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5 stars?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 46
Date: August 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

why are there so many 5 star ratings for this game? come on people lets give some honest and unbiased reviews about this game because other people besides ddr fanatics will be reading these reviews. this game is 3 stars for fun because the first 2 times you play the game its fun to make fun of such a ridiculous game. do not buy this unless you are one of the above ddr fanatics. gets boring in less than 30 minutes of playing unless you are drinking, and in that case you have better things to do then play ddr, and there is no replay value whatsoever. unless you are incredibly gifted the steps and the beats are way too hard to get down anyways. do not buy this for your own good.

Disappointing Sound Quality

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: July 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

We started with Ultra Mix 2 and were really quite disappointed in the sound quality of Ultra Mix.

Look for another DDR mix

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

DDR is without a doubt one of the most fun games I've ever played, and I've been playing it for a little over two years now. If you want to get into DDR or are into it already and want a new mix, look somewhere else. Good songs in here are a rarity. If you really want to play DDR, get Max, Max2, or Extreme on the PS2. If you only have an Xbox and are going to shell out the money for this game anyway, don't say I didn't warn you.

A good series with not so good entries

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off, the DDR series of games is one of the best created/invented/devoloped genres ever, but it has limitations. For some reason a lot the US versions of DDR, especially this one, have a serverly kiddish feel to them with krappy music. The narator spouts things out like Oh Pooh (yeah very mature). The menu in the game looks like it was created in MSpaint in two minutes. On the upside, this game has a couple of remixed songs that are really good that don't show up on other versions. On the downside, a lot of music in this game is krappy R&B and wannabe POP music, a lot of songs are hard to stand. It almost makes me sad that I got a Xbox when I play watered down games like this. I have heard that the best DDR game is DDR 8th mix Japanese IMPORT version. You will need a PS2 and a mod chip to play that. It almost seems like a cruel joke to make the import versions so much better than the US ones. If I were to get a system exclusively for DDR it would be a PSTwo. Oh and stay away from overly expensive pads. I dropped $100 on a pad and it broke in three months.

it a good game but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's good but it doesn't have a beginner mode. Intermediate is way to fast for a beginner.

fun game, great exercise

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: February 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

One of the reviews here mentions that there is no training mode, which made me nervous to buy this because I am not much of a dancer. So I would like to start the review by saying that there is a training mode and it is easy to find. Right on the main menu it says "Training Mode." You can use it to slow down the songs or add a metronome to the sound to help you keep the beat.

My wife and I have been having a great time with this. It only took a few tries to start getting the hang of some of the easier songs. My nearly 60-year-old mother also had a blast with it. She even jokingly told me "You are not allowed to come visit anymore without bringing your xbox." She and several of my friends have asked for a price of the whole set up after trying ddr ultramix because it was so much fun. So from my mother down to a 15-year-old in the family, it it has been a great, fun game. Although from a family game perspective, I was a little surprised at how the 10-year-olds who tried it could not get past stomping on as many buttons as fast as possible without even watching the screen.

The exercise mode is also interesting selling point. It tracks each controller port as an individual so that you can have up to four people keep track of their calories burned over time.

Several of the reviews mention that you can download extra song from xbox live, but they do not mention that each song pack of five songs costs 5 bucks to download. I would prefer to see songs sold individually so that you could choose songs for your skill level. I would also be better if you could listen to the songs once before paying for them.

Great new possibilities, but why one-player?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 23
Date: October 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wow! This should be a lot of fun with the XBox Live support. I only have two problems with it, but they are BIG ones.

First, I already have the entire (US) DDR series on PS2, and I have pads for it as well. I feel a little miffed at the idea of having to buy a new pad for a different system. The XBox Live support may make it worth it, but that's at least $70 right there just to play the game right.

Also, while the multi-player portion is inherent in XBox Live, they seem to have omitted it from the non-connected portion of the game. Why on earth is this one-player?? Certainly the XBox can handle multiple players with such a (graphically) simple game. From the description, it appears that the XBox Live support is only for high-scores anyway. It's unlikely that they would keep the home version single-player if there is an online multiplayer mode.

I want to give this 5 stars due to the new features for a surprisingly fun series, but lack of multiplayer (I have XBox Live, but not everyone who will want this does) and a switch to a new system make it hard to give it that high score.

Kids game for adults but too small for me

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: March 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My wife (45 years old) brought this dance game pad and DDR game home saying she saw it at Best Buy and wanted to try it for excersize. I poo poo'd it at first and then tried it. It is very contagious and addicting. I have two complaints however. First, it is one size fits all. The games were (I believe) made for kids. Well now adults have seen it for what it really is, a fun way to excersize and work out together at home for husband and wife. But the pad is too small for my size 12 feet even barefoot. When I jump back to the center, I have to be very very precise in my foot placement so that I don't accidently press the (sensitive) wrong mark which throws your score off. Achieving a high score is a great incentive and it is frustrating when you do it correct and loose points because your feet hit the wront spot at the wrong time. I wind up using the front and ball of my foot which is great excersize for my calfs but makes it harder to use especially since I am a novice.

The other complaint which is not too big a deal is the graphics are geared toward young girls, like 10 year old young girls I think. If there was a way to rig it up to my iPod, it would be perfect. But absent that, I would like to see better graphics and songs that i danced to in the 60's and 70's.

I am 55 years old. The songs on DDR are pretty techno sounding which probably works better for the rythmic dance excersize style of this game but I would like to have a choice of oldies from my generation to choose from

I have never been into dance and I think jogging is boring. I tried a bike but OUCH!!! Overall, I think it is a great way of excersizing and love that my wife and I can do it together and we both have great fun excersizing now.

It's a revolution!... but cost quells it down

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: June 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Pros: 1. Man, this is addicting

2. Xbox Live enabled (for even more fun)

3. play and burn calories! (just what the doctor ordered for me!)

4. good fire-up tunes!

Cons: 1. Not much separating it from the PS2 Editions

2. Steep learning curve (may take weeks to barely pass some of the songs if you do not have good hand eye coordination)

3. Other family members will want on it so you will have less time for DDR and other Xbox games.

4. Very expensive ($40 for the game, but dance pads range from $30 for a pad [think the kind of pad that you get in twister], $110 for a stronger pad [what I have] but may break down from overuse [I recommend that you get a warranty for the pad], and an over $500 one for you hardcore fans, but it's only available online and shipping costs are a burden [over 30 lbs.])

Final Verdict: Deserves being bought for the Xbox Live enability alone, but if you are on a budget, don't even bother without getting hit with a hefty cost.

A tona fun, great bonding

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My wife and I bought this for our daughter and found that we have enjoyed it just as much as her. We purchased this to be a potential ffamily game and something that both my wife and I could enjoy together and couldn't be happier with it. There is a revue a little above mine that states it is a single player non-connected game, I am not sure if this reviewer was intending this referance to the packaged version, but we bought the extra pad and everything works great. I highly reccomend this to all users looking for some simple fun. The difficulty settings are reasonable, and one you realize what the game is asking you to do--ie dance and not play a game per se--it is loads of fun. For those of you that know how to salsa, there is a song for you too.
I found the tracks enjoyable and totally entertaining and cain't wait till I hook my stereo up to get things really going.

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