Britney's Dance Beat

by THQ

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• ASIN: B00005V3FA
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 6, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,610 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Britney's about to launch her next concert tour and needs backup dancers. Audition using Britney Spears' most popular songs and see if you can keep up with the other dancers. Only the best dancers will get to join Britney on stage. Britney's Dance Beat includes your favorite Britney songs, such as "Oops!... I Did It Again," "... Baby One More Time," "I'm a Slave 4 U," and others.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth a Rental, July 20, 2002

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GamerGirl (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Britney's Dance Beat (Video Game)

There is one thing I should get straight before I start. I am not, nor have I ever been a fan of Britney Spears. I probably never will be. But I do like rhythm/dancing games, so I gave this one a try just for fun.

The gameplay for the most part is basic. You try to press the correct buttons with the correct timing. Mostly you are using the x, circle, square and triangle buttons, but occasionally a directional button will be thrown in, which adds to the challenge immensely. You are auditioning to be one of Britney's backup dancers by dancing off against other dancers. You go through ten auditions before being allowed to audition against Britney herself. After each audition, you are awarded points based on your performance. These points eventually reward you with "backstage passes" that allow you to see video clips of Britney.

The one innovative gameplay element that I like about this game is that when your competitor does well, he or she can make your moves harder. Every time your opponent strings a combo of ten button presses together, it adds or changes your sequence. It may change one of your buttons, it may add a directional button, it may cause one of your button presses to be moved up or back, or it may add one or two extra button presses so that you have to hit ten buttons in rapid succession. Of course, by stringing together a combo of ten yourself, you do the same thing to your opponent. Although this can be infuriating at times, it at least adds some challange to an otherwise simple game.

I do have a few complaints about the game. First, it is too short and easy. You could play through the game with one dancer in a few hours easily, and through the entire game with all six dancers in a weekend. Therefore, I would just recommend this as a rental. Also, there are only five songs, and if you were not sick of hearing "Oops...I did it again" before, you will be after playing this game. My second complaint is that there should be a replay option. One problem with rhythm games is that while you are playing, you really cannot afford to look at what is going on because you have to be paying close attention to the meter. There should be a way to replay what you just did so you can watch all the moves that your dancer just did.

If you like rhythm games, try this as a rental. You just might find the gameplay very addictive. If you like rhythm games and you are also a fan of Britney's, you might just find this worth you money. But for serious gamers, Dance Beat really does not offer much depth.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bring Out the Dance Pad, May 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Britney's Dance Beat (Video Game)

For those who like Dance Revolution this game has some interest. It's fully compatible with dance pads and the game actually seems better suited for dance pads than for the hand controller. Since I'm a Dance Revolution fan I'm glad to have this game to add some new songs into the mix. However, there are only 5 songs on this game. So if you really don't mind there are only 5 songs and are just happy to have a few new tunes to dance to then it's ok. The movement of the arrows is different than DDRMax. It's too difficult to describe, you need to see it in action, but it takes a few minutes to get used to. I know some people though who don't like having to readjust to the different interface so take that into consideration. Graphics are good, no complaints. Difficulty: somewhere in the range of "Light" to "Standard" using DDRMax definitions. Certainly not "Heavy". This is minor addition for the Dance Revolution library of songs but since I only have DDRMax and Jungle Book for PS2/Dance Pads, I'm happy to have a few more songs I can throw in. I only shelled out ten bones for this brand new which is about what it's worth.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing for a dance mat game, December 20, 2003

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Jacob Marner (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Britney's Dance Beat (Video Game)

I am big fan of dance mat games and I like Britney Spears music too, but I was quite disappinted with this title. I clearly recommend that you buy a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) game instead.

The game's biggest fault is that there is only 5 songs in it. I think that is way to little given how many song you can get on a regular music CD at a much lower price. So this is not good value for money.

Also the actual steps that you have to do is not very dance-like. The moves are quite monotone and machine like - this is unlike the DDR games where the steps are quite well thought out.

The game has a new quite novel idea which is that you battle against an opponent and if you do a long combo you throw "hard moves" at your opponent. The idea seems quite good in theory, but in practice this means that steps are changed fractions of seconds before you need to hit them. Besides making the game very frustrating at the higher levels this even further reduces the game from actual dancing.

And the fact that the on-screen characters don't even move in sync with the song at its moves the experience just seems very disconnected.

Finally, I am not to happy about all the things you can unlock in the game. They are generally videos of very poor quality and doesn't actually tell you anything interesting or new about Britney. This could have been *so* much better.