As anyone who's ever seen me tickle the colorful neck of a
Guitar Hero guitar or keep impeccable time upon a
Rock Band drum kit will attest, I've got a knack for rhythm games. I've never placed my hands on a peripheral that I wasn't immediately able to mentally deconstruct and use to its fullest rockin' potential [I'm only allowing this catastrophic failure of modesty because it's true. - Ed].
My first few minutes with the Xbox 360 version of
DJ Hero, however, initially left me
flummoxed. That's not to say the turntable peripheral therein is poorly designed or difficult to use. No, my inability to pick up and expertly play Activision's newest bundle of musical joy is due to the fact that for the average rhythm genre veteran,
DJ Hero is a horse of an entirely different color.
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Hands-on: DJ Hero originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
