DanceDanceRevolution X2 (PS2) (North America)

Anna Kaelin's cute and talented. Too bad Simon Cowell & co. suck at judging talent...

she commented on my You are a Star video

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Yeah, that's cool considering she WASN'T on American Idle. She did take part in the Idle Boot Camp though.

I'm pretty sure that was Heather Elmer who got kicked out. Apparently the producer told her she was "too good".

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She made it past the auditions. Source

omg u so lucky silent what an honor :O

Anna Kaelin is extremely cute. ._.

I can't tell whose vocals I like more, her or Angie Lee's.

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Ann > Angie

Truth.

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100% Agreed

HA. Can I call it or what?

So I rented it awhile, and it's not all THAT bad; just kind of "on par" with Extreme USA (if it had Dance Play settings), if you ask me. Yeah, that infamous "un deux trois" mission killed me (until I set timing to +1, haha!) for awhile, too. But yeah... I think the "gameplay aspect" is finally just about in tune with what pros expect, even if the physical difficulty, save for a few obnoxious charts (glares at DEGRS and PtF), is a little under par. Really, I was completely unprepared for how hard KIMONO v PRINCESS and roppongiEVOLVED were. As in... uh, not really at all! Haha.

KIMONO is mostly like a toned down SILVER * DREAM, and roppongi's, uh... "BPM changes and sudden stops" made it very hard to predict. But they are very awesome-sounding, and a blast to play! It's like the perfect bridge between older "normal" and "boss" songs that have been missing all along.

For those who care, scoring all boss songs in 2 games:

Ace or better DDR as your final stage, AA KIMONO, which enables DEGRS as your encore. (Good luck with THAT, btw! ) Then, once you have those enabled, play a total of 40 feet or more, A'ing a red song as your final stage. roppongi becomes your Extra Stage, and then AA that to get the One More Obnoxious Encore stage, PtF.

OH. My. Funking. God. "!".

NOW... does anybody else STILL think Pluto the First is easier than Relinquish? Really? (Personally, I think the shocks on the chart actually make the song EASIER. Well, until the end, of course. Total absurdity, that! Even X-USA's Horatio, nasty as THAT was, at least made SOME sense!)

Finally, I suggest for unlocking, to cruise Endless Lv. 3. You can use modifiers to spice up your gaming experience (though not the charts, directly), and not have 25% of the tracklist omitted this way (in fact, I think DEGRS, PtF, and a couple of other GRS's like B4U's are the only ones that are), so you aren't tedious'd to death.

It's not bad for what it is, but it is bad for bundle-only, full-price. Last time I payed that much for a game, it was SuperNOVA, and THAT was WORTH IT. Even X and SuperNOVA 2 offered more, and those cost LESS.

I got Guitar Hero 5 (in time for the GH:VH deal). And I would be ashamed, but I'm really, really not. It just has so much more to it. I'm not expecting DDR to hit the GH/RB level of performance, even (85 full-length master tracks on EACH last year?). But at least the DDRMAX 2 level of competence. DiceMaster Mode and Request Mode would be SO much more fun with a wider tracklist attached to it! Even if it's just more revivals (SN2 and X /Jp each feature great examples of such in theirs). Or at least ANY SONG WITH A LV 16 CHART!

And am I the only one thinking "La Cucaracha" and "Danca de Yuka" would've been PERFECT to port here? On the bright side, PARA -Re- (if it's not totally canned with all of Sota's work!) and MAX.(p) can now be associated with a better title!


Don't misunderstand me. It's not a BAD title. Just a slightly disappointing one, for all DDR's been so far, that's all.

Most of the new KO songs kick ass, though, and even the pop songs have pretty fun/playful charts to them. A shame I can't pay half price, for the half of the game I like! And just a curious poll: How many of you have already made edits for the GRS songs that match or at least play similarly to their originals? (I wonder if porting edits from other games can actually enable the original tunes? I didn't think to try that!)

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Exactly my thoughts, it's a great song. Naoki's really outdone himself this time around, to be honest.

Now that song? I LOVE. NAOKI has done his "old job" as sound designer terrifically. Well, maybe save the covers of older NAOKI tunes, which I still think should be new songs altogether. I mean, the older ones were about music, dancing, DDR, fun, and excitement. The newer ones have this tone of "struggle" about them. For instance: "Don't give up and don't give in!"? Yeah, it's still upbeat, but where's the "fun" and "excitement" in that?

Not that they aren't good, mind you. But they're something very... else. I can't explain it any better than that!

La receta needs to die in Labyrinth Zone (Act 3), though. XD

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Another 2 pictures to fuel discussion.

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fixed

Although I personally don't mind it as much as Baila! Baila!

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La receta isn't a bad song, it's just entirely forgettable. Completely average.

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I actually like La receta more than La libertad.

I had to look at the stepcharts to remember which one was which, but yeah I like both of them.

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same to me

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Here in America this game is now released.

Is impressive, good graphics, a new game mode (Dice Master Mode), and a series of challenges to see some pictures on Request Mode (requiring to play all game modes, because are challenges like "Complete all training programs", "Complete with at least A the song La Camisa Negra in all difficulty levels", and much more).

The Dice Master Mode consists in rolling dices (one selects the character and the secondo the number of steps) and stop on certain points, if the point have an envelope you will enter on a mission if your level is enough to play it.

Is extremely good, I recommend it to everybody.

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You mean South America?