Just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last several years and have never heard of the
Dance Dance Revolution series, Konami has now released yet another edition to introduce you to.
DDR Ultramix 4 is the latest in the series. For me, it’s the first one I’ve played on the Xbox, so I was pleasantly surprised at how much better the graphics are compared to the PS2 versions. The characters still look animated, but instead of looking slightly robotic as they do in the PS2 versions, they move fluidly and look much more like they’re dancing. The backgrounds are pretty much the same as they’ve always been, simplistic animated images that are sometimes distracting from the arrows, but overall you really don’t notice them. There are also a few songs that have a music video instead of the normal backgrounds.
Let’s face it, the real reason we buy new versions of DDR are the songs. DDR Ultramix provides several of the classic DDR songs that we’ve come to expect on every DDR release like Paranoia. And it provides many new songs from current pop artists such as The Pussycat Dolls. There are also songs available for download on Xbox Live, for a price of course.