akilshohen
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My body still hurts.
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Dance Central |OT| Kinect's Killer App?
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I've been trying Dance Central for a few days now. I have to say that I found it frustrating that the game (or the Kinect) is very picky about detecting whether some of your dance moves are executed correctly. I try as best I can to mimic the onscreen dancer, but the game will sometimes not register it as correct. For some reason, it doesn't register movements to the right as well as to the left. For the Shrug move, when I pivoted left to right, I didn't score, but when I just stood still with my arms folded, it registered. :lol
It also doesn't help that I live in a small ass apartment and only have 6 ft of room to maneuver. I can see the Kinect not doing very well in Japan for this reason.
It also doesn't help that I live in a small ass apartment and only have 6 ft of room to maneuver. I can see the Kinect not doing very well in Japan for this reason.
Psychotext
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Impressive.
Honestly that's probably it. The game is actually generally really forgiving about scoring your moves, especially on easy and medium. But if your arms and/or legs are constantly going off-camera it can start missing you.richiek said:I've been trying Dance Central for a few days now. I have to say that I found it frustrating that the game (or the Kinect) is very picky about detecting whether some of your dance moves are executed correctly. I try as best I can to mimic the onscreen dancer, but the game will sometimes not register it as correct. For some reason, it doesn't register movements to the right as well as to the left. For the Shrug move, when I pivoted left to right, I didn't score, but when I just stood still with my arms folded, it registered. :lol
It also doesn't help that I live in a small ass apartment and only have 6 ft of room to maneuver. I can see the Kinect not doing very well in Japan for this reason.
You can try messing around with the lighting, maybe you're better lit on one side of the room? Other than that, just try to calibrate again with the happy face card...richiek said:I've been trying Dance Central for a few days now. I have to say that I found it frustrating that the game (or the Kinect) is very picky about detecting whether some of your dance moves are executed correctly. I try as best I can to mimic the onscreen dancer, but the game will sometimes not register it as correct. For some reason, it doesn't register movements to the right as well as to the left. For the Shrug move, when I pivoted left to right, I didn't score, but when I just stood still with my arms folded, it registered. :lol
It also doesn't help that I live in a small ass apartment and only have 6 ft of room to maneuver. I can see the Kinect not doing very well in Japan for this reason.
Thanks! I don't want to flood this thread with score pics, but she's still at it. Just got to number 1 on Move ya body!Psychotext said:
Psychotext
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Needs some vids of her in action. Not often we get to see the world number 1 at anything on GAF.
Just kidding, I wouldn't inflict GAF on my missus either. Bunch of hound dogs, all of them.
fragilebroken
Neo Member
Am I the only one annoyed that it doesn't track calories during Break It Down? I think it's an interesting statistic, but it can't be very accurate if it's only counting a third of the dancing, or whatever.
DangerStepp
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AstroLad said:
Offer up your game tag so you can get in on this. The wife is out tonight so I'm staying in and DANCING, BABY!
Phreaker is lurking at the corner of every song I try to get good at.:lol
DangerStepp
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Cathcart said:You guys can add Mike Cathcart if you need some more fodder
As soon as I get home...
Astrolad said:
Bah!
Mattlikewhoa
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dankir said:
Gangster don't dance, they boogie!
Mattlikewhoa said:
Damn straight I would love to see some real Electric Boogaloo, stuff from Skeeter Rabbit, Mr. Wiggles etc.
I MEAN LOOK AT DIS SHIT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdZc29_-WI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkzWKfLseuA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLDEMl_MhQc
Fuck imagine if DC would teach Tuttin', hardcore poppin' locking etc.
Hilty and Bosch killing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblRnGLLMyk&playnext=1&list=PL5BE0A659B5A50D28&index=13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3OzrnBBlc
DangerStepp
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Murmur said:I hadn't played it since the weekend but is it bad that I went home to play during lunch.
Still havn't got through "Flawless-ing" each move. Score can still be tightened up a bit!
Ef you, I'm 4th! I'm gonna go home and try to match that tonight.
Phreaker said:Can't read my, can't read my...
That move got me many a times too, which reminds me, restarting a song could be faster...lol
I know, I know, more Poker Face scores, sorry. I'm moving on to something else, probably Evacuate The Dance Floor. I've mainly been focusing on 4 starring all the songs on easy to complete the challenges.
Woah! That's one impressive score! I think it's safe to say, you won this round.
To Far Away Times
Member
Lady Gaga's Just Dance on medium is ridiculous. I don't think I even want to see the hard version.
Murmur said:Still havn't got through "Flawless-ing" each move. Score can still be tightened up a bit!
Whew, just did it. Got my Pure Perfection achievement too! My score for it now stands at 886,900 and I'm ranked 9th overall. (Don't think I've ever been 9 on any leaderboards, heh). One thing I found really interesting...I expected the first 8 people to have the same score, just got it before me, but no. The #1 person has a score of 887,431. Everyone above me has a different score. That must mean even if you do the move "flawlessly" there are still minor things that impact your score.
Edit: Oh, the #5 person did it with no flashcards too. (Didn't know that showed up in the leaderboards.)
Mazon Rowes
Neo Member
Sorry if this has been posted already.
I think what this game is missing is this dance...
!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo&feature=player_embedded#!
I think what this game is missing is this dance...
!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo&feature=player_embedded#!
Game comes out tomorrow here AU.
Just played it at my local JB who had it running, and holy shit it's fucking FUN AS!!!!
I made the mistake of jumping straight in to Days Go By and Pump Up the Jam :lol TERRIBLE. I warmed up a bit by the time I tried Can;t Get You Out of My Head, and 4 starred it.
But man, I'm gonna need to practice big time. Was so embarassing playing in the store though.
Just played it at my local JB who had it running, and holy shit it's fucking FUN AS!!!!
I made the mistake of jumping straight in to Days Go By and Pump Up the Jam :lol TERRIBLE. I warmed up a bit by the time I tried Can;t Get You Out of My Head, and 4 starred it.
But man, I'm gonna need to practice big time. Was so embarassing playing in the store though.
Dreamwriter
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Question: In Break it Down, how do you have it repeat a move, without first slowing it down? I find it frustrating, when I almost have a move down, and fail too many times and it moves onto the next one without letting me finish practicing the first one, guaranteeing that I'll just keep getting that one wrong. But slowing it down is not what I want, that'll make it harder to match at full speed. Anybody know if this is possible?
you can't. You have to slow it down. If you fail it that many times, you should slow it down and do it multiple times. It shouldn't make it harder for you, it will help your muscle memory so you know what you're doing, then when you speed it up, it should be easier once you match tempo.Dreamwriter said:
Dreamwriter
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It doesn't work that way for me - if I'm trying to memorize a fast move, doing it in super duper slow motion won't help at all, because my muscles work totally differently that way. Maybe if it were just a little bit slower, but it slows it down way too much. When I'm doing it fast, and the red shows I'm just doing one part wrong (like swinging my arm wrong), I just want to keep adjusting my motion until I get it right, but the game won't let you do that apparently.Chairhome said:
And in some cases it only gives you two chances before moving onto the next move.
OldJadedGamer
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I went to Best Buy today and they had a bunch of codes for the Janet Jackson Control song. First person to quote this post (not PM) will get the unused code.
oldschoolpinball
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MeOldJadedGamer said:
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bakemono said:
To you too
Got this finally yesterday and fuck me it's unreal.
My mum forced me to set up a profile for her so she could play it today during the day :lol
I'm surprised at how tricky it actually is, even on the Easy run throughs. Still trying to 5 star everything before moving on to Medium.
My mum forced me to set up a profile for her so she could play it today during the day :lol
I'm surprised at how tricky it actually is, even on the Easy run throughs. Still trying to 5 star everything before moving on to Medium.
2 Minutes Turkish
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Why For? said:
I'm in a similar boat.
Game is amazing. Glad I picked up Kinect. Was hesitant at first, but I finagled a good deal, so I picked it up for almost half price WITH Dance Central included.
Love it.
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