Yager - Xbox Game (Retro Fam)

A thicker pad would be nice for the cost. I suggest wearing socks while playing with this as the pad is just plastic on top.

Happy with this purchase!

Here's the thing with soft pads. You HAVE to mod them otherwise you're looking at a playing DDR on a $45+++ slip n slide. Especially if you're stuck with carpet. Go to the local DIY store and get a good piece of plywood cut to size (get sanded, the pressed particle board type will splinter and fray) and keep the extra pieces to mod the buttons later if you want or need to raise them a little. (I haven't had to so far)Prior to my cobalt flux investment (which I lost in a flood in 2014 otherwise I would still be using it) I have had the original konami dance mats and I had red octanes. This one is like the previous konami mats, thin material, but it is far more responsive now. With some frugal clearance bin shopping, I was able to mod this for $15 in materials. I used a smooth bottom carpet runner remnant on the top to protect the pad -the tape down the middle is due to the width of the runner only being 2ft, not a defect in the konami pad- a piece of 4x4 sanded 3/4in plywood (I had HD cut it to 3x3 and kept the other pieces to raise the buttons if I need to, so far I haven't had to) and a 2x2 square of remnant carpet runner with the sharp little nubby things. 1 roll of black gorilla tape and I had some leftover orange duct tape from another project. If you can rummage the discount scratch n dent bin, often usable pieces of plywood are cut off from the big pieces and priced at a huge discount because of some nicks or odd sizes.Anyway back to the pad, now it is super responsive.

This pad is decent. It's not that high quality of a mat but it reads the inputs well. The bottom is slightly rubbery so that is won't move all that much but if you are an expert player it will end up sliding around and crunching up as you move around.I didn't know a whole lot about DDR and I had to host a Tournament at my University. I soon found out that this wouldn't cut it for the more advanced players. So we put two of these mats on some 1/2 inch thick wood panels with some tape and then with plastic over the top to prevent it from moving about. The mat worked way better after that.If you are a beginner I could see this working out but if you are going to be dancing all over the place I would probably invest in a higher quality one that is a little sturdier.