MakaiOokami
PSLS Level: Bronze
So for all the shit I've given the series... I finally bought one.
Did a price match to Amazon via Target to knock the price down to $30 and then I used Cartwheel to bump 40% off and so I got the game for $18 dollars.
For all the crap I've given the game series I'm having fun with it.
All that being said, it's pretty crappy.
I feel like the Dancatars are really hard to follow, there's no calibration settings, there's no camera + Move option, the game has crashed on me once already, the camera stops reading my movements periodically, even though I have not moved my feet, it tracks specific areas of the dance floor, but the avatars move around, and there's no tutorial, so if you move around, you'll be dancing on someone elses and thus for them and it's really counter intuitive, you have to learn the game, through trial and error.
My worst complaint of all is personal to me and that when you're tired, there's no practice mode or watch mode, so you have to go to youtube or something to watch the choreography to get an idea of what happens or what you maybe are supposed to do when the dancer is spinning around and right afterwards, and if you just want to listen to the music that is really difficult. Not only that but if want to just use it as a music player at night, while people are asleep, you have to have the lights on with the camera to activate the whole dancing, because it has to have enough light to see you, so you can't sort of be sneaky about it, if you just want to watch the choreography while the lights are off (or in my case when my wife is sleeping in the room since the only t.v.s with HDMI are in the bedroom)
If I was doing a full review I would say that the game is probably a 5 or 6 out of 10.
If you love dancing though you will have tons of fun, DESPITE Just Dance, being an awful experience.
Everybody Dance did everything in my opinion a dozen times better than Just Dance does it on the PS4.
Everybody Dance even had a free to play standalone that allowed you to buy the songs you wanted without having to buy the whole disk. Just Dance is a lazy attempt at making a party game. It's the "Turn off the lights, give everyone drugs, glow sticks, and put on the radio" kinda party and while yes that can be fun, it's not healthy to party that way exclusively.
World Dance Mode is basically the saving grace of the game. It's different, it's unique, it's basically everyone is playing at home, and kinda against other people, but with other people. Basically people pick sides, and the side that did the most stars wins, and everyone gets rewards. It's fun, it's different, it makes you feel like you're not the only weirdo swinging your arms around.
My only hope is that the Singstar Team have Dance stuff in the new Singstar cause I liked Singstar+Dance more than this, I just like the tracks on this more than Singstar+Dance.
Did a price match to Amazon via Target to knock the price down to $30 and then I used Cartwheel to bump 40% off and so I got the game for $18 dollars.
For all the crap I've given the game series I'm having fun with it.
All that being said, it's pretty crappy.
I feel like the Dancatars are really hard to follow, there's no calibration settings, there's no camera + Move option, the game has crashed on me once already, the camera stops reading my movements periodically, even though I have not moved my feet, it tracks specific areas of the dance floor, but the avatars move around, and there's no tutorial, so if you move around, you'll be dancing on someone elses and thus for them and it's really counter intuitive, you have to learn the game, through trial and error.
My worst complaint of all is personal to me and that when you're tired, there's no practice mode or watch mode, so you have to go to youtube or something to watch the choreography to get an idea of what happens or what you maybe are supposed to do when the dancer is spinning around and right afterwards, and if you just want to listen to the music that is really difficult. Not only that but if want to just use it as a music player at night, while people are asleep, you have to have the lights on with the camera to activate the whole dancing, because it has to have enough light to see you, so you can't sort of be sneaky about it, if you just want to watch the choreography while the lights are off (or in my case when my wife is sleeping in the room since the only t.v.s with HDMI are in the bedroom)
If I was doing a full review I would say that the game is probably a 5 or 6 out of 10.
If you love dancing though you will have tons of fun, DESPITE Just Dance, being an awful experience.
Everybody Dance did everything in my opinion a dozen times better than Just Dance does it on the PS4.
Everybody Dance even had a free to play standalone that allowed you to buy the songs you wanted without having to buy the whole disk. Just Dance is a lazy attempt at making a party game. It's the "Turn off the lights, give everyone drugs, glow sticks, and put on the radio" kinda party and while yes that can be fun, it's not healthy to party that way exclusively.
World Dance Mode is basically the saving grace of the game. It's different, it's unique, it's basically everyone is playing at home, and kinda against other people, but with other people. Basically people pick sides, and the side that did the most stars wins, and everyone gets rewards. It's fun, it's different, it makes you feel like you're not the only weirdo swinging your arms around.
My only hope is that the Singstar Team have Dance stuff in the new Singstar cause I liked Singstar+Dance more than this, I just like the tracks on this more than Singstar+Dance.
