Video Games Review

Apparently, I know a lot more songs by The Black Eyed Peas than I realized.

And this knowledge will determine how much players will enjoy this The Black Eyed Peas Experience game.

Presented as a concert of their songs performed in different locations, players join the band on stage to dance with the quartet.

The scoring here is slightly different: players need to match the moves of the group to gain fans in order to win and each song has a pre-determined number of fans that players need to obtain.

Once players reach the correct number, they can progress to the next one on the 30-plus song setlist in campaign mode. If you do not win any fans after performing a move, it means you have made a mistake.

Visually, this game is vastly different from the first Experience dance title, Michael Jackson.

The Black Eyed Peas Experience
Instead of a silhouette figure, each of the Peas are carefully rendered to look like the real deal. However, once you have gone through the cycle of different concert locations, their outfits and video introductions get repetitive.

During the song, each of the teammates will take the lead in a different dance routine and this is a signal for players to switch moves as well.

At this point, the other three members will be standing behind the main dancer, mirroring the steps. While I am not a huge fan of the group to know if the moves are authentic, some of the steps, which can have will.i.am doing a knee bend while swinging his arms, look a bit out of place, as if they were designed for his teammates.

Skill-wise, it is more stylistic than Just Dance 3, offering more precise steps, but does not reach the level of difficulty in Dance Central 2.

Another plus with this The Black Eyed Peas Experience game: Players can sing along to their best-selling songs.

Unlike SingStar or Rock Band, which has pitch bars to show if players are crooning off key, singing here is merely doing your best to mimic Fergie’s voice and trying to fill the lyrics bar at the bottom of the screen in red.

Given the unique nature of their songs though, pitch bars probably offer no help as few would try singing their songs unless they really know the tunes.

Singing adds no fans to your score but serves as a multiplier during two-player mode to increase your team’s score. This turns the two-player game into a party game with two singers and two dancers.

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