Dance Dance Revolution Supernova
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DDR Supernova is the best installment out for new players. Its version of "Dance master" mode is well geared towards teaching people who have never played quickly learn the basics. The game includes roughly 70 songs. There is an...
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DDR Supernova is the best installment out for new players. Its version of "Dance master" mode is well geared towards teaching people who have never played quickly learn the basics. The game includes roughly 70 songs. There is an increased emphasis on licensed songs that anyone would recognize - Shout, Centerfold, and Funkytown are but a few of the older ones. More modern include a trance rendition of "Heaven is a place on Earth" and Hillary Duff's "Come Clean". There are about 20 of these. Noticeably absent are the "repeats" that were present in other DDR games. There is also a lot less emphasis on trance/techno songs than in other versions. The step-charting is greatly improved over prior versions. 7 and 8 feet songs can be challenging without using long sprints of 16 or 32 notes - there are more "irregular patterns" that still go with the beat, but are not just endless streams of 4/8 notes. Nearly every hard song (now called expert) includes a jump in the middle of a short quarter-note stream. My biggest complaint about this version is that you cannot unlock songs by normal play - you must use its Superstar mode. This requires that you play many songs on "beginner" and do many unusual drills which are often instructional for new players. The later challenges are interesting and challenging, but I dislike being forced to do these in order to unlock songs. My second minor complaint is regarding its "Save game" feature. Past versions of DDR save automatically. Supernova offers to save each time you go to the main menu, requiring you to select "Yes". Then you must select "Yes" to overwrite the old saved data. This new feature wastes my time. *Minor spoiler for unlocking songs quickly* Each venue has a list of "tasks" to complete. If you complete 1/3 of these tasks, you can attempt a "showdown". Beating the showdown unlocks all the songs from that venue. If you want to unlock songs as fast as possible, pick songs that meet multiple tasks - many venues can be surpassed by just doing a few songs. While there are 3 showdowns per venue (with each successive one becoming available as you complete more and more tasks), just doing the first unlocks all the songs. Comments (2) | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)
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