Friday, March 20, 2009

“SCRATCH: THE ULTIMATE DJ” IS BIG IN THE BRITCHES

on Doug Insano
Submitted: Mar 20, 2009
Scratch: The Ultimate DJ(Xbox 360)

It’s easy to say that your game is going to be bigger than Guitar Hero, especially when you’re Mix Master Mike . That’s exactly what the Beastie Boys DJ proclaimed to MTV Multiplayer recently to describe his involvement in the upcoming Guitar Hero-like DJ music game.

But does that mean it will be so? I’d say Mix Master Mike is being a bit of a Master Meathead.

I would love for Scratch: The Ultimate DJ to succeed. But the magical elixir that made Guitar Hero so fantastic wasn’t concocted by Neversoft nor Activision. It was made by a smart, technically tuned, laser-focused development team by the name of Harmonix, who created two unique music games, Frequency and Amplitude, well before Guitar Hero’s popular explosion.

Yes, the real chemistry between the music game came with the addition of the guitar, Harmonix’s smart gameplay, and the ability to play popular music. Activision sees all these elements and sees dollar signs. But in the same way that Konami’s offshoots of Bemani games weren’t always successful, and DJ-ing not being as universally poised in the world’s imaginations as a guitar hero, Scratch may very well the Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray of the music games category….. » Full Story on Doug Insano