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| Rid Hershel 1924th Post
 
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|  "Re(2):Britney Spears game of PS2???"
, posted Fri 1 Mar 19:17
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" Won't go into rambling,but all I say is......who needs her? She's wack!
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What if they make a shooter?
Imagine, using a shotgun, an uzi, a flamethrower, a laser sword, a Predator disc, some grenades, a Nikita, a chainsaw, a golden axe, and some Earthworm Jim's "homing" missiles agains hordes of Britney Spears clones!!!
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| Orion 454th Post
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|  "well this is the real info about the game...."
, posted Fri 1 Mar 20:01
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" quote:" Won't go into rambling,but all I say is......who needs her? She's wack!
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What if they make a shooter?
Imagine, using a shotgun, an uzi, a flamethrower, a laser sword, a Predator disc, some grenades, a Nikita, a chainsaw, a golden axe, and some Earthworm Jim's "homing" missiles agains hordes of Britney Spears clones!!!
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WHOOOO!!!! thats a really fun, but this is the real game.....please don't die with this guys!!!!!
January 28, 2002 - It happens time and time again, history repeats itself. Ninety-nine percent of the time a big-name license is the premise for a videogame, the gameplay, the design, or something major is missing from the formula. And then the poor publisher who spent all that money on the license -- after the reviews are in and the damage is done -- goes back to the drawing board scratching his or her head, trying to figure out why developing inside a box doesn't work. Remember the Spice Girls videogame? How about EA's first Bond game, Tomorrow Never Dies?
Up until the last year or so, THQ was not always known for its ingenuity, creativity or its corral of developers, and it, too, has felt the stabbing pain of such a failed formula more times than I can count. But it looks like history is about to be broken, and reconstructed. And I find it truly astonishing that the THQ's latest game, Britney's Dance Beat, breaks from the license mold in strange and unusual ways, and it's warmed me up all over. And, just so you know, unlike my former colleague Dave Z., I could care less about Britney Spears.
Starring the 20-year-old pop sensation Britney Spears with the flashy, revealing costumes, long blond hair, and exaggerated disco dance moves, Britney's Dance Beat combines the stunningly popular singer's dance moves and music with a gameplay design that is perfectly designed for hardcore gamers and casual newcomers. From the developers that brought gamers the loveable, excellent Bust-A-Groove (published by 989 Studios on PlayStation in 1998) and Bust-A-Groove 2, Britney's Dance Beat takes players behind the stage to dance, sing, and witness the Britney Spears, um, "experience."
Visually, Britney's Dance Beat is decent looking. The graphics are high resolution, and the game appears to be running easily at 60 fps. The focus is not so much on animated backgrounds like Bust-A-Groove was, but just like that game, it has a strong focus on the smoothly animated dance figures appearing on screen. These dancers move extraordinarily well and appear to be motion-captured with a great amount of skill and care. The dance moves appear to have been designed from Britney's various dance numbers, rather than the insane inhuman moves from Metro Graphics' previous efforts, creating a earthly feel to the moves and to the game.
Britney's Dance Beat enables players to get their dance shoes on in various stages as they try out as performers in Britney's entourage of dancers. Players can choose from about six different dancers, from the dreadlock-headed Rob to sweet-looking club-savvy Japanese dancer to several others. The game enables players to select their character and then, in the single-player mode, offers them the ability to dance their way past the computer opponents to finally win the dance spot on the tour.
Once they've secured the spot, players get to unlock secret footage of Britney's stage performances, with each character providing different footage from different shows. Players can choose the camera angles of the performance on the fly by using various buttons on the PS2 controller. The effect is quite pleasing, as you can virtually explore all sorts of angles from across the stage -- including different heights -- to get a feeling for being there with Britney and her dancers.
But it's the two-player stage that really gets things moving. Britney's Dance Beat looks and feels like you're playing Bust-A-Groove. The controls are responsive and quick, and the dancing rhythms vary from slow to fast to harried. The classic hits are there, such as "I'm Not the Innocent" "Ooops, I did it Again," I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Overprotected," along with several other very popular songs from her first two albums.
In the Simon Says style of dance games, such as Parappa the Rapper and Dance Dance Revolution, Britney's Dance Beat reformulates the procedure a little bit by not using the straight lines of a musical score. Instead, players eye a circle dotted with empty circles, somewhat like a clock. As the sing begins, symbols from the PS2 controller circle, square, triangle, and X appear in the empty circles, and you must hit the corresponding symbol in time with the beat. A clockwise-motion hand sweeps across the circle in a steady motion, indicating when to press the right button.
As you progress and to win, players build up combo points. The bigger the combo points the better the score. Adding in a little trick from the Bust-A-Groove days, developer Metro Graphics has added in attack moves that throw players for a loop. After a 20-point combo your dancer throws an "attack" at the opponent, which then screws up the order of their symbols.
For instance, if the triangle symbol showed up at the top of the circles on my opponent's meter, and I attacked him, it would jiggle the triangle symbol and just as the swinging hand is about to cross its path, the triangle moves to an unknown spot. The result usually sends the opponent into a quick skid and loses his or combo. But, if you have built up your skills enough, you'll be able to handle any of the attacks.
The end-all result is quite stunning, really. It's a Britney Spears game that ALSO happes to be a great dance game, and quite frankly, I'm stricken. Perhaps even flabbergasted. The game is fun AND it has a big license. How that has come to pass, only the gods know, but apparently, THQ has some communication with them and has been blessed.
There's no denying it, Britney's Dance Beat is going to rock this world, and even though it scares me to my bones, the gameplay is there, and it's solid as her popularity is growing. Best of all, the circular dance meter works great, and with the attack system in place, both the single and two-player modes will entice millions of gamers. THQ has an astounding success on its hands, and it'll be intertesting to see just how far this one goes. (Oh my God, and I already foreesee the endless requests for nude code filling the IGN mailboxes like a landslide...
-- Douglass C. Perry
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Games like Star Wars Galaxies for PC, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for PS2 and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader for GameCube were considered to be the best games of the show at last May's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, but the biggest news to come out of those three hellish days was undoubtedly that THQ had signed on to publish a Britney Spears videogame. Yes, that's right, an all-new videogame starring everyone's favorite ex-Mouseketeer and multi-platinum award-winning recording artist, Britney Jean Spears, is coming home to your very own PlayStation 2.
Titled Britney's Dance Beat, the game will have you rhythmically pressing buttons to show off your dancing skills while you move to the beat of the best songs from Ms. Britney Spears. Your goal is to become a backup dancer for her upcoming tour, and to make things a little spicier, you will have the option to be one of a variety of dancers that each brings to the table his or her very own unique dancing styles and moves.
The songs you'll be able to get down with in the game include all-time Britney classics like "Baby...One More Time", "Oops! I Did it Again", and "Stronger", as well as new tracks off of her just-released album titled Britney, like "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Overprotected."
And if that's not enough to bring an exuberant amount of joy to all of you diehard Britney fans, how about trying this one on for size -- when you beat songs in the game you will unlock exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and concert video that shows Britney like you've never seen her before. This includes a special 360-degree immersive video that lets you actually control and move around the camera.
In addition to the single player dancing, which will feature authentic choreography from Britney's upcoming tour, Britney's Dance Beat will let you battle it out with a friend in an exciting two-player competitive mode. Therefore, you will finally have your shot to prove once and for all that you are the world's biggest Britney Spears fan and a dancer extraordinaire, and that your rhythmless friends are nothing more than Britney-wannabes.
Do you have what it takes to back up Britney in her upcoming tour? Well, you'll have your chance to find out when THQ releases Britney's Dance Beat for PlayStation 2 in the spring of 2002. If you don't yet think this is a must-own game for fans of the talented-beyond-her-years Britney, THQ is releasing this Metro Corp. developed game at the priced to sell suggested retail price of $29.99. The PlayStation 2 has never looked this fine.
-- Dave Zdyrko
I say....I grow up bored of you britney!!!!!
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