I'm not gonna lie, the graphics on the PS2 version look like ass, but since the primary focus is the colored dots moving toward you on the screen (it is just a jazzed-up rhythm game, after all), that doesn't really matter.

I do enjoy these types of games, mostly because I'm one of those people that is listening to some kind of music almost all the time, and it gives me a way to get a little more interactive with it (as opposed to just sitting on the couch with headphones on). The music in DJ Hero is by far the most adventurous that's been put in to a music game so far (come on, it's got a 50-Cent/David Bowie mash-up in it!); one of the reasons I got burned out on the Rock Band-type games is because I just got sick of hearing the same old boring stadium rock songs over and over again.

The Guitar Hero franchise has been getting progressively shittier ever since Guitar Hero 2, which is the last game that Harmonix and Red Octane worked on together, and there's a reason for this. Harmonix, who eventually started the Rock Band franchise, are musicians. Red Octane, who kept making Guitar Hero games, are programmers. So with Guitar Hero, they would throw in a ton of extra notes/noodling purely for the sake of difficulty, and it just stopped being fun. The Rock Band franchise has at least striven to be a little more realistic, and I appreciate that.