DJ Hero 2 Turntable Bundle

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1. L. Humphrey says:

   July 2, 2011 at 10:42 am

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   Fantastic follow up overall, December 28, 2010

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   L. Humphrey (GA, United States) –
   
     

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   This review is from: DJ Hero 2 Turntable Bundle (Video Game)

   Last year, I received the original DJ Hero turntable for Christmas, and the game hooked me instantly. After only a couple weeks, I was already clamoring for a sequel. Thankfully, it came this year, and it’s just as good…but it didn’t quite meet my expectations.

   The additions they’ve made in this game, including the new/improved Empire (career) mode are welcome. The mixes are all top-notch, including everything from hip-hop to trance, dance, rock, disco, new wave, etc. There’s plenty here for everyone, and it’s the perfect party game, particularly now that you can have someone join in on the mic and another turntable. I opted to buy the turntable bundle, particularly because it was actually cheaper than the standalone game. I’d suggest that buyers try and find this turntable bundle discounted, even if they weren’t considering another turntable, because it seems to be quite cheap at a lot of retailers.

   Because of the excellent mixes, I’d go as far to say that this is the #1 music game for parties, even if there’s only one person playing. The music will get everyone feeling good. However, one disappointment is that this game does not include the DJ/guitar mode that the first DJ Hero had. Although there’s not a great selection of mixes that would include guitar parts, it was still a fun addition and a good way to get people in who are not familiar with the turntable yet. Instead of a guitar, another player can join in on the mic…which is okay, but the mixes are not always conducive to being sung. It’s a decent way to get someone else to join in, but the guitar mode was better. With two turntables and a mic, the game supports up to 3 players, but I can’t help but wish they would have kept the DJ/guitar mode so that it could have had 4-player support.

   The turntable hardware you get here is identical to the one included with the original DJ Hero. Just as with the Guitar Hero instruments, the Wiimote is plugged into it to make it wireless. I like this because it alleviates the need for any extra batteries or a USB dongle. I’ve had no problems with my old turntable, and I don’t foresee having any with this one. It’s fairly sturdy and it feels good to play.

   While the title supports DLC, it’s quite expensive (300 points per mix), and I’m disappointed to find that you cannot save DLC to the SD card, only to the Wii’s internal memory. This was the case with the original DJ Hero, but I was hoping they’d do something about it for the sequel. This means you can only have a small catalog of DLC. Rock Band and Guitar Hero have supported saving DLC to an SD card for the past two years; why DJ Hero still isn’t doing this is beyond me, because it means I’ll be spending a lot less money on DLC now. Also disappointing is that you cannot import any songs from the original DJ Hero (though this goes for all versions, not just the Wii version). I guess it’s not surprising though, as I imagine it would cost a lot to re-license all those tracks in addition to getting the licenses for the new ones.

   So, although DJ Hero 2 is a worthy sequel, it’s no replacement. You will want to hold on to the original DJ Hero to keep those mixes (including all the Daft Punk, which I would sorely miss), and if you ever want to play DJ/guitar mode. If you just got a second turntable with this bundle, you can also go back and play those mixes with a second DJ. If you’re totally new to DJ Hero, you’d do yourself well to buy both games in the turntable bundles…you could very well do it for under a hundred bucks.

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2. torque says:

   July 2, 2011 at 11:13 am

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   Great game, CRAPPY Turntable quality!!, January 31, 2011

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   torque (NYC, United States) –

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   This review is from: DJ Hero 2 Turntable Bundle (Video Game)

   I was drooling over DJ Hero 2 from the first time I saw the advertisement. Counting down the days till it came out, I got it on the very first day, the DJ Hero 2 party bundle with 2 turntables. After finishing a few tutorials, it was pretty easy to get into the gameplay. If you’re into electronic/dance/pop music, the game gets addictive very quickly, and in no time you’ll be sweating through Prodigy, Justice, cheesy 90s dance tunes into the wee hours of the night.

   The only reason why I’d give this game a poor rating overall is the HARDWARE, the plastic turntables are waaaay cheap. The hardware is a huge factor, because basically it’s your ONLY tool, I do not understand why they shortchanged this feature. Within just 1 hour of playing, the cheap plastic buttons started to stick! I refuse to go through the trouble making multiple trips for exchanging and refunding just because EA decided to cheaply manufacture plastic buttons. I’d even rather shell out a couple extra 20-40 bucks if they make industrial strength turntables with metal instead of plastic, and stronger button springback, for chrissakes!

   And I know of many customers of complain of this, why waste so much money and plastic on something that’s going to break eventually? Think about it, the user will be repeatedly pressing those buttons in excitement for hours on end, for days/weeks/months, at the speed of Fast-paced dance/electronic songs, these cheap plastic buttons are the parts that will take the most abuse, so they really need to redesign/re-engineer this part of the turntable. Also the wii-remote compartment is too small, you gotta shove those remotes in/close to cracking them in order to close the trunk, very poor design. I’m very disappointed, they really rushed through the turntable design without thought to long term usability.

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3. L. Williams says:

   July 2, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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   I wanna love it… but I don’t, January 27, 2011

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   L. Williams (Atlanta, GA United States) –
   
     

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   While I do like the music/mixes in this newest installment of DJ Hero; good variety, it still came to same ol’ crappy, cheap turntable. I’m a little disappointed that the quality of the peripheral is well.. just cheap. The cover for the remote on mine keeps falling off and at one point one of remotes got stuck. I think I got a lemon. I would have better off keeping the original turntable I had from the first game because while it was also cheap I didn’t have as many issues with it. Speaking off the first game, what happened to being able to use the guitar in DJ2? Maybe it wasn’t popular but I liked it, it added some variety and was kinda fun. I was dissapointed in not seeing that. In additon to the above grips I have had an issue with the game play itself. Perhaps I’m out of practice but I had some issues with responsiveness. Now for the good- I do like that they added lyrics so that if you don’t have two turntables someone else can play with you if you have microphone. Both my Rock Band and EA mics work so no problems there. The addition of a “career” mode is interesting as well but was it really necessary? Honestly, though I have barely played this since I’ve had it because I don’t enjoy the actual game play. The graphics are fine, sound is fine but too have had calibration woes, couple this with it not picking up my moves just takes away from the fun. Overall, I would give this game a “just okay”. Maybe it will be more fun during a party.

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