Xbox -Dance Evolution Kinect

Last year Konami released a dance game called Dance Evolution. This game does not use a dance pad like Dance Dance Revolution though. This games uses Kinect system, thus you don't need to use a controller to play this game.

In DDR you had scrolling arrows on the screen and you had to step to a corresponding panel on the dance mat. In this game you see dancers dance a certain routine. Your task is to follow the routine. In DDR you have to step in time and you get a grade for it. Here you have to follow the movements (arrows show the movement), be in the correct pose at the right time or have your hands at the right place at the right time.

There are different styles of music and routines. You can choose from pop music, r&b or para para for example. The difficulty of the routines ranges from simple to complex dance routines. You can either follow the routines and try to learn them that way or you can just watch them and when feeling comfortable try them. There is a camera that scans you and you can see your picture on the screen dancing with the other dancers as well. The quality is poor but it is nice to see you there especially when you can really sync with them (I tripled Aed para para routines and it looked nice as far as I was able to see.)

There are several difficulty modes. Harder modes just grade more movements, otherwise you dance to the same routines. You can also play on stealth mode where it won't show you the moves, poses and places where it grades you. This is good if you know the routines and want to just enjoy looking at you and the dancers dancing.

It does screenshots of you, takes a video so you can get it and post it online if you wish.

The graphics is pretty good and the dancers' moves are well captured as well. It looks well good (if the last dance moves you saw were from other DDR games^_~)

The game will have downloadable content later so look forward for new routines.

Nice game overall but I can understand that if you don't like dance music and following dance routines is nothing you would like to do...then just don't play the game^^. Also for most people the music in the game might feel alien. There are j-pop tracks, konami originals and eurobeat songs, so you might check these out first to know if that's something you would like to listen to/dance to.

Personal Rating: 3/5