Video Games Review

The title says Dance Evolution, but this little rhythm game is more about making quick and wild hand movements.

For the arcade centre video-game dancers, think back to the ParaParaParadise games and the many poses it called for.

Instead of executing fluid body movement like in Dance Central or Dance on Broadway, Dance Evolution requires players to follow on-screen cues, much like Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but with your body as the instrument.

At certain points in the song, on-screen directional streams will appear and players have to move their hands to activate them. These can be simple up-down motions or a call to rotate your arm in a full circle.

Other cues can be circles that your feet or hands are supposed to tap, to follow the moves of the on-screen dancers, or full body silhouettes that you have to mimic to score points.

In most instances, the dance steps in between these cues are displayed for you to follow, but the points are mostly awarded when you hit the right cues.

The higher the difficulty settings, the more cues you would have to take on. But this is not exactly dancing and more of striking poses and hoping that the score starts to accumulate.

The downside to this game is that the mixture of full body movements makes this a very difficult game to master and, without any tutorials for each song, players will get frustrated really quickly since they cannot practice their moves.

The soundtrack is also very techno, but with a softer Asian feel. Combined with moves that are too cutesy for the guys, I think this game would appeal more to my younger sisters.

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