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This game is an awesome experience with the PlayStation Move and Karaoke sets. For the same price you pay for any singstar or dance central iteration you get MJ's greatest hits and access to some tutorial videos that let you dance either for fun or sport. When you start the game, you can either choose from The Experience itself, Dance School and Extras. You're going to want to go to the Experience first, since all of the dance school videos are locked and the extras are images with trivia data that you have to unlock too. Once you get in there, just choose your desired song and choose if you will sing or dance, and if you will be acting as Michael himself or someone from his crew (when available). When dancing, the game uses the combinations of both the PS Eye and the Move controller to search for movements to compare against the digital dancers that appear. You have to match your own movements to MJ's as if your screen was a mirror. To help you anticipate, you can see stick figures on the side of the screen that can help you tell what to do next. So, if you've already played Dance Central or DDR, you shouldn't have trouble getting this formula right. Also when you sing, you get to see the lyrics with enough time to know what to say next if you're not that familiar with the song. That is great for organizing parties where you want to show your friends who's the greatest MJ doppelganger. The game in this aspect does not differ much from singstar, and that is appreciated. By the end of the song you will get a score ranking from 0 to 5 stars, followed by a Best Moments screen. That's where the fun of the PS Eye lies within the game. You get to see how you did at certain points of the song thru 5 photos and a video recording your movements. The menu also gives the option to share to Facebook (photos only) or save to the PS hard drive, and I'm liking that option because if a picture is funny you would rapidly like to share with the world. That is a very much welcomed feature (to me, at least). On The Experience as a general videogame it look very nice. The characters are well done and aren't just shadows as in Dance Central. In here you can see Michael's expressions when he is singing, and his general aspect (age, hair, clothes) change depending on the song you're playing. The backgrounds are very well done and are all relatable to the MJ lore. The music is very well done and the audio quality is being remastered to today's standards, so you can plug in a nice home theater and enjoy (if you have one). This game is a must have if you're an MJ fan, and must consider very much if you like the dancing/singing games. It is fun for groups and individuals, and it is one of the best concepts I've seen applied to the PS move as of today.Read full review
Let's start with the PlayStation 3 game. It's pretty similar to the Wii version in terms of both style and content. There are no proper music videos – you copy Just Dance-style motion-captured avatars as they gyrate about in front of naff animated backgrounds. There are 30 songs on the disc and the selection is decent, ranging from the likes of Bad and Billie Jean (hooray) to Heal the World and Earth Song (oh dear) and lesser-known tracks such as In the Closet (do you think he was trying to tell us something). Both the Kinect and PS3 versions feature two tracks which were not included on the Wii disc – Blood on the Dance Floor and Stranger in Moscow. you hold the controller in your right hand and groove away, scoring points according to how closely you copy the moves on-screen. Or rather, in reality, scoring points according to how well you can wave your right arm about. Even if you plug in a PlayStation Eye, you're not really being judged on your full-body movement. It's still worth digging out that camera, though. It'll randomly take snapshots of you as you dance, and capture a 30-second video of your performance. You can upload the photos to Facebook direct from your PS3. You can't do the same thing with the videos, although you can copy them to your PC's hard drive and upload from there. This is one advantage the PS3 game has over the Wii version.it's a shame that once again, there's no option to buy additional Jacko songs online. It's also disappointing that Ubi hasn't bothered to take advantage of the PS3's additional disc space and processing power by including any decent extras, such as music videos or concert footage.PS3 version features a series of tutorial videos in which people with names like Maryss supposedly teach you to dance. These are short and disconcerting. you don't get to watch these videos which teach you how to dance until you've unlocked them by proving you can dance. this one lets you plug in a microphone or two and sing along to all the tracks on the disc. A bar at the bottom of the screen keeps track of your tone and pitch and awards you points accordingly. Which isn't a bad deal, considering this game officially retails for only a fiver more. Naff presentation and dull extras aside, at its core this is an enjoyable, accessible offering, featuring an excellent track selection and some superb dance routines.Read full review
This is a great game for kids. It has great graphics and the kids just love it. Also great for adults!
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I love it! I’m not really a person who tends to enjoy playing video game but I definitely had fun playing this
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I love this game. It's fun. If you're an MJ fan, you already know all the songs, so it's fun to dance along. The only problem is my PS3 sensor seems to have trouble picking up some of the moves, I always think I nail the gold move but it usually comes up with that big X. It seemed much easier when I played it on my friend's wii. Anyway, I got a great deal on this on Ebay and am happy with my purchase.
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