Activision wisely promotes DJ Hero with Daft Punk

Wait, Daft Punk isn't a Punk Rock band?

What can I do to get Daft Punk avatar gear? eh? eh??? amiright??

Those commercials sucked, why are they only 16 seconds? I dont know what they expect people to take away from them, there wasnt enough time to get hyped about the music or the game. The 2nd one is especially bad, wtf was that?

Can't wait till this drops in price 6 months from now.

i would love to get this game, but theres no way im dropping $120, especially now when theres like 3-4 other games that are coming out that i want to buy

Prestige edition will be $150 in 6 months at Best Buy, and the regular edition will be $60 at Target in 7. Just wait. BB now has a whole aisle dedicated to GH/RB big box bundles, and I'm sure they getting sick of it. Target has even less game space, so they keep 1-2 copies of the big box games in stock, at least in the months after release. So just be patient.

i thought the demo song of daft punk and queen was pretty bad. like food, sometimes two good things don't mix well together.

Justice, I like.

as good as this looks I want to see what the other dj maker is offering because the controller looks better and more realistic. http://jslentertainment.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/bus_20090527150552_81.jpg

You're free to your opinion, even if it goes into conspiracy theory territory. I didn't support the war in Iraq. I also voted for Kerry in 2004 (another jackass) as a pissed off independent. Bush gave up capitalism in favor of bailing out banks, among other things. His free market "principles" were abandoned.

I never believed he was a true capitalist, though, unless it was him or buddies pulling in the cashola. At least I was ready for what Obama would give us, because Bush set him up perfectly. Politicians... sigh.

Anyways, back on the topic of Bobby Kotick, I can feel however I want to about him. He has some great employees, but I'm not going to support the hostile takeover of the industry and dumbing it down to only sequels. He's the man at the top, thus pulling in more than any of his employees. I won't be giving him my $60 and your posts won't make me or many of the other people who do not condone Kotick's actions.

HAZE!

Daft Punk is cool and all but where are the Prodigy and Chemical Brothers? They were just as influential and important to the dance-music scene in the 90s.

I'll buy this game when it gets cheaper. But my purchase will also be dependent on whether any of these guys make it in:

More Eminem and Jay Z
Boys Noize
Prodigy
Chemical Brothers

I see Activision is remaining Gung Ho on their vow to never actually feature gameplay footage in their Hero ads.

Daft Punk? I may actually buy the game now.

Daft Punk is the only reason I am getting this game. Sad to see how mainstream they are but oh well the more Daft Punk the better. I heard they're also doing the soundtrack for Tron 2. If that's true- I'll see that movie at midnight just to hear the music. I think it's great that Daft Punk are being featured in the ads rather than more lame rap.

Ok. A Few...points:

1. For the "DJ's" out there that seem to think this is "nothing" like what they do:

You are dead wrong, on several levels. So much so, that I am willing to bet that within 3 months, someone will have these things hooked into ableton live as performance controllers.

Unlike say, GH Guitar/Bass, on Hard and Expert there is a 1:1 correlation to what is being heard, what is happening on the xfader, directional scratches and the sample triggering scheme.

Sorry.


2. Complexity, actual gameplay

If you've never used the xfader on a dj mixer, this is going to be about 30% - 45% harder for you to play. For reasons likely to be related to actual DJ involvement with the production of this game, the crossfader works like real one and has almost zero resistance at the midpoint; it does NOT click into place or auto-center. You really have to "do" it and it will infuriate the hell out of the "gamers" because it requires doing it by "feel"...a very analog sensation.

The game is VERY UNREWARDING on "Easy"...like other games of this sort, if you are musically inclined it will be HARDER on easy than Medium+, mostly because it is too slow, and well, boring. It will be "off" and you will hate it :)

3. "Tracking"

Yes. Very nice. Unlike the IDIOTIC crap in the GH series where you know, they add an extra buttons for the *exact same notes* when a distortion section comes up (I mean...really...c'mon) DJH works like this: as the difficulty ramps up, the speed and frequency of what you have to do gets closer to 1:1. You can't really "see" this in the gameplay footage/screen stuff as much as you can in videos (or watching people playing IRL) of what is going on with the controller. Unlike (again) some of the GH "wtf"-ery we are used to, the tracking is logical, directly correlates and makes sense.

As for pricing...well it is pretty much on par isn't it with all the other "plastic instrument" games...$60 first party controller + $60 "next-gen" game MSRP.

I would recommend folks that have a doubt or two not related to the music (If you don't like the kind of music, there is nothing here for you...*shrug*) to go to Best Buy, set the thing on medium or hard and try it out...or get one of your pals from activision to let you mess with the full title. If you can :)

-K

Anyone got that display picture as a wallpaper?

:D

Im buying this game just for Daft Punk and its worth it

The letter I got in the mail with Guitar Hero Van Halen said "We hope you have as much fun playing these games as we do making them."

Bobby Kotick said he wants to take all the fun out of making games.

Hmmmmmm.

I'm actually pretty surprised that DJ Hero looks really fun. I might consider getting it sometime after launch if I can find it cheap. Activision peripheral launches are terrible and overpriced.

Why Always "Around the World"? Daft Punk have plenty of other cool songs to show around

To be honest, DJ Hero is a pretty poor emulation of DJing. Club DJs, mix DJs, mash up DJs, EQ DJs, entertainment company DJs, scratching DJs, battle DJs, duo DJs, VJs. DJ Hero doesn't emulate any of those categories particularly well. It's obvious by the fact that there's *buttons* on the platter for christ's sake.

But honestly, as a real DJ who fits into a couple of those categories myself, it doesn't bother me. If you look at Guitar Hero/Rock Band, it's the same thing. With guitar you replace frets with buttons and strings with a strummer. On drums you lack things like a hi-hat, the obvious bounce of a real set, and playing at varrying volumes. On vocals, you're just pitch matching, you're not actually singing and performing.

With DJ Hero, you emulate an idea of DJings, but you're not emulating DJing. If it's fun, then who the hell really cares right? Though at $120, I'm gonna wait this one out, lmao.

I want the renegade version but already bought 6 games this month with the two B2G1 free sales. lol

I'm not trying to sound like a Japan eliteist (sp?) or anything, but I think I'd still rather play beatmania III or beatmania IIDX over this. Maybe it's because I'm lucky enough to have an arcade near me that had an up to date IIDX machine, but I still think the game is superior to this. Although, DJ Hero's tracklist is pretty sweet.

Could they have come up with a better name though?

Hopefully GameStops will have. DJ Hero setup for people to try out like they did with GH. Spending that much money on a turntable for a game seems like a lot. Then again, I have over $400 worth of arcade sticks for 3 different systems so who am I kidding?

Read the words Daft Punk and Jus†ice.
Where do I sign up?

Talking about good music I hear...?

Here we go: Mirwais, Make the girl dance, Audio Bullys, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, The Crystal Method, Leftfield, Paul Oakenfold, Goldfrapp, The Infadels, Deichkind, Soulwax/2many DJs, Massive Attack, Rammstein, Jet, Kasabian, DJ Koze, M.I.A., Ada, Primus, RATM, Gorillaz, Peter Fox & Seeed and and and...

I agree it has to be in the game, I just dont like is its the one they always use for advertisement and such