Ah, so there IS a thread for this game.
Word-Up: this game is actually good. If you want a Move dance game, this is a very good one if you ask me. No silly comparison with Dance Central 2 necessary, as its not even an option for most people.
Things I like:
- You can watch yourself dance from the same angle as the dancers, which gives better feedback on how well you dance than you might imagine
- Dancers are actually holding a Move. Sounds like a silly thing to like, but makes comparison easier.
- Once you do know the song, you can switch back to just watching the video
- It solves just about all the complaints people had about SingStar Dance, such as pre-viewing the next moves, different routines for different difficulties, etc.
- Although this is a streamlined version of the SingStar interface, you can still share crazy videos as you can in SingStar, and a lot of dancers are pretty fine to watch ...
- You can record your own dance. You can then only have others play it locally for now, but I have a pretty good feeling where this might be heading ...
- Two player 'co-op' routines are a lot of fun. I recorded some of that at GamesCom this year (video is getting a lot of hits this last week), and it's cool.
- Decent selection of music. The DLC that contains Dreamer is a worthy addition (I love that song)
- It tracks your move hand pretty well. It doesn't really track much else, but as it records you, you just look stupid if you try to cheat.
- My 3yo son can (and likes to) play this too.
- Dance routines range from decent if a little boring, to good on Easy mode. Haven't actually tried much on the higher difficulties, but they definitely scale up.
- It's half the price of a regular title
Things I don't like:
- It doesn't give much information on why you failed, and the sign indicating how well you did your move is always one dance move behind the current one. That makes sense, but it is still confusing somewhat. Not a big thing though.
- User interface looks a bit drab and boring, though it works well
- I would have preferred some kind of cursor with which you can grab the song 'wheel'
- DLC is actually a very big download. Each song is about 250MB. There are some upsides to that, but it could become a problem fast if your hard drive isn't very big.
- there is Fitness with some basic statistics, but it's pretty barebones. Just dance three songs basically, starting with a slower song and ending with a more intense one, then get a report on your burnt calories.
Things I haven't yet tried:
- Party mode (some weird thing where two people dance and a lot of other people sing, and there's rotation. No idea really.
- Singing. Not sure if you need the miss or if it uses the PS Eye's built-in array.
My creds as a 'reviewer': I got some bronze and silver trophies in this game, and danced a fair few songs already.
If you own a PS3 and think you can do with a Dancing game, give this one a fair shake. I don't know yet how it stacks up against Just Dance 3's PS3 version, but I've got a feeling it may do quite well.
Especially since the singing is pretty much a joke in this game.
I think I'll be working on C'Mon definitely as one of the first I'll try to get the routine pat, and then move up the difficulty. I got LMFAO down, but am getting too bored with the song already to move up at this point, as my son also plays this song a lot (defaults to this one at startup).