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DJ Hero 2 Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

DJ Hero 2 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ****  A music rhythm game and sequel to the 2009 DJ Hero which uses a turntable controller. The Platinum is relatively easier than the previous installment, but still demands some serious skills.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
DJ Hero 2 **** 50 FreeStyleGames U.K. 42 5 2 13 0

DJ Hero 2

DJ Hero 2 is a music video game and a sequel to the 2009 DJ Hero, which in turn is a spin-off of the Guitar Hero series. Using a turntable, players earn points by accenting beats, adjusting crossfades between songs, and scratching the turntable in time to marks indicated on the screen. The game includes 83 mixes on disc comprising over 100 different songs from 85 different artists, mainly in the hip-hop genre but with additional pop, dance and electronica.

DJ Hero 2 received positive reviews, with an average score of 87%. It is considered a significant improvement in gameplay and presentation to its prequel, as well as praised for the new freestyle feature.

Still not an easy Platinum by any means, but DJ Hero 2 is considered slightly easier in gameplay than the original, requiring less precision with taps and crossfades, making to get five stars on Expert a little easier.

There are, however, 13 online trophies to worry about, one of which is missable. These are extremely difficult to unlock without a boosting partner.

Overall, depending on your skills, you can expect 80-100 hours of gameplay.

NOTE: You will need 2 DJ Hero Turntables, and a microphone for the Platinum.

To begin, there are a few trophies you can earn by calibrating your system, watching the credits, and going through the tutorial.

Once that's finished, you can embark on the main part of the game - Empire Mode. Here is where you will earn the majority of the trophies, with many of them unlocking naturally through your progression.

After that, you can start mopping-up the remaining offline trophies you missed. This may include getting five stars for every song on Expert for the You're The Best trophy, as well as The Magic Number trophy which requires two turntables and a headset.

Last, are the online trophies, which are a long grind. It should be noted that The Bigger They Are trophy is missable, as you're required to beat 10 people who are a higher rank than you. If you're already at rank 50 and you haven't gotten this trophy, then you missed it. Having a boosting partner will help tremendously with these trophies.

Here's a great Trophy Guide, by slammajamma28:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/dj-hero-2/guide/

And a detailed Trophy Guide here, created by tristalex:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:DJ-Hero-2-Trophy-Guide

And an Achievement Guide (same as the trophies on PS3) by KingSigy:
http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/dj-hero-2/guide/

These are some tips by Slamma, on Leveling Up:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/dj-hero-2/92623-dj-hero-2-trophy-guide-road-map.html#post1512799

A video by Chrisdgaf13, demonstrating the You're Golden trophy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnmHroYZhBk

For those online trophies, here's a Boosting Forum on PlaystationTrophies:
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/dj-hero-2/73973-trophy-boosting-thread-read-first-post.html

And a Boosting Forum on PS3Trophies:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/dj-hero-2/1301-official-dj-hero-2-boosting-thread.html

Lastly, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/dj-hero-2-trophies.html

DJ Hero Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

DJ Hero Trophy Guide. Difficulty: *****  A music rhythm game and spin-off of the Guitar Hero series, using a turntable to mix songs. The Platinum requires some serious skills, as getting five stars on all songs on Expert is no cakewalk.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
DJ Hero ***** 51 FreeStyleGames U.K. 41 7 2 5 0

DJ Hero

DJ Hero is a music video game and spin-off of the Guitar Hero series, which uses a turntable. Players earn points by accenting beats, adjusting crossfades between songs, and scratching the turntable in time to marks indicated on the screen. The game includes 93 mixes of one or two songs, in a variety of genres from Grunge to Techno.

DJ Hero received generally high reviews, with an average score of 89% for its originality, well-designed turntable peripheral, and strong soundtrack.

Many games don't get harder than this. Having a boosting partner for the 5 online trophies could bring this rating down to 4-stars, but the offline trophies will still give you trouble - particularly Turntable Perfection, in which you need a five-star score on all songs on expert difficulty.

In addition to the overall skills and time required, you will also need to purchase TWO DJ Hero turntables, a Guitar Hero or Rock Band guitar, and a microphone. Not a cheap game, by any means.

The first thing you'll want to do is start the Tutorial, which will not only explain how the game is played, but also earn you the Graduation trophy.

From then on, simply make your way through the setlists. Your ultimate goal is to earn five stars on all the songs in Expert Difficulty, but unless you're a natural, you'll probably want to start on Easy or Normal and work your way up as your skills improve. You will unlock several other miscellaneous trophies along the way. Check out the DJ Hero trophy guide links under our Links tab for further details.

There are also 5 online trophies to worry about, including winning 10 games. Considering the age of this game, and the fact that there are a number of sequels available, finding challengers online can be difficult. Check out the boosting forums under our Links tab if you don't have any friends to play with.

This is a great Trophy Guide, by Ignacio:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/dj-hero/guide/

Another useful Trophy Guide, this one by Bholegood:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/dj-hero/28448-dj-hero-trophy-guide.html

This great Trophy Guide was created by trophybot:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=PS3-Trophy-Guides:DJ-Hero-Trophy-Guide

PSN Profiles has some useful Trophy Guide tips:
http://psnprofiles.com/guide/192-DJ-Hero

Here is a Boosting Forum on PlaystationTrophies, to help with those online trophies:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/dj-hero/27700-trophy-boosting-thread-read-first-post.html

And a Boosting Forum on PS3Trophies:
http://ps3trophies.com/forums/dj-hero/1319-official-dj-hero-boosting-thread.html

These are some useful Tips, on IGN:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/dj-hero/Tips

This is a list of Cheat Codes. Keep in mind though, using them WILL disable the trophies:
http://www.cheatcc.com/ps3/djherocheatscodes.html#.Um3637shqUk

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/dj-hero-trophies.html