09, 2010, 03:08:49 PM: Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 09, 2010, 03:00:19 PM
I got more DJ insults if you want them.

What has two hands and no musical skill? :smug

:punch :punch :punch
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 09, 2010, 03:13:48 PM: smh methodis :lol
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: Akala on June 09, 2010, 05:42:55 PM: DJ Hero with kit was worth the $50 to me. I had a good time with it, and the music is pretty decent.

Won't buy the sequel day one, but will probably grab it after it tanks a bit.
Title: Re: DJ Hero 2 announced
Post by: chronovore on June 09, 2010, 07:14:54 PM: Quote from: Methodis the Incorrigible! on June 09, 2010, 02:45:16 PM
(http://www.the-dj-equipment-guide.com/image-files/ttusb.jpg)

I see 4 buttons.
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