Flow Urban Dance Uprising

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• 50 urban dance tracks including tracks from famous hip hop artists.
• Six modes of play and three difficulty levels to choose from.
• 100 break-dancing challenges across all modes of play.
• Unlock songs, power moves, custom interfaces, and more
• Get on your dance pad and master over 100 moves per character -- or try them out with your DUALSHOCK 2 Analog controller

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BJV0LS
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 20, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,126 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Everybody’s got a story to tell. In urban dance, you tell it with your body. Whether you’re old school, pioneering fresh moves, or new to breakdancing altogether, you’ll find fresh beats and challenges in Flow: Urban Dance Uprising, the first-ever breakdancing game where you actually get up and move. Host dance battles, get fit, and master up to 300 moves from all schools of urban dance. Rhythm scores you points; style scores respect.

Features:

• Express your skills and style to 50 current, licensed hip-hop tracks.
• Learn the foundations of urban dance in Easy mode, and challenge yourself with fly power moves as you advance through Medium and Expert.
• Establish your character’s rep across town in 100 single-player challenges and unlock songs, power moves, custom interfaces, and more.
• Break out your dance pad and master up to 300 moves per character. Or, try them out with your DualShock2 controller.
• Develop your moves and stamina in three single-player modes, then battle against friends in Versus, Break Style, and eight-player Competition mode.
• Pick from 10 different boys and girls, or watch yourself dance using the Sony USB Camera Eye Toy.

Product Description

Flow: Urban Dance Uprising is a breakdancing rhythm game that features a soundtrack of hip hop artists including 50 urban dance tracks by the likes of the Sugar Hill Gang, Kurtis Blow, and Eric B & Rakim. Gamers can compete against as many as seven other players and choose from a host of dancers that perform classic breakdance moves in one of 10 different urban settings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I *wanted* to like this, really I did..., December 19, 2005

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Kimberly Mcfarland "Duck-about-town" (Atlanta, GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Flow Urban Dance Uprising (Video Game)

I'm an arrow-stomper aficionado. I've danced my way through "In The Groove" and all the PS2 DDR games. When I found out about this game, touted as a hip-hop DDR, I was instantly interested. New songs and a new style? Gimme!

The game does have its own flavor, very unlike that of DDR and ITG. The graphics depict urban settings, and you earn respect (and new songs) by completing missions in those areas. The type of music is also very unlike established dance games. All good. Plus, it has goodies like hands (ala ITG) and special icons which, if you step on them, will give you extra, more complex steps. Nice!

However, the game has one fatal flaw: no modifies for the songs. No mods at all. No *speed mods.* And of the songs I've played, the average BPM is 100-120 BPM. Ouch! Add to that the fact that there are only two barely-different arrow "colors" - brown, and brown with an inside line - and that makes the patterns too difficult to follow to be enjoyable.

I wanted to enjoy this game. Really, I did. However, the lack of speed mods ruined it for me. Yes, I realize that makes me a speed weenie, and that old-school DDR aficionados may snicker at my complaint. But I've found that most players need speed mods as I do, and by leaving them out Ubi Soft has shunned a very large percentage of its possible buyers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great hip-hop songs and steps, but hard to read arrows, February 12, 2006

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Gen of North Coast Gardening (California) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Flow Urban Dance Uprising (Video Game)

I am a huge fan of DDR and hip-hop music, and this game is a great change of pace for DDR players who are tired of all the seventies hits and Japanese techno that dominates many of the other DDR games.

The arrows (dance moves) feel much more natural than on some of the other DDR games out there, and I love that on this game I almost always feel like I am dancing, rather than tapping arrows! I love the variety of songs; though most of them have a comparatively slow beat, the arrows are placed in new and different ways than I am used to, so it makes it fun as a change.

I love how the arrows that you press simultaneously are linked with a chain, so it is easy to tell when to hit those. But, the arrows are all shades of brown, so it is hard to see them against the urban-themed backgrounds, and really difficult to tell the difference between half and eighth notes. You kind of get used to it, but on Heavy mode I find myself squinting and relying on the music to figure out when to step on the more complex sequences because I can't differentiate between all the layers of brown.

This game also isn't as hard as some of the other DDR games. I play standard and heavy on the DDR Max and Extreme games, and the hardest level on this game is fun and requires focus but is doable without too much practice. I'd like another level to move up to.

The dancers are way better in this game than in the DDR Extreme games. The dancers start doing trick moves when you get a combo going, and crash to the floor from their spinning headstands if you break the combo. It is fun that they are responsive to what is going on in the game, which they aren't in DDR Extreme and Max.

Even with the complaints I have about arrow visibility and wanting more difficult levels, I enjoy this game a lot and play it often. I wouldn't buy this game as my first or only DDR game (DDR Max 2 would be my first choice!), but if you have a few games and want to mix it up, this one is really different and a lot of fun. I hope they come out with a sequel and fix those problems, because they have done a lot of things better than Konami/ Bemani and I can see their potential for a really strong hip-hop DDR game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Game, January 14, 2008

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DC Citizen (WASHINGTON, DC United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Flow Urban Dance Uprising (Video Game)

I'm not a DDR player at all. Actually, until two months ago, the last time I'd owned a game system was during my elementary school career. However, after playing Flow, I've become a true believer in the genre. Although it is very challenging, it's a fun and rewarding experience to learn the moves and play with friends. The colored arrows didn't bother me at all--I think they add to the game's unique style.

Another hint: if you play in the single player mode, you can switch out players each round, thus making it a group/party game. My friends and I have done this and I think it's a great team-building exercise. You can get one player through a series of challenges, unlocking locations and prizes along the way, while also challenging one another to complete each level--I can't express how great it was to finally have one of my friends clear one of the harder levels so we could all progress to the next level and unlock a new location.

I think this is an awesome game and would highly reccomend it to others.