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DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable for Playstation 3

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PS3 DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable

PS3 DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable
List Price: USD 69.99
Lowest Used Price: USD 30.99
Lowest New Price: USD 45.00
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Binding: Video Game
Manufacturer: Activision Inc.
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Product Description:
Be the life of the party! The makers of Guitar Hero introduce an entirely fresh and innovative way to experience your favorite music. With DJ Hero you will be the life of the party as you spin and scratch more than 100 songs into unique mixes. Get ready for a whole new phenomenon in music.
Amazon.com Product Description:
The makers of Guitar Hero introduce an entirely fresh and innovative way to experience music and rhythm gameplay. DJ Hero features an amazing variety of music across genres – tracks that you love and reflect who you are. Using an authentic turntable controller, you will spin and scratch more than 100 songs into unique mixes and become the life of the party. Get ready for a whole new phenomena in music.

'DJ Hero' game logo
DJ demonstrating how to scratch in 'DJ Hero'
Become the ultimate DJ.
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Turntable controller for 'DJ Hero'
Innovative turntable controller.
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Multiplayer action in 'DJ Hero'
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Music and Gaming Via a Revolutionary Controller
Like the music that inspired it, DJ Hero allows players to experience music in a new revolutionary way through through its game-specific controller. Included with the DJ Hero software, the DJ Hero controller is a combination turntable and mixer that immerses you into authentic DJ culture allowing you to scratch, cross-fade, and beat match. The turntable half of the controller features three color-coated buttons used to direct action during gameplay and a realistically rotating turntable. The opposite end of the controller contains the mixer controls in the form of a lateral fader allowing for switching between tracks and mixing, a knob for additional effects and a button for capturing "euphoria," a star power-like point bonus.

In addition, the mixer portion of the controller detaches to accommodate left-handed players and contains an out of the way compartment holding a D-pad and conventional controller buttons for easy console navigation. Taken together, both halves of the controller allow players to customize their mix with a variety of effects and samples transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.

Gameplay
Gameplay in DJ Hero is reminiscent to games in the Guitar Hero series. Musical prompts stream towards players on one of three color-coded ribbons; red and blue which correspond to the two tracks that the player is able to simultaneously or individually manipulate, as well as a red one between these two, used to insert samples. In addition to hitting individual notes and samples, players are also challenged to scratch on command by pressing the appropriate button for the track and sliding the turntable up or down as indicated on the ribbon. The game also provides players with a chance to turn back the clock on earlier action via its "Rewind" feature. This ability is monitored via the rewind meter that levels higher with successful play, and and when full allows the player to rewind the song to fix errors in their earlier performance. The reward for precision is the build up of points, which can be temporarily doubled via euphoria power with the push of a button on the mixer end of the controller.

Rule the Hottest Parties
In the tradition of Guitar Hero, which brought gamers into the world of rock ā€˜n’ roll, DJ Hero places players in the DJ booth at some of the hottest clubbing scenes from around the globe. Party in venues reminiscent of real world locales from around the globe including an ultra plush and sexy Hollywood Hills style mansion, to an open air beach club in Ibiza.

Play Modes
Although DJ Hero contains engrossing single player game options, including a career mode, much of the action in the game surrounds its wealth of multiplayer modes. These include both online and offline multiplayer competitive and cooperative modes: including DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ and DJ + Guitar.

Set List
The DJ Hero set list is constructed of 100 songs, crafted into more than 80 two-song DJ mixes. These mixes are the product of both the creative talents of internationally known DJs such as DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, DJ AM and Daft Punk and the game development team. All songs used are new to the Guitar Hero family of games and are pulled from a wide array of genres, including pop, grunge, soul, R&B, techno, hip hop, and house.


Features:
  • The ability to battle your friends or jam together at home or online with two turntables or one turntable and a Guitar Hero guitar controller.
  • Game bundle including software for PS3 and the exclusive DJ Hero turntable/mixer controller that allows players to scratch and mix their way to hero status.
  • Variety of unique musical content featuring in the form of 80+ DJ mixes pulled from multiple genres including Hip Hop and Dance music fused with Rock, Pop and R&B.
  • Variety of multiplayer co-op and competitive modes including DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ and DJ + Guitar.
  • Engaging and easy to pick-up rhythm based gameplay in the Guitar Hero tradition.
Brand: ACTIVISION
Edition: Bundle with Turntable
Model: 95837
Release Date: 2009-10-27
Languages:
Unknown: English
Customer Reviews


Good Price for a Good Game
I am a big GH fan, so this game was a no-brainer for me. Still, the original price (which was as high as 0 at one point) was a major put off. Thankfully, the price has dropped to a manageable ( if on special), so it's now feasible.

The game itself is fantastic. GH players will understand the mechanic very easily, but it takes time to master it. There are only three buttons to be used with the right hand, together with scratches and rewinds. The left hand governs "cross-fading" and effects, together with "euphoria" (read, star power).

The game loses an overall star because of cross-fading. I realize it was probably difficult to determine how to create the so-called cross-fading bar, but it is problematic. The idea is to slide a bar left and right in order to determine what mix feed plays at a given time. The bar, however, is rather finicky, and on expert level, it can be difficult to put the bar in the right place (particularly for the cross-fading "spikes," which I won't bother to explain.

The mixes in the game are excellent, although I would have liked a few more songs to be mixed (particularly from the rock category - I'm not up on my hip-hop). Unfortunately, the same songs often get mixed twice (and sometimes three times), so expect to hear the tunes again. Still, it is fun to listen to, and although I didn't know many of the songs, I enhjoyed most of them.

The main reason this game is fun to me is that it has an easy-to-learn, but hard-to-master mechanic. If you've played any among of GH, you'll blow through the tutorials with no trouble, but the mixes themselves are not easy. It takes time to open later mixes, so you have plenty of opportunity to practice.

Finally, the trophies are mostly easy, but getting 5 stars on every expert mix is no joke.

All in all, this is a good game, and a welcome break from the glut of GH/ROck Band games we've come to have. I await the sequel to this far more than, say, "Rock Band: Green Day."


One of the best games ever!
Let me just start by saying I HATE the guitar hero and rock band games. I think they're stupid and they have never appealed to me, I figured DJ hero would be the same even though I've been a huge fan of dance music and djing for 10 years now. I'm very picky about the music I listen to and I dont like most of the "mainstream" garbage so I never gave this game a second thought.

That is until my cousin, who is a dj, got the game and was playing it when I was over at his house. He couldn't stop talking about how cool the music and the mixes were. We decided to buy the game because it looked pretty fun and the music did sound pretty cool.

I have not been able to stop playing it! We bought it on Sunday night around 8 and I was up until about 1am playing even tho I had work the next day. I drove all the way home on my lunch just to play it for 20 minutes before going back to work! The music is UNBELIEVABLE! The first sets were really cool and I didnt think the later sets were going to be able to top some of the sick mixes in the first ones but oh my god, the mashups are so ridiculously awesome. The music alone makes this game worth buying, I'm a huge fan of good dance music, I'd even consider myself a techno snob of sorts and this game does not disapoint even someone with really high standards!

The beginning sets are of course easier than the later sets and I figured that the farther I got into the game, the harder it would get and the less I would like it or the less fun it would be but it's actually the complete opposite. In the beginning you have fewer buttons to hit and fewer scratches etc. and then the songs get more and more complex which makes it even more fun because you can get more into it and actually hit buttons with the beat and its faster which you'd think would make it harder but it just makes it more fun and actually more easy for me personally.

Needless to say I will be playing this game for a long time to come and I cant wait until they come out with more downloadable content and new songs (we already bought all the DLC available and its awesome)

It's super fun and super addictive. A+++ game!


Great game
Dj hero is a nice and funny game! Sometimes to handle the turntable can be difficult especially if you do not play in easy level! I wish the game could have more house music songs, but in any case songs are good and the versions you made are so cool!


Not like I expected
Good game for people that are into pop music.
Its confuseing at first to learn how to play unless you do the tutorials.
I was expecting more eminem/jay z mixes due to the commercial but to get all those mixes you either have to buy the renegade edition or purchase more packs off the playstation network.
I really aint that crazy about DJ Hero. I am a guitar hero fan and DJ Hero was sort of a let down.


Great Game! Fun and Addicting!

So I played Guitar Hero on demo and was quite impressed, it was fun and I enjoyed it. So i went into the market immediately and after reviewing I found that Dj Hero would be more to my liking and I am definitely satisfied. Easy to setup with a simple switch for leftys and rightys, I would definitely recommend this game to anyone (especially if you ever wanted to be a dj) Forewarning: I have never been a dj so I have no idea what it feels like to be one but this game brings my dj fantasy to life!


Pros:

1)Great music!! Lots of great mixing of various rock and hip hop tracks.

2)Loads of unlockables!! Has different venues, dj clothes and decks (turntables for your selected dj) to unlock.

3)They have a mode that teaches you the game very quickly. They also have easy mode which anybody can play, all the way to expert which is the best because it makes you feel like an actual dj.

Cons:

1)No create a dj. Many people probably dont care about this but they should think about adding it. Many people like to see themselves in the game via created player.

2)Rewind messes up your multiplier at times. You rewind the turntables and are unable to pick up where you left off thus ruining you multiplier at times.

3)Dj dances uncontrollably while you are vigorously scratching away at times. Kinda funny and not that huge a deal but should be an easy fix.

Overall I would give it 4.5/5 I will definitely be getting part 2 later this year!

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