The Hip Hop Dance Experience – Review #UbiChamps #UbiHipHop

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If you love dance video games, than Hip Hop Dance Experience will not disappoint.

Hip Hop Dance Experience for the Kinect features 40 hip hop songs from old classics to recent chart toppers – there is something for everyone.

The game can be played alone or with a friend in several different modes:

Dance Party – Alone or with a friend, you choose a song and the level of difficulty.
Dance Battle – Two players will battle against each other to see who can dance better by performing their moves correctly.
Dance Marathon – A non-stop dance-a-thon for one.
Power Skooling – Here’s where you can ‘skool’ yourself and practice all the dance moves at your own pace.
Wardrobe – This is where you can customize your avatar with outfit options.

The Hip Hop Dance Experience for the Kinect requires you to try to dance and mirror the dancer on the screen as closely as possible. The more moves you do accurately and in sync with the screen dancer, the more points you earn. The game offers hints as to what move is coming up in the form of the ‘next dance card’. It’s a great help especially if you’re just starting out with the game and not necessarily a hip hop dance star.

After each song, each player earns a score and some feedback on the dance moves you need to improve. Each song has three levels: Newbie, Mack Skills and Go Hard. So you pick the mode, then you pick your song and then you pick your level. Lots of options and lots of opportunity to improve.

I will say, I found this game much harder than Just Dance 4 and I think it’s definitely geared to older kids/adults. My 9 year old tried it out and also thought although it was fun to dance around and he really liked the music, it was too hard for him to follow along. This makes sense since the game is actually rated Teen (for lyrics, partial nudity, suggestive themes and use of alcohol and tobacco).

Personally, I really enjoyed it (at the Newbie level) and wanted to keep at it to try to get better at the dance moves. Lots of variety, great songs and really good Kinect-ability with the game. I wish it had the video playback like the Just Dance 4 game does, but it’s still a great game for those who love to dance.

The Hip Hop Dance Experience can be found at Amazon.com.