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There is a very important update to this review at the bottom--make sure you read it.Everyone is of course talking about the different interface that this game uses, so I thought I should address that. First of all, they have done away with the option to use the controller, so you have to use the Kinect. That's a little annoying for me, because now I have to select the song for my three-year-old, since she can't possibly figure out how to point to everything. So here's how this new interface works: instead of going up and down with your hand and swiping across your body to select the song, you now have to "point" to the song you want. You keep your hand close to your body in order to hover the game's hand over a song, and then you point your finger (by extending your arm towards the screen) to select it. One point will preview a song, and then you point again to pick it. It takes a little getting used to, but I just got this thing and am already getting the hang of it after 25 minutes of play. One thing I LOVE about the new interface is that you have to raise your hand in order to be in control of the Kinect. As long as no one else raises their hand, you will stay in control. It is endlessly annoying when my two-year-old jumps in front of me while I'm trying to control things on other games, so I really appreciate this aspect of this game.
Someone said it really bothered them that the game asks if you want to share your pictures after every song. It does indeed do this, and it's a little stupid, but it takes me about 5 seconds to get past it, so I think I can deal with that.
Now for the actual game: I love it! The songs are fresh and new, and they're totally fun to dance to. I love Good Feeling because it seems to have some true hip-hop moves, and I feel like a bit of a bad a** when I dance to it. The first one my daughter and I danced to was Love You Like a Love Song, and it was awesome to look at. The graphics are very vibrant and pretty, and they seem to be much clearer than the last game's. Also, in Just Dance 3, I seem to get screwed in the gameplay a lot. For instance, I know I just did a move perfectly, but it'll only give me a "Good." (I swear I know when I hit a move or not.) It seemed to be stingy with its "Perfects." Just Dance 4 has gotten better with this aspect. I feel like I'm being judged fairly, and that makes me REALLY happy. I should mention that raising your hand in the screen before the song starts does not change difficulty levels. I'm not sure if you can change that sort of thing in the options or something, but you can't do it there.
I haven't been playing this long enough to comment on all the extra features of this game, but there do seem to be a lot more than in Just Dance 3. There are several challenges for each song, so that'll keep us busy for a while. I'm really happy I bought this, and it'll provide hours of fun for me and my daughter especially (my son's a little disappointed that there isn't a robot song in this game). I recommend it, if you feel confident in your Kinect abilities.
UPDATE 11-17-12
If you look at the comments on this review, you'll see that Ubisoft has now made this game compatible with the controller. It works great, and now my daughter can pick the songs herself, which is awesome. Thanks, Ubisoft!
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Introduction :3I have been wanting this game since the beautiful day it was announced and I saved up every penny to pre-order! At first I had problems using the kinect and now they have made a controller update! I still use both either way! This game is packed with Sweat breaking dancing! I have collected all the mojo I could and unlocked everything! Now my new conquest is to beat all of the Dance quests provided to help with earning mojo!
Problem and Solution(*****)
After every flippin song they will ask you if you would like to share horribly unnatractive photos and videos of you dancing. In order to disable that and make it never come on is to go to XBOX preferences and select sign in offline it will appear you are offline but still on the account just without XBOX LIVE or go to the Settings menu on JD4 and click the camera to disable it!
Cool and Interesting Rewards!
After dancing and having a blast you earn Mojo! Mojo was introduced in Just Dance 3! As all of us know after earning a Fruit load of Mojo you unlock random items but these items aren't so random at all! With the kinect feature you can spin around a roulette and fairly get your reward! Rewards end at level 32
Song List (*****)
The song list contains a unique interesting blend that creates Just Dance 4. There are recent songs and old songs! The list seems like a compilation of songs that use to be at the peak of fame during a certain Music Generation. Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock is a fun and interesting dance for all of ages to come. Asereje the ketchup song was very popular when I was much younger! So if you have a palette of interesting friends then this song list will be enjoyable!
Song List Part 2: Just Sweat and Join in! (*****)
You may be like what does he mean "To Have fun" Well what I mean is to enjoy yourself while dancing! If you are struggling with being overweight then go on to Just Sweat and It will sure to help! Just Sweat includes I think 5 plans and unlockable plans for you to get funky and down with! If you hate Justin or One Direction brush it off your shoulder and just join and and have fun there is no need to be negative!
Dance Central?!
As all may know this little fan war Just Dance vs Dance central has been going on since the release of JD3. For my opinion the Just Dance Series lives with simplicity, their game is designed for all ages to play! All of their moves are easy to understand and uses a cute grading system. As for Dance central its title lives up for Extreme dancers, ones who wants a challenge in dancing not suitable for younger children to play. People who want to pursue their life want to feel all the colors of dance so they would prefer Dance Central. Just Dance lives with simplicity anybody can get the moves down fast and easy! And thats what I have to say on the discussion!
Overall I think Just Dance 4 makes up for JD3. Just Dance 3 gave a bad impression on just dance but since I played JD 1 & 2 I just wanted to keep playing more! I dont really understand why most people hated JD3. JD3 was an opening to all the motion consoles! I was so happy when I heard the news! The day when I ordered JD3 and when it came in I lost 10 pounds playing it in a week because It was suck a fun and enjoyable game to play! And then when Thanksgiving came in me and my cousins all joined in and Just Danced for 6 hours straight!!!! We all had the time of our lives!
Honest reviews on Just Dance 4 - Xbox 360
Been a huge fan of jd series.. But I have to say, the interface is awful and there is no option of being able to use the controller.. I hate it! It does take forever to get to a song you want! Jd 3 were able to use the controller.. That's the only negative in my opinion. Now onto the positive, the scoring in my opinion got better, you actually have to use your whole body! I wasn't moving my legs and i was getting ok and goods but once i started using my legs and really getting into it, i was getting perfects. The game still has golden notes.. Mojo.. Where you can unlock things.. The songs are awesome, played for two hours tonite, haven't tried out the just sweat yet.. I honestly don't bother with it because it doesn't keep track of all calories burnt. After session is over you lost them, and on the wii i loved to rack up sweat points and check my total. Also the best thing they did was move your silhouettes above each of your names. A lot of songs your really moving around and changing spots with one another and spinning around one another and you get scored still and it doesn't change you to a different color... When playing just dance 3 or just dance greatest hits.. We noticed after some red exes that our silhouettes were different colors.. I would start out blue and end up red..that was pretty annoying! so, that got upgraded in my opinion..Some of the songs are ridiculously hard to dance to. Example final count down, several parts of the song one character jumps and the other rolls under neath.. I told my hubby no way am i rolling under him while he's jumping lol.
One of our favs is I've had the time of my life and you definitely feel the dirty dancing aspect of the song! Awesome dance and song.. I also love the the fact you can unlock songs with different versions.. Like Rhianna umbrella.. One was just with the dancer and the other was the dancer and she used an umbrella prop (which I thought was VERY hard btw).. And there was a extreme dance version of one direction.. After you fill the mojo bar you get a chance to spin with different things on the board.. New songs, dance cards, mash ups etc..
Basically, this game has a high replay value! Its still got the awesome back grounds and colorful people with some cute and quirky costumes! I have heard a lot of people tell me to get wii version (i do like the wii) but I decided against it because it's MUCH better to play a dancing song and not have to hold a wiimote! Yes the interface and getting around to pick a song really does STINK but it's not enough for me to buy the wii version.. Once song is selected and we're playing it is MUCH fun and hours of it! I would not trade my kinect version EVER for the wii version! Plus being able to record yourselfs dancing and playing it back is REALLY hilarious! We've had tons of fun with the game and it's the best one in the series, I LOVE all the songs and I feel like they went above and beyond on this game and the only reason they get 4 stars is because of the interface other wise it would definitely be 5 stars!
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