{"id":745,"date":"2011-11-11T21:51:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T13:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/?p=745"},"modified":"2012-12-31T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T03:24:06","slug":"dance-central-2-finally-a-more-complete-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/?p=745","title":{"rendered":"Dance Central 2 &#8211; Finally a more complete game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/?attachment_id=749\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg?fit=560%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,359\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dance Central 2 &#8211; GT Score: 8.5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg?fit=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg?fit=474%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-749\" title=\"Dance Central 2 - GT Score: 8.5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg?resize=474%2C304\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/titlel1.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those with Kinect, Dance Central should be one of the title that you are familiar with. The first Dance Central was a breakthrough as it is the first full-body motion dancing game ever made. It leapfrogged this genre of game and shadowed its predecessor like Dance Dance Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>However, the game wasn&#8217;t really complete and it has received a number of complains from gamers. Among them includes the lack of two-players and online mode. Dance Central 2 attempts to address some of those issues.<\/p>\n<p>After playing Dance Central 2 for a week plus, we have decided to give it a GT score of 8.5. To cut the chase, let us drill down to the 2 major reasons on why you should buy this game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two-players mode<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What makes Rock Band popular? It is the ability to play with your friends and participating together in the game. This is exactly what Dance Central 1 lacks in.<\/p>\n<p>With Dance Central 2, up to two players can now dance together in front of your Kinect. So is this really that good? Well based on our experience, with two players tangoing, you really need alot more space. So those with tight space constraint, you might not get to enjoy the two-player mode as much. Remember the epic &#8216;Father-smacks-daughter-while-playing-Kinect&#8217; video? You can expect to see more of such videos in time to come!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sdZo99PM3AU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Overall, the experience is still great. Having to play with your family or friends together makes it easier to break the ice and get you on the dance floor. Also it makes the second player look less stupid as he is now <em>actually <\/em>playing unlike in DC1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Break it Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have tried Michael Jackson: The Experience before and we notice the stark difference between how this game teaches you how to dance VS Dance Central. Already Dance Central was a clear winner. However, in Dance Central 2, the developers took great pain to make it even easier for noobs dancer like us to learn how to dance.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, voice command. Players can now choose to skip or go back to the previous move easily with voice command. Surprisingly, Xbox understand our Singlish accent better than Apple&#8217;s\u00a0Siri. You can also slow down, speed up and even take a video footage of yourself!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTQPlXrYuCw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Based on our experience, learning the dance is really simpler! Although it may be better if they can allow us to see different views of the dancer. After all, it is a 3D avatar right? Can&#8217;t we just rotate them and get a better view for certain dance step?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>The songs collection, the improved Break It Down mode and the two-player mode is what makes this game stands out . What we feel lacking is still the ability to play online. Nonetheless, we still recommend this game as one of the must-get for Xbox 360.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those with Kinect, Dance Central should be one of the title that you are familiar with. The first Dance Central was a breakthrough as it is the first full-body motion dancing game ever made. It leapfrogged this genre of game and shadowed its predecessor like Dance Dance Revolution. However, the game wasn&#8217;t really complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-c1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":504,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/?p=504","url_meta":{"origin":745,"position":0},"title":"Kinect &#8216;Adventure&#8217;","date":"December 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Finally got my Xbox 360S with Kinect! 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