Dance Central 2 - Xbox 360 Game (Retro Fam)

I bought this game as a Christmas present. Everyone enjoyed themselves. I love how it showes a dance preview before you select the song. It helped us decide which song we wanted to dance on. This game is great fun for the whole family. It was a great way to work off those extra holiday calories. I have yet to try all of the features on this game but hope to. Yes I know I said I got it as a gift. Actually I got it for my son with the intent on using it myself. It everything I expected it to be. I love Xbox kinnect. I think they are way ahead of the other game consoles. Onces they get the game recognition as the others they will be number one.

This game is amazing. The graphics are unbelievable. The coreography is "real". Meaning, once you learn it, feel free to take it to the club.There are a lot of helpful tools in the new game. You can choose to play on easy, medium, or hard modes. These modes limit the variety of moves and difficulty of the moves depending on your selection. During the song selection, it not only lets you listen to a preview of the song, it also shows you a preview of the dance and the difficulty rating. Once you're dancing, if you're out of sycn on a move, your avatar's limb will be outline in red to signal what you're doing wrong. It's so much easier to correct that way! There is also a "break it down" mode, where you can learn the dance step-by-step before performing it.Of course, there are a lot of things that are just fun. Like, choosing the character you want to represent you and the venue. The voice command is also a nice touch. As well as the avatar's personalities.To me, this isn't as good as a party game as Just Dance. Because the graphics, characters, and moves are so life-like,they can be a bit intimidating to those who don't really dance. "Medium" and "Hard" modes are both challenging for a beginner...especially a beginner at a party who just wants to jump in and have fun. The game is too "serious" to really just jump up and go with the flow without feeling foolish and completely uncoordinated. And in a party environment, who wants to take time to practice with the "break it d.

I had the original Dance Central and it was probably my most played Kinect game. I was really excited to get the sequel and it didn't disappoint. The harder songs are actually a lot harder. The moves are more complicated, but the game lets you slow the moves down and do them until you get them right. The voice support is also pretty cool. The songs aren't too bad on this one either.My only complaint (and why I can't give this 5 starts) is that they want 400 Microsoft Points to transfer songs from Dance Central to this game. Really? I already paid for the game/songs once. I shouldn't have to pay for them again. I was really looking forward to having the old songs and new ones in this one game, but I'll just keep them in the old game. This really shouldn't cost money to import.

I bought this game along with my Xbox 4gb + kinect and frankly it is the only game I really use the Kinect with. Everything else like mass effect etc. for kinect have been half-baked, but dance central 2 definitely isn't. It's built around kinect and is genuinely fun to play with family and friends. This is the kind of game that you can break out with people who've never played or had an interest in video games. Half the fun is making a fool of yourself as you try to have a dance off with your friends/family and get active doing it too. Some of the workout-oriented mixes are great to get your hear-rate going and really add a lot of value to the purchase. I know there is a newer version out now, but if you're on a budget you can't go wrong with this one. It supports 2 players quite nicely too.

Dances are much more real-dance oriented than the latest Just Dance game I bought. My favorite part of this game, however, would have to be the easy to medium to hard differences. I assumed the easy was like Just Dance's easy where it doesn't dock points for not turning, jumping, etc. But it's not like that at all. It makes the dance basic then ups the moves with each level. I love this system and wish more games had it. Unlike Dance Central 1 however, you do not have to unlock levels, which is great when you can't do the easy one but can the hard one like a couple of my friends! Love this game and recommended for everyone!