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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another DDR winner from Konami!, September 24, 2004
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme is the newest DDR Playstation game from Konami. And it does not disappoint.
DDR is a game you play by moving your feet on a controller dance pad and following directional arrows to different songs on your TV screen. You can select different levels from beginner on up according to your abiility.
One of the reasons DDR is so much fun is the variety of options it offers. For example, the background graphics change. You may be dancing with a Captain Jack video with one song or animated visuals with another. You can opt to dance with different characters or dance alone. You can compete with another player, play with one pad or two, choose your songs or have them chosen for you etc. So many options you will never get bored!
Another key element of DDR fun are the unlockables. DDR Extreme starts you off with 44 songs. There are 11 new Konami original songs like "Firefly" and "Jet World" , 5 songs from Karoke Revolution including "Believe", and ""Ladies Night", 11 Konami originals from previous games including "Higher", "So In Love" and "Wild Rush" and 17 licensed songs with "Diving", "Planet Rock" and "Never Ending Story" among them. As you pass certain levels and complete a certain number of songs you UNLOCK new songs. Unlockable songs include "Tsugaru", "Drop the Bomb" "Funk Boogie" and many more.
With DDR Extreme you also "unlock" characters to dance with. You start with two named Blues and Rhythm and eventually unlock others including Baby-lon, Spike, Janet and more. There are also different game modes including endless, oni, nonstop and mission.
DDR Extreme also features a workout mode. You can input your weight and workout goal. You may want to workout for a certain length of time or to burn a certain number of calories. Choose your level of ability and get moving! DDR Extreme will show you approximately how many calories you burned and compare your current session to previous sessions.
One new feature of DDR Extreme is the party mode. These are mini-games. You will need an eyetoy camera (not included with the DDR Extreme game). With the camera your image is projected on the TV and you respond to the activity shown on the screen. You might be wiping bubbles off the screen that hide the game arrrows or feeding animals. Other mini-games include "Coconut Panic" where you shake the trees and catch coconuts, "Magical Ball" bounce the ball on the screen with your hands and more. About 7 of these cute games.
I purchased my Playstation 2 just to play DDR. I thought it would be super exercise and keep my interest and it certainly does. I wear a mini-pedometer and rack up thousands of steps daily moving to the music! It's so much fun you forget you are exercising. Great for coordination too. I highly recommend DDR Extreme and the other DDR games for all ages!
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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Konami improves on the series again, September 29, 2004
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Before I talk about the many great aspects of this game, let's get the two bad things out of the way.
First, the game is called DDR Extreme - the same name as the arcade version. However, very few of the arcade version's "trademark" songs made it onto this mix. No Sakura, no Bag, no Paranoia Survivor, no Cartoon Heroes, etc.
Second, just like the other PS2 DDR games, there are far too many repeats. Of the 70 songs on this mix, there are at least 20-25 songs repeated from other PSone/PS2 games. So if you have all the other games like I do, it's a bit of a rip-off.
That said, the game is outstanding. The biggest improvement this time around is that the exclusive, new songs to this mix have awesome stepcharts. Before, popular songs like "Days Go By" and "Sandstorm" got the half-@$$ed treatment from Konami - even the heavy steps were uncreative and easy. This time, songs like "Scorching Moon," "You're Not Here" and "Simply Being Loved" have creative, tricky, fun steps that use triplets and gallops.
Even though some Extreme "trademark" songs are not here, the Extreme songs that are here are the pick of the litter. We get "The Legend of Max," "A," "V," "Jet World," "321 Stars" and a few more. We also get several songs from older arcade mixes, like "Theme from Enter the Dragon" and "Only You"... good stuff, and it shows Konami caters to the longtime players.
For the newer players, we get a selection of songs that everyone will recognize, such as "Like a Virgin," "YMCA," etc. I'm not so thrilled with these songs, but I admit the steps for most of them are pretty good.
The new interface looks sharp and works well. As for the different modes, Mission Mode is a blast. It asks you to complete certain sections of songs, but mixes up the arrows, speeds the song up and down, or gives you requirements such as not being able to step on certain arrows. It will take you quite a while to finish 100 missions.
Oni (Challenge) mode is back, and the courses are more interesting and thought-through than they were in DDRMAX. Nonstop mode and endless mode return, too.
Not having an Eyetoy, I can't tell you if those mini-games are any good, but I think it's safe to say they're a fun diversion.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for all ages!, November 26, 2004
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm a 46 year old mother of 4, and I got this game with two game pads for the primary purpose of 1) getting some exercise indoors without being bored out of my mind, and 2) having a fun game to play with my kids that involved more than sitting on the couch and pressing buttons.
On both accounts, DDR Extreme succeeds beautifully. It's easy to learn the basics using the tutorial, and the rating system makes it easy to find moves within my skill level as I get better. Since each song has several levels of difficulty, and the players don't have to be on the same setting, it's just as much fun playing with my eight year old as it is with my sixteen year old.
I invested in a pair of top quality DDR pads, with one inch thick foam inserts, so it's easy on the feet, even though my legs don't usually like high impact activities. In workout mode, you can set it to be low impact only, but I like the choreography better high impact.
DDR Extreme may be redundant if you have other DDR titles, but if you don't, you will be well pleased with the song list. I have an Eye Toy, and have tried the Eye Toy games, but they are just gravy. The dancing is the meat of the game.
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