Aikouka
Lifer
Well, I've played the original Dance Dance Revolution on the 360 and I had a lot of fun playing it. It has the same rhythmic challenge as Guitar Hero but instead of promoting carpal tunnel syndrome, you'll be burning calories.
The game itself isn't much different than DDRU in modes. It adds a new mode designed more toward kids and really (and I mean really) bad players. The mode literally is just a freestyle type of dance thing. I haven't really tried it since I've mostly been busy beating some songs, but I guess that's a good thing?
The biggest differences you'll notice are the graphics are all different. It seems this one has a more "freestyle" look to it... I guess? Also (obviously) the songs are different. But the songs is really where the game is at. I've found quite a number of songs that I enjoy getting my boogie onto. The game has fun songs that just about everyone knows such as Men Without Hats - Safety Dance, Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie, The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian and Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (this one feels more like a GH song though).
One of the nice features to stay is the workout mode which actually gives you some sort of depiction of how many calories you supposedly burn. It's a good way to convince yourself you're doing more than just playing a video game 😉.
But, the game ain't perfect. I complained about a bug a bit ago ( http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=79&threadid=2099901 ) that was pretty irritating as for those who don't want to read the thread, it seems DDRU will not save your information if you win. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but what I did was:
Played Men Without Hats - Safety Dance on difficult. Failed once. Tried again. Failed again. Tried again, passed with a D. The song select screen lists an 'E'. I tried the song again, this time determined to get video proof! I beat the song again, and the song select screen still lists it as an 'E'.
Here's the video on it:
http://www.aikouka.com/ddru2_bug.avi
Apologies in advance, I was trying out for the next Bourne film.
Disappointingly enough with this bug, I did report it to Konami months ago and it seems nothing was done about it 🙁.
All in all, I've had a lot of fun with the game and if you enjoy Guitar Hero, you may like this too. Heck, some chicks like it too, so maybe the missus will enjoy it 🙂. Since I own both DDRU's, I now have two mats which is even better!
Oh and I know I've read that some people didn't like the timing in DDRU.... I'm no DDR expert, so I can't tell you if it's any better in DDRU2.
The game itself isn't much different than DDRU in modes. It adds a new mode designed more toward kids and really (and I mean really) bad players. The mode literally is just a freestyle type of dance thing. I haven't really tried it since I've mostly been busy beating some songs, but I guess that's a good thing?
The biggest differences you'll notice are the graphics are all different. It seems this one has a more "freestyle" look to it... I guess? Also (obviously) the songs are different. But the songs is really where the game is at. I've found quite a number of songs that I enjoy getting my boogie onto. The game has fun songs that just about everyone knows such as Men Without Hats - Safety Dance, Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie, The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian and Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (this one feels more like a GH song though).
One of the nice features to stay is the workout mode which actually gives you some sort of depiction of how many calories you supposedly burn. It's a good way to convince yourself you're doing more than just playing a video game 😉.
But, the game ain't perfect. I complained about a bug a bit ago ( http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=79&threadid=2099901 ) that was pretty irritating as for those who don't want to read the thread, it seems DDRU will not save your information if you win. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but what I did was:
Played Men Without Hats - Safety Dance on difficult. Failed once. Tried again. Failed again. Tried again, passed with a D. The song select screen lists an 'E'. I tried the song again, this time determined to get video proof! I beat the song again, and the song select screen still lists it as an 'E'.
Here's the video on it:
http://www.aikouka.com/ddru2_bug.avi
Apologies in advance, I was trying out for the next Bourne film.
Disappointingly enough with this bug, I did report it to Konami months ago and it seems nothing was done about it 🙁.
All in all, I've had a lot of fun with the game and if you enjoy Guitar Hero, you may like this too. Heck, some chicks like it too, so maybe the missus will enjoy it 🙂. Since I own both DDRU's, I now have two mats which is even better!
Oh and I know I've read that some people didn't like the timing in DDRU.... I'm no DDR expert, so I can't tell you if it's any better in DDRU2.
