Dance Central
About the Game
Dance Central is a rhythm-based club dancing game, and a launch title for Microsoft's Kinect sensor. Players' full bodies are tracked by the Kinect, and graded on accuracy as they attempt to replicate various dance moves performed by virtual dancers on screen. 32 songs are included on the disc, with more available as DLC. players's overall performance is graded on a five-star scale, similar to Rock Band .
Gameplay & Core Systems
Players build up a score multiplier with continued flawless moves. If players falls out of sync with the dancer, the non-matching body part blinks in red on the virtual dancer. players cannot fail a song, and stars only reward new venues or new outfits for the virtual dancers. A series of dance cards along the right edge of the screen cue players to the current and upcoming moves. However, these cards display the name of the move and a rough sketch of the movement, requiring players to have some familiarity with the routine.
Standout Features
- players cannot fail a song, and stars only reward new venues or new outfits for the virtual dancers.
- Kinect: Players' full bodies are tracked by the Kinect, and graded on accuracy as they attempt to replicate various dance moves performed by virtual dancers on screen.
- Players build up a score multiplier with continued flawless moves.
- If players falls out of sync with the dancer, the non-matching body part blinks in red on the virtual dancer.
- A series of dance cards along the right edge of the screen cue players to the current and upcoming moves.
- However, these cards display the name of the move and a rough sketch of the movement, requiring players to have some familiarity with the routine.
- Unlike Rock Band or Guitar Hero , it will be difficult for a player to come into a song cold and simply react the the prompts.
- Break It Down: To assist with this, a training mode, called Break It Down, will run through every song and every routine within it; showing players the move and then proceeding after they perform it correctly a few times.
Modes & Ways to Play
To assist with this, a training mode, called Break It Down, will run through every song and every routine within it; showing players the move and then proceeding after they perform it correctly a few times. The other two modes are Perform It and Dance Battle. Dance Battle is a multiplayer competition where a song is divided into back-and-forth parts.
Player support includes Same/Split-Screen, Co-Op, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), and 2 Players.
Presentation & Atmosphere
Display support includes HDTV 720p, HDTV 1080i, and HDTV 1080p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital.
