The Future of Dancing Games - Video Proof
Codemaster's Dance Factory. Even got our Phil moving.
SPOnG has been looking forward to getting jiggy with Codemaster’s Dance Factory, due out this summer on PlayStation 2.
You can read our in-depth first look at this intriguing dance game title which we first clapped eyes on when we were last up at Codemasters HQ earlier this year.
The big selling point of course is the fact that the game promises to be able to play any of your favourite music CDs and generate dance routines from them for you to dance/play along with, promising - tantalisingly enough - “never ending replay value.”
Should it work - and we are praying it will - it will be a major breakthrough for the genre, meaning that gamers will no longer be limited by pre-programmed dance routines.
You can see the latest achingly ‘lifestyle’ Dance Factory video which Codies just sent over by clicking on the link right here:
MPEG4 XviD (14.4MB)
Widows Media (14.9MB)
Various modes include Fitness, an Eyetoy compatible mode, Endurance and Recorder, where players can record their own dance steps to their favourite song. The game had SPOnG's Phil - normally besuited and very business-like - shimmying and shaking along to the Kaiser Chiefs in the Codemasters office back in the early spring and we are assured that the development has come on in leaps and bounds since then.
For more details on the clever science bit that makes it all work, you can check out our interview with the game’s Svengali producer, David Brickley, right here.
You can read our in-depth first look at this intriguing dance game title which we first clapped eyes on when we were last up at Codemasters HQ earlier this year.
The big selling point of course is the fact that the game promises to be able to play any of your favourite music CDs and generate dance routines from them for you to dance/play along with, promising - tantalisingly enough - “never ending replay value.”
Should it work - and we are praying it will - it will be a major breakthrough for the genre, meaning that gamers will no longer be limited by pre-programmed dance routines.
You can see the latest achingly ‘lifestyle’ Dance Factory video which Codies just sent over by clicking on the link right here:
MPEG4 XviD (14.4MB)
Widows Media (14.9MB)
Various modes include Fitness, an Eyetoy compatible mode, Endurance and Recorder, where players can record their own dance steps to their favourite song. The game had SPOnG's Phil - normally besuited and very business-like - shimmying and shaking along to the Kaiser Chiefs in the Codemasters office back in the early spring and we are assured that the development has come on in leaps and bounds since then.
For more details on the clever science bit that makes it all work, you can check out our interview with the game’s Svengali producer, David Brickley, right here.
