Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

"ddr extreme is GREAT!"

What is DDR?
(DDR = Dance Dance Revolution) DDR is a game where you use your feet. The DDR controller is a Dance mat that you lay on the ground, it has four arrows on it (UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT) that correspond with the four arrows at the top of your game screen. Arrows scroll from the bottom of the screen to the top four arrows. When the the scrolling arrows reach the top arrows you must hit the corresponding arrow on the DDR controller (arrows are usually called "steps"). This may sound simple, but its not. There are hundreds of patterns the arrows take. This makes DDR challenging, unique, and lots of fun.

Song selection: 8/10
DDR Extreme has a massive 70 songs. But many of them are remixes, or have been in DDR Max & DDR Max 2 (also for the PS2). There aren't enough difficult songs to keep expert DDR players happy for very long, but beginners will love the huge song selection. There are a few "radio songs" in this DDR, such as "Y.M.C.A" "Never Ending Story" "We Are Kids In America" and a few others.

Graphics: 8/10
The arrows are very smooth and never freeze up. Some of the back ground videos are blurry, but most of the videos are clear. The new way you select songs isn't very good, instead of the "wheel" that was used to pick songs in the arcade DDR Extreme there now is a "sideways wheel". The new wheel looks like something from DDR Konamix (an older DDR). But even though the new way you pick songs isn't too good, DDR Extreme has good graphics.

Sound: 10/10
Well of course DDR Extreme has good sound, it's a dance game! The sound is clear, crisp, and the songs sound great. there aren't too many annoying songs either. Most of the songs are catchy and fit well with the steps.

Entertainment: 10/10
DDR Extreme is "extremely" entertaining. Most of the songs on easy are simple enough for beginners to enjoy, yet on the harder difficulties the songs are challenging enough for expert DDR players to have fun. Plus, DDR Extreme makes a great party game. DDR Extreme is one of the funnest games out there.

Replay Value: 9/10
Beginners will be playing this game for years. However, there aren't enough very hard songs to keep the DDR Pro's playing for too long. Since the song list is so huge it will take a while just to play each song once, and if your new to DDR it will take months, even years to master everything. So if you've never played DDR before you'll be pulling this game out for years to come. If you are a DDR Pro you'll be playing for a few months.

Overview: 9/10
DDR Extreme is a let down for hard core DDR players, there aren't enough ultra hard songs, and far too few songs from the arcade DDR Extreme. There are however, more than enough songs to keep almost any DDR player happy for a long time. Plus, beginners won't have too hard of a time picking up playing skills because of the large amount of beginner friendly songs. The new "party mode" is a let down, most of the games in party mode are boring, annoying, and most of all, not very fun. The new "hands and feet mode" is simple to get used to, yet fun enough to keep you entertained for a while, but unfortunately, it's not as fun as the normal game mode. So with all this said my final conclusion is: even with the lack of hard songs, I still give DDR Extreme a nine out of ten.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 09/29/04