DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution

"The DDR Saga destroys all imposters"

Overview (10/10) : ''Have you ever gone to the arcade and saw the nerds with their coke bottle glasses playing some game like 'The pump' or 'Super dancer'? Well you've more then likely seen people laughing at them...you see DDR and all the people playing it with the crowd...You step up to the metal plate with 100 eyes upon you...''

Gameplay (10/10) : For those of you who are new to DDR let me try to explain this...There are four arrows at the top of the screen, each one pointing in a different cardinal direction. During the song you see other arrows come from the bottom of the screen moving towards the arrows at the top of the screen. When the two arrows are completely overlapping each other, you push that direction on your dance pad(A thin sheet of material with the arrows printed on them.) Depending on how accurate you were in your timing, you will get a rating, perfect meaning you have perfect timing, great meaning you were very close to getting the arrow, good, which means you hit the arrow with OK timing, Almost which means you almost missed it entirely, and boo, meaning you never stepped on the arrow. For those of us DDR veterans like me, you'll be glad to know the arrow animations are good, and they don't have that annoying skip or lag like they did in KONAMIX.

Sound (10/10): Its a dancing game...its got to have good sound or else it wouldn't be a good game now would it? Its got plenty of your classic arcade songs, songs from DDRMAX, KONAMIX, and the original DDR, and for those of you into DDR, there's some of the Jappenese songs (dubbed). The songs are very rhythmic, and the edition of the two new ''10 foot songs'' (The highest difficulty rating), MAXX UNLIMITED, and THE LEGEND OF MAX, have a strong beat...no worries out there for you experts.

Graphics (9.5/10): This is the only thing I could possibly find wrong with the game, they have too many dark and gloomy graphics, and not enough bright colors like in the original DDRMAX. There's new backgrounds which are pretty cool to look at, and I wasn't being a critic there...I'm just saying its the only problem, with the game.

Playibility (10++/10): Amazing idea with the idea of the dance pad, it will wear you down though so don't be expecting to being doing 10 footers all day long. If you have a dual shock 2 instead of a dance pad, I STRONGLY advise you to but a dance pad, it's worth it

The Overview PART II
''...I was stepping so fast, my feet might be thought to characterized as lightning instead of legs...The song ended...my grade appeared as a 'AA'...the crowd cheered...the extra stage was coming up, I danced that song until I think it was safe to say I beat it...another 'AA' appeared on the screen...I was so glad I'd had practice at my house...the crowd at the arcade was going wild...''

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 09/28/03