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| |  | Kinect Dance Central Dance Central™, exclusively for “Kinect” for Xbox 360, is the first real dance game experience that is fun, social and for everyone! Brought to you by Harmonix, the developers who created the world-wide blockbuster Rock Band™, Dance Central is the first immersive dance video game that features and tracks full-body dance moves. Completely free from any controller, every routine has authentic choreography for beginners and experts alike to master, alongside a killer soundtrack that spans today's current pop, hip-hop and R&B artists. Take it step-by-step with Break It Down or jump right in and start performing for your family and friends. Either way, you won't just learn dance moves, you'll own the dance floor! Details
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Dance Central, exclusively for Kinect for Xbox 360, is the first real dance video-game experience that is fun, social and for everyone! Brought to you by Harmonix, the developers who created the world-wide blockbuster Rock Band. Take it step-by-step with Break It Down or jump right in and start performing for your family and friends. Either way, you won't just learn dance moves, you'll own the dance floor!
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312 of 318 people found the following review helpful
By R.J. Watts
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The entire reason that I even wanted to get Kinect was this, for after watching them demo it on stage live at E3 I had full hope in what Kinect can do. I was not disappointed. From start to finish this game is a lot of fun to play and because of downloadable content I have a feeling it will have a long shelf life. Let me see if I can break it down to explain why this game is as amazing as it looks.
Menus: Menus are easily navigated and, because of a certain situation where my mother had friends over for the evening, even they were quickly able to pick up how to go through the menus. Its simple, hold your arm out to the right or left and make a slapping motion to select. This already made the game better. I played Kinect Adventures and I found the menus a little frustrating because you have to hold your hand there while it figures out that's what you want, but with Dance Central its just a quick swipe and you move on. Outside of that, all of the menus are very clear and easily navigated to find what you want, that hardest part of which was selecting songs (going up and down the list).
Gameplay: The no control experience is really shown off at its best here as you actually get a good workout moving your body to the beats. Yes, you will have to get off of the couch and start moving back and forth to the rhythms. Overall the Kinect cameras will do a wonderful job at figuring out your motions and, because the game was designed this way, you won't notice any lag. That's right, you dance in time with the person on screen (literally mirroring their actions) and then the game will take a moment (to which you won't notice because you are dancing) to decide how well you performed the action. In other words, don't worry about lag time because Harmonix has already factored that in perfectly, thus making gameplay smooth and easy to pick up on for even a beginner. Again, my mother's friends were very quick on picking up how to play the game.
Difficulty: This game ranges from anyone can do this easy (the first song) to ridiculously hard yet really cool looking moves (last song). It will give you a workout and it never tends to bore because of the variety of songs as well as dance moves. One thing that I also like about the game is that it forces you to start on easy and work your way up to hard. For a pro dancer (almost no one who will buy this game), that means you are forced to learn the different basic moves for the dance and then they get more complicated. That's right, the difficulty is actually used in this game to teach you the set-up for the next step. It works beautifully at getting you dancing to what was in the music videos.
Visuals: From start to finish this game is amazingly colorful and even the opening movie is rather fun to watch. On the other hand, none of the visuals block or distract the player from what is going on or seeing the next move. In fact, the set-up is so perfect that when you start getting your friends in there to dance along side you, it just feels natural for everyone. Now, I will also give this simple argument for visuals as well, because I am a fan of the hip-hop look the game sports (and thank God for that, Classical dancing would be so boring in a party game). If you don't like the hip-hop sort of streets style, then the visuals might not entertain you as much.
Overall: This game does what it says. It will teach you how to dance the moves from the music videos and it will go fairly smoothly along a learning curve as well. The use of the technology is impressive and it is probably the best party game out there since Guitar Hero became known as a party game (Honestly this one is better, because anyone can just start dancing and having a good time). It works great among all ages and all backgrounds since everything is done with visuals and because of the no-controller feel anyone can easily pick it up and start playing (though don't get me wrong, it is not easy to master).
Menus: Menus are easily navigated and, because of a certain situation where my mother had friends over for the evening, even they were quickly able to pick up how to go through the menus. Its simple, hold your arm out to the right or left and make a slapping motion to select. This already made the game better. I played Kinect Adventures and I found the menus a little frustrating because you have to hold your hand there while it figures out that's what you want, but with Dance Central its just a quick swipe and you move on. Outside of that, all of the menus are very clear and easily navigated to find what you want, that hardest part of which was selecting songs (going up and down the list).
Gameplay: The no control experience is really shown off at its best here as you actually get a good workout moving your body to the beats. Yes, you will have to get off of the couch and start moving back and forth to the rhythms. Overall the Kinect cameras will do a wonderful job at figuring out your motions and, because the game was designed this way, you won't notice any lag. That's right, you dance in time with the person on screen (literally mirroring their actions) and then the game will take a moment (to which you won't notice because you are dancing) to decide how well you performed the action. In other words, don't worry about lag time because Harmonix has already factored that in perfectly, thus making gameplay smooth and easy to pick up on for even a beginner. Again, my mother's friends were very quick on picking up how to play the game.
Difficulty: This game ranges from anyone can do this easy (the first song) to ridiculously hard yet really cool looking moves (last song). It will give you a workout and it never tends to bore because of the variety of songs as well as dance moves. One thing that I also like about the game is that it forces you to start on easy and work your way up to hard. For a pro dancer (almost no one who will buy this game), that means you are forced to learn the different basic moves for the dance and then they get more complicated. That's right, the difficulty is actually used in this game to teach you the set-up for the next step. It works beautifully at getting you dancing to what was in the music videos.
Visuals: From start to finish this game is amazingly colorful and even the opening movie is rather fun to watch. On the other hand, none of the visuals block or distract the player from what is going on or seeing the next move. In fact, the set-up is so perfect that when you start getting your friends in there to dance along side you, it just feels natural for everyone. Now, I will also give this simple argument for visuals as well, because I am a fan of the hip-hop look the game sports (and thank God for that, Classical dancing would be so boring in a party game). If you don't like the hip-hop sort of streets style, then the visuals might not entertain you as much.
Overall: This game does what it says. It will teach you how to dance the moves from the music videos and it will go fairly smoothly along a learning curve as well. The use of the technology is impressive and it is probably the best party game out there since Guitar Hero became known as a party game (Honestly this one is better, because anyone can just start dancing and having a good time). It works great among all ages and all backgrounds since everything is done with visuals and because of the no-controller feel anyone can easily pick it up and start playing (though don't get me wrong, it is not easy to master).
191 of 197 people found the following review helpful
By Jeremiah
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't dance... no seriously, I can't. That said, I have a lot of friend who love to go to clubs and love dancing. So I figured what the heck, I will give it a try.
This game ROCKS! It is one of the funnest games I have ever played. Let me break it down for you.
PROS:
1) Anyone can play. The game teaches you the dance moves. Then it gives you some practice trys. Then you get to "Perform".
2) The game gives really good feedback. When you miss a move, it shows you which part of your body wasn't moving right by outlining it in red.
3) The tracks are pretty good. There is a lot of music you would hear at clubs today and some that you haven't heard for a while.
4) The sound and visuals are pretty cool. I thought I would get bored listening to track during practice, but you really don't because you are concentrating on what is happening on screen.
5) Watching your friends play this is AWESOME. If they are good dancers (particularly hip-hop) it is a great way for them to perform. If they are not good dancers... well it is fun to watch them pretend.
CONS:
1) You are going to need a lot of space. That should go without saying (this is a dance game).
2) Don't let your friends record you playing this game and then post it on youtube.
If you have a Kinect, you must buy this game.
This game ROCKS! It is one of the funnest games I have ever played. Let me break it down for you.
PROS:
1) Anyone can play. The game teaches you the dance moves. Then it gives you some practice trys. Then you get to "Perform".
2) The game gives really good feedback. When you miss a move, it shows you which part of your body wasn't moving right by outlining it in red.
3) The tracks are pretty good. There is a lot of music you would hear at clubs today and some that you haven't heard for a while.
4) The sound and visuals are pretty cool. I thought I would get bored listening to track during practice, but you really don't because you are concentrating on what is happening on screen.
5) Watching your friends play this is AWESOME. If they are good dancers (particularly hip-hop) it is a great way for them to perform. If they are not good dancers... well it is fun to watch them pretend.
CONS:
1) You are going to need a lot of space. That should go without saying (this is a dance game).
2) Don't let your friends record you playing this game and then post it on youtube.
If you have a Kinect, you must buy this game.
78 of 80 people found the following review helpful
By Ben Sakai
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I think that if I had to name my favorite developers over consistency, fun and quality I would rank Harmonix at the top of my list. Over the last 10+ years they've consistently produced product after product that has not only pushed the boundaries of what is expected from them but evolved the music game genre as a whole. As a "hard-core" gamer they've surprised me title after title in their ability to capture my (typically short) attention-span and Dance Central is no different. It's the first and currently, only game that I own for the Kinect (I don't even have Kinect Adventures which typically ships with the device), and it has made me a firm Kinect believer.
The game's just fun... from the moment you boot it up. Even the menus are simple and fun to use - right hand selects menu choices, left hand takes you back a screen - though the game might actually benefit from slightly larger or spread out menu select buttons - and while you're systematically waving your hands you're already realizing that this feels something like the future. A few futuristic waves of your hands later you're ready to dance. 5 seconds into the first dance-breakdown, which is like dance practice before the performance, I was already smiling ear to ear... six seconds later I was giggling like a school girl.... and let me tell you... I'm a large man - not prone to giggling in this manner... and I didn't stop giggling for almost an hour... your results may vary. Dance Central is a very special sort of game... no let me take that back... Dance Central is a special sort of EXPERIENCE.... the sort of experience that feels silly and immature and may even be embarrassing at times, but not the kind of experience that you'll feel ashamed of... en' contrar ... you'll want to tell everyone you know about it... you'll want to throw parties focused around it... it's the rare sort of experience that may actually end up being as fun as it looks on TV. And it will stay with you... which is perhaps the scariest thing I've noticed about it so far... I'm still waiting for the moment when my brain over-rides my pride in a public place, let's say the bank, or jury duty, in favor of a quick dance move combo set to the tune of The Commodore's "Brick House" ...playing in my head... oh please don't let this happen.
That said, it's not without it's annoyances... as I mentioned before the select menu buttons would be easier to trigger properly if they were represented as slightly larger icons on the screen... but this is really just a minor annoyance... A more significant annoyance, at least for me...you're mileage and taste may vary...is that the song selection is somewhat lame... mostly a collection of songs you're more likely to here being played at a Bar-Mitzvah, Quinceniera, or sweet 16 then what you would find at todays clubs. In fact I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a song on the list that's still getting consistent play. Aside from the 2 songs from Lady Gaga and the one song from MIA, most of the rest of the song list seems to be composed of 70's and 80's hits, the Commodores, Bil Bev Devoe, Erik B and Rakim (Sweat the Technique... not my first choice but what can you do), Kool and the Gang... the list goes on and on. (perhaps your memories of these songs are better than mine?). In addition to the 70's/80's blowout:
5 electronica songs (mostly from the late 90's and early 2000's - including a Kylie Minogue song (which is arguably pop music)), "Satisfaction" by Benni Benassi (Which is maybe the most overplayed electronic song ever? You'll recognize it, trust me.), and "Days go by" by Dirty Vegas (Overplayed but at least it's good)...no BT? no Daft Punk, no Chemical Brothers, no Justice?... I mean come on guys, give me something... I thought it was a Harmonix tradition to at least include a Freezpop song?... a few hip hop songs (most of which I had always thought were best left forgotten), like Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like it's Hot" and Pitbull's "I know you want me"... I mean WTF!... no Kanye? or Jay-Z? no Dr Dre? and no Eminem? ... and no Rock and Roll...at all... in any form... unless you consider No Doubt's "Hella Good" in that category, in which case... well, there's no reasoning with some people.
and despite what some may consider a sizeable disappointment on the music end here the game is still fun... really fun... really, really fun. And I wouldn't worry about the track list just yet, DLC is on the way... already a Missy Elliot song and a Blur song (a rock song, yay!) in the dlc list after a cursory glance. This is a great game... a great launch title for the kinect and a great accomplishment for games in general.
Now that i said all these nice things about you Harmonix, where the hell is my Amplitude/Frequency sequel?
thanks for reading,
-Ben
The game's just fun... from the moment you boot it up. Even the menus are simple and fun to use - right hand selects menu choices, left hand takes you back a screen - though the game might actually benefit from slightly larger or spread out menu select buttons - and while you're systematically waving your hands you're already realizing that this feels something like the future. A few futuristic waves of your hands later you're ready to dance. 5 seconds into the first dance-breakdown, which is like dance practice before the performance, I was already smiling ear to ear... six seconds later I was giggling like a school girl.... and let me tell you... I'm a large man - not prone to giggling in this manner... and I didn't stop giggling for almost an hour... your results may vary. Dance Central is a very special sort of game... no let me take that back... Dance Central is a special sort of EXPERIENCE.... the sort of experience that feels silly and immature and may even be embarrassing at times, but not the kind of experience that you'll feel ashamed of... en' contrar ... you'll want to tell everyone you know about it... you'll want to throw parties focused around it... it's the rare sort of experience that may actually end up being as fun as it looks on TV. And it will stay with you... which is perhaps the scariest thing I've noticed about it so far... I'm still waiting for the moment when my brain over-rides my pride in a public place, let's say the bank, or jury duty, in favor of a quick dance move combo set to the tune of The Commodore's "Brick House" ...playing in my head... oh please don't let this happen.
That said, it's not without it's annoyances... as I mentioned before the select menu buttons would be easier to trigger properly if they were represented as slightly larger icons on the screen... but this is really just a minor annoyance... A more significant annoyance, at least for me...you're mileage and taste may vary...is that the song selection is somewhat lame... mostly a collection of songs you're more likely to here being played at a Bar-Mitzvah, Quinceniera, or sweet 16 then what you would find at todays clubs. In fact I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a song on the list that's still getting consistent play. Aside from the 2 songs from Lady Gaga and the one song from MIA, most of the rest of the song list seems to be composed of 70's and 80's hits, the Commodores, Bil Bev Devoe, Erik B and Rakim (Sweat the Technique... not my first choice but what can you do), Kool and the Gang... the list goes on and on. (perhaps your memories of these songs are better than mine?). In addition to the 70's/80's blowout:
5 electronica songs (mostly from the late 90's and early 2000's - including a Kylie Minogue song (which is arguably pop music)), "Satisfaction" by Benni Benassi (Which is maybe the most overplayed electronic song ever? You'll recognize it, trust me.), and "Days go by" by Dirty Vegas (Overplayed but at least it's good)...no BT? no Daft Punk, no Chemical Brothers, no Justice?... I mean come on guys, give me something... I thought it was a Harmonix tradition to at least include a Freezpop song?... a few hip hop songs (most of which I had always thought were best left forgotten), like Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like it's Hot" and Pitbull's "I know you want me"... I mean WTF!... no Kanye? or Jay-Z? no Dr Dre? and no Eminem? ... and no Rock and Roll...at all... in any form... unless you consider No Doubt's "Hella Good" in that category, in which case... well, there's no reasoning with some people.
and despite what some may consider a sizeable disappointment on the music end here the game is still fun... really fun... really, really fun. And I wouldn't worry about the track list just yet, DLC is on the way... already a Missy Elliot song and a Blur song (a rock song, yay!) in the dlc list after a cursory glance. This is a great game... a great launch title for the kinect and a great accomplishment for games in general.
Now that i said all these nice things about you Harmonix, where the hell is my Amplitude/Frequency sequel?
thanks for reading,
-Ben
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great workout essential!
Dance Central is what I started using when I went on my weight loss regime in 2011, I started with it first because I hated workouts and anything that remotely resembled... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Tysha Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dance Central
i love this game to the fullest and i rated this game 5 stars because once u start you cant stop and you get plenty of exercise off this game. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Latoya Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun!!!
The whole family has fun with this game. My wife and I use it as part of our workout routine because it will definitely gets your heart racing and sweat pouring. Read more
Published 25 days ago by David Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great party game
We have kids in a range of ages from elementary school to high school. We have played this game with all of their friends, and the parents of their friends. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Summerroll
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very well designed and easy to learn.
This game is one of the better dance games that I have played. It has a tutorial mode that helps you learn all of the dances. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Reed
3.0 out of 5 stars
I'm not a fan of these games, but...
I bought it for my 7 year old daughter, because she's always dancing around the house. I thought it'd be fun for her, but she ended up frustrated. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Matt Conlon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sexy grooves
The dance steps are a little amateurish for some songs, but some just rocks awesome. Whats great is when you dance with a partner, and you look at each other, and you make love... Read more
Published 1 month ago by AmazonFanFromTheOtherSideOfTheWorld
4.0 out of 5 stars
Truly a girls game!
My wife has had over many girls to play this game and trust me...a guy will play this a few times...but the ladies will take over your gaming console that night. Have fun!
Published 1 month ago by C. Browne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Game
Same as last game. My daughter and granddaughter love to play this game. They have so much fun doing it.
Published 1 month ago by Amy Tucker
4.0 out of 5 stars
great fun!
This game is tons of fun. I love the fitness section with preselected songs as a play list, allows you to keep going without having to stop and counts the calories.
Published 1 month ago by Tracey Bousquet
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