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Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought a Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 before and like it very much. Therefore, I decided to buy another one. This game turned out to be a huge disappointment. The music in this game must have come from two and/or three decades ago. If you want to dance on the latest music, this is not the one to buy.

Don't Even Bother

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game could be decent, but the designers dumb everything down. From the cheesy bubble graphics that compose all of the backgrounds to the quest mode option, this whole game reeks of a sellout for the corny childrens appeal. Whereas Ultramix 1 featured a clear, concise menu system and an organized song selection process, Ultramix 3 has a select bar so huge that only the song or option being selected at the time can be seen. This makes it extremely difficult to find any of the songs or alter any of the options.

A second aspect of this game that makes it inferior to Ultramix 1 is the song content. While Ultramix 1 featured techno dancing songs all the way through, Ultramix 3 goes for the crowd appeal by including old, semi-popular songs that are horrible for higher level players. Any young children or middle aged people that enjoy listening to the songs over the dancing may enjoy this, but for an experienced player the content proves surprisingly dull.

Yet another aspect of the game that could deal with fixing is the timing system on the steps. Maybe it's just the pad but the arrows seem to be a lot more time-precise on Ultramix 3 than in Ultramix 1.

The one redeeming factor in this game is the addition of Sakura and Bag, but this is hardly enough to justify creating an entirely new game and selling it.

If at all possible, I recommend skipping this version entirely and buying Ultramix 1 with the song packs off of X-box live.

Predecessors are superior

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: February 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Too Americanized. DDR 1 on xbox was very much in the Japanese style and desirable as such. 2 moved toward American style and 3 even more so. DDR originated in Japan and shouldn't try to be American. I played DDR 3 for a while, but I've since put both it and DDR2 on backburner as I play 1 almost exclusively now. Heavy songs are not very hard on this version of DDR, thus they had to throw in an extra difficulty level of Oni. That brings the total number of levels up to 5--I believe there were originally 3: light, standard and heavy. 5 difficulties makes things cluttered I think, it's too much. 3 was good.

Music is also less catchy. Jpop tunes are mostly absent. You know something is fishy in DDR when Good Charlotte and the B52s start popping up. Check the song list before you decide to purchase. In retrospect I can't decide if I regret getting this or not. I'm a big fan of DDR so I probably would have bought it regardless of whatever--and that is in fact what I did so there you have it. Just be careful if you're not a big fan, as I do truly think the former versions were better. Although it may depend on what your opinion is of Japanese style versus American style in video games. Or just in general.

The graphics get really annoying.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm probably older than the average player but I thought this would be fun. Turns out the graphics and sound effects get very annoying and distracting. The music is good but all those extra noises are annoying. The graphics are also terrible by Xbox standards. Overall we just played it a few times and now it hardly gets played at all.

DDR Ultramix 3

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game is fun and pretty much what I expected based on the reviews I read of it. The one thing I liked that I did not expect based on reviews is that it does contain American based songs and not just Disco/Club type music. My one disappointment is that I expected some sort of noise or something when I stepped on a step to let me know I stepped on it. However the game does not support this that I can tell. This may be no shock to previous DDR owners but since this was my first getting used to the game is a little tough.

Also, it is a little tricky figuring out how to play and hook up the Controllers/Dance Pad and the manual poorly describes how to do it. Again, previous DDR owners may laugh but this caused us some time trying to figure it out. I have several XBox games and have never had trouble but the dance pad made it a little tricky.

Overall, the game is what it is and if you like the others then you should like this game.

Missing a lot of songs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after being so used to the less Americanized DDR Extreme for the PS2. Being an Xbox owner, I figured this would be the best way to go. I play on Standard or Heavy in general, and this was a definate change from the more origional versions. The songs lack the two types of songs that I enjoyed the most on DDR Extreme: Japanese Pop and the insnanely fast songs like Paranioa Eternal, Maximiser, and A.

However, I was fortunately able to find some of my favorite songs from the arcade on DDR U3, like the Legend of MAX (which you dont get right off, I wasn't able to unlock it for monthes), Sakura (one you get straight out of the box), bag (one of my favorites to play on Standard), and Daikenkai (not sure if I spelled that right). And some of these new songs I found quite nice.

But in general, most of the songs are, to be honest, total trash. On average, I can play about 10 to 20 minutes before running out of good songs. I mean come on...Good Charlote just dosn't belong on a DDR game. This one has been too Americanized.

Excellent music selection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 33
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Of all the X-box Ultramix games, I thought this had the best selection of music.

The songs can be put into 3 groups:
First: licensed songs sung by their original artists, notably with 80s music. Devo's "Whip it" with the original video, B-52s "Rock Lobster" to name a few. There were about 12 songs in this group before I unlocked anything. All these are 6-7 feet on the hard setting, so you can tell Konami had the "30-something" group in mind with this portion of the selection.
Second: typical DDR trance(Butterfly, Breakdown, and other recycled songs)
Third: hard (industrial rock and gothic)

There is a smattering of other stuff (Jazz and funk) with a noticable absence of slower ballads, which I don't miss.

A few other things I like about this version compared to earlier ones: 1. The arrow patterns are getting a bit more creative. 2. When you first play, there's already a decent mix of 9 and 10 foot songs before unlocking more. That was my biggest complaint about DDR Extreme 2 - not enough super difficult songs at the opening.

There is one annoying thing about Ultramix 3: everytime the game starts up, you get about a 30 second pause while it loads songs you downloaded from X-box live. The other versions didn't have this.

Overall, it is a great experience, which makes it the best Xbox DDR out. If you have a PS2, you should take a look at "In the Groove", which is the best for that platform.

Great songs and very little overlap with the PS2 songs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 33
Date: February 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I own all the DDR titles that I know of for the PS2 (Flow-Urban Dance Uprising, DDR Max 1 and 2, DDR Extreme 1 and 2, Into the Groove, Pump it Up), so I was afraid that buying a DDR title for the Xbox would have a lot of overlap in the songs offered for the PS2, but there are tons of wonderful new songs to play, and a wider range of styles. This was well worth the money.

I love how many songs have videos, and I love the quirky song choices and the range of genres. There is Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might be Giants, Rock Lobster by the B-52's (with a video), Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious (awesome, it speeds up as the song goes so by the end you are really skipping!), Sakura (the speed changes in this one really keep me challanged), Hey Mama by the Black Eyed Peas, and Nari Narien which is fun Indian-inspired techno. The difficulties are similar to DDR Max and Extreme titles - I usually play standard to heavy and I feel like there is a lot of room to grow into this game.

My RedOctane Ignition pad with the included XBox connector works great with this game. The load times are reasonably fast, too.

This is a great addition to a full DDR library of titles.

The (mostly complete) songlist:

I Am Gothic (2003 Remix) - Spray
Raise Your Hands - Midihead
Conflict (Turmoil mix) - The Azoic
Bassile - OR-IF-IS
Hash the Sun - Chatanix
Moment 40 - Moshic
Balalaika, Carried With The Wind (Jondi & Spesh mix) - Julie Ann Frost
BYE BYE BABY BALLOON - JOGA
Come With Me - Raindancer
Together & Forever - Captain Jack
BUTTERFLY - Smile.dk
e-motion - e.o.s.
Jelly Kiss (Midihead's Smak Remix) - Sana
Akumajo Dracula Medley - Kukeiha Club
CANDY(star) - Luv unlimited
BRE∀KDOWN - Be For U
Destiny Lovers - Kunitake Miyuki
Firefly - Be For U
KISS ME ALL NIGHT LONG - NAOKI J-STYLE feat. MIU
SAKURA - RevenG
Miracle Moon ~L.E.D. LIGHT STYLE MIX~ - Togo Project feat. Sana
Alphabet Aerobics - Blackalicious
Bag - RevenG
Bath of Least Resistance - NOFX
Body Rock (Olav Basoski's Da Hot Funk Da Freak Funk Remix) - Moby
CARNIVAL DAY - Paula Terry & Fu Fu's
Come With Me - Yahel & Tammy
Crazy In Love - wg feat. Indra J
Daikenkai - Des-ROW 限UNION
Delta 32(UFO! Remix) - True Force
Hateful - The Clash
Hey Mama - Black Eyed Peas
Hot On the Phone - Boyjazz
I Just Wanna Live - Good Charlotte
Imperfection (Tycho Brahe mix) - Real Life
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
Mi Alma - Ozomatli
Midnight Frankenstein - Stay Gold Pony Boy
Nari Narien (Jay Dabhi remix) - Jay Dabhi vs. Hisham Abbas
Play That Funky Music - wg feat. Tony L.
pot-pourri d'orange - Orange Lounge
Rock Lobster - B-52's
Rock-a-billy Willy - Big Idea
So Many Times - Gadjo
Stakeout (Ultra:mix) - Freezepop
Sunflower Girl - SHORTCUTS
Superstylin' - Groove Armada
The Cat In The Moon - 901(Clay)
The Cult of Gnosyllis - Orange Koresh
The Imperial Carnival - kumiko
The Spirit of Hawk - chuji
Virtual Insanity - wg feat. Austin Willacy
Walk This Way - Run D.M.C.
What I'd Say - Ray Charles
Where's Your Head At - Basement Jaxx
Whip It - Devo
Why (Club Mix) - Nevarakka
Drivin' - NAOKI feat. Paula Terry
Brilliant R*E*D - NAOKI feat. Tahirih Walker
Love This Feelin' (ZONK REMIX) - Akira Yamaoka
Jelly Kiss (Midihead's SMAK mix) - Togo Project feat. Sana
Colors (Midihead's Sapphire mix) - dj TAKA
Danca de Yuka - Big Idea
Insaner - Jondi & Spesh
rainbow flyer - dj TAKA

Burns so many calories and is so addictive.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I originally wrote a nasty review about this verison of the game because I was and still am such a fan of ddr extreme 2 but this one is really starting to do it for me...both my kids absolutely love it (2 yrs and 6 yrs) and I am loosing weight because some of these songs I love doing so I end up doing it everyday...faithfully!

The only downfall is the fact that there are more Japanese songs than anything and I think that is why I was originally turned off by it. It did take a little getting used too, but there are many songs that have an addictive dancable beat that I definitely don't regret buying this game.

Fun Family Game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's very good exercise for those who want to lose weight. I lost 5 pounds within a few days and I'm a 320 pound guy. It's really alot of fun and you people who haven't played, should try it or buy. It's well worth your money.

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