We found ourselves wishing for more recent hits from current radio-friendly artists.
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The inclusion of slower songs made us wonder if the developers, after producing a series of dancing games and competing with other titles for licensing, started running out of ideas on what music to include. The song list sticks strictly to Top 40 pop, with small nods to r&b, rock and electronic music. Original routines can also be uploaded to the Just Dance community at large for others to try.Ībove: Even if a routine is listed as Solo, up to 4 players can be tracked These routines can then be saved and uploaded to the Just Dance community or replayed as a regular routine. Just Create also allows you to record and save entirely original choreography to any song on the playlist. While Dance Off is fun in a novel way it is not something we imagine we’ll take advantage of often. As we stated in our preview, there felt to be a slight delay between the original choreography and the preset routine, so in some instances original moves played back off-beat. While we can see the appeal of potentially making your friends do the Dougie at double-speed for laughs during LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem”, we found that the transition from pre-set routine to original choreography in Dance Off to be jarring. In the Dance Off mode, a routine is initially started by the dancer on screen but you’re given the opportunity to create an original 8-count during certain segments that are then replayed and scored. Duet choreography during Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous” allowed us to tap into our inner diva by acting out a faux argument against our partner.Ībove: Thankfully, we did not punch and/or kick our dance partners accidentally during our reviewĮxclusive to Kinect version of Just Dance 3 is Just Create which allows recording of entirely original routines. Sure, we felt silly playing air guitar during Kiss’ “I Was Made For Lovin’ You”, but when our friend had to wail out via pretend microphone we took a slight amount of smug satisfaction that invisible instrument always trumps invisible mic.įormation changes, like doing a spin move to switch positions with another player, are also taken advantage of in multiplayer and add extra depth to otherwise basic choreography. While most of the multiplayer choreography relies on syncopated movements, the most enjoyable instances were when each person was required to do solo moves or poses. Arranging four players in a staggered formation meant we didn’t need a huge space to take advantage of this feature. The biggest selling point of Just Dance 3 is its ability to track up to four players at once during certain songs. Pattern recognition is key for success, as entire routines seemed to revolve around choreography for a verse and chorus and then repeated.
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Choreography seemed to stick to 8-counts, so even if we missed the first instance of a move we had enough time to pick it up again as the song progressed to another. Were your arms wrong or was it your legs? Maybe your timing? While the icons used to signify the next move are helpful, we found that we paid more attention to the dancer to determine what to do next.
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The only indicator of success is the Score Ball and it’s difficult to determine how to improve performance if you’ve missed a piece of choreography.
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The Easy setting only tracks upper body movements and while Normal tracks your full body. Individual difficulty per song can be set to either of two levels by holding one arm up after a track is selected. There are only three levels of difficulty across the whole song list, with titles like The Sugarhill Gang’s “Apache (Jump On It)” being a level three and B.o.B.’s “Airplanes” a one.
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