➤ Dancing with Kinect 🎮

We have already spoken extensively on the review of the Wii U version of some week ago. We refer you to the same article for everything concerning the broader explanation of the contents of the product in question, since the vast majority of them are common to all the versions published by the French company. Specifically, of these lines we will focus instead on the Xbox One edition, the new console from Microsoft that is taking the very first steps of its long and - hopefully - glorious future existence.

Even on Xbox One with the new Kinect Just Dance 2014 it works and has fun

Everyone on the track

For those who have taken a vacation on Mars in recent years, just know that Just Dance is a game in which you dance in front of the TV to the rhythm of very famous pop songs following more or less complex choreographies. The formula has had enormous success, especially on Nintendo consoles, thanks to a well-chosen combination of factors, starting with a gameplay that sacrifices rigor and severity in favor of extreme accessibility capable of not placing any entry barrier even for those who do not know. nothing about video games or dance.

Because, unlike much more demanding proposals such as Dance Central, in Just Dance there are no punishments if your coordination is not that great: at worst, you will find yourself having collected fewer points than your teammates in the final evaluation. In fact, despite the fact that this last episode tries with reasonable profit to strengthen the single player component thanks to the new pleasant online mode, it is clear that the Ubisoft production is destined to give its best when sharing the "stage" of the same living room with other friends. . In this context, the Xbox One version of Just Dance 2014 shows off the main addition compared to the other editions, which is the exclusive possibility of managing 6 players at the same time against the 4 standards. In hindsight, this is a solution destined to most likely interest a very small group of users with a room large enough to accommodate six people and the relative space for movement, but more than anything else this addition is a clear testimony of the superior capabilities of the new Kinect of which every - it should be remembered - single Xbox One is equipped. In our specific experience we had to limit ourselves to trying the game with four participants, with a hint of envy thinking about who will be able to make the most of the opportunity offered. The analysis of Kinect's behavior therefore deserves a few lines, engaged on this occasion in one of the very first strictly playful roles after the widely described integration with the console dashboard. Certainly it must be assumed that Just Dance 2014 cannot be defined as the ideal and most demanding test bench to verify the actual improvements of the new Microsoft motion detection sensor: as already mentioned, the Ubisoft casual game has never put the precise analysis of the movements of the aspiring dancers in the foreground, preferring rather an intelligent general indulgence. To this we must also add the fact that games of the very first generation, and not even made exclusively, certainly cannot be perfect witnesses of the potential of the hardware in the months to come.

That said, our experience was quite positive, albeit not perfect; some steps well executed in fact were occasionally considered invalid, with more than 3 people in the game we saw some tracking problems, and in the same way the navigation in the menus by moving the hands was soon put aside in favor of the faster and precise controller, or alternatively the relative companion app on Smartglass. The latter convinced us by offering a useful integration with the menus, additional information and the possibility of being exploited to manage the Party Master mode, in which a player is called to decide the dance steps that the unfortunate companions will have to perform. For the rest, Just Dance 2014 is practically the same game that we analyzed on Wii U, both in the modalities and in the contents available, including the online store with which to expand - for a fee - the not particularly exciting initial tracklist. It is therefore an excellent party game, ideal for involving anyone who agrees to exchange a little dignity with a good dose of fun. It is certainly not a product capable of flexing the muscles of the Xbox One, but potentially interesting for a certain type of players and for those who want to take advantage of the Kinect not only in the system menus. A final note on the installation size, which touches the 23 GB to which any additional content you want to buy must then be added.

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Just Dance 2014 arrives on Xbox One offering content that is largely identical to the other versions, except for the possibility of allowing 6 players to take part in the dances against the 4 standards at the same time. Although we believe that this may not be a determining factor for most users, it is still an advantage that rests with the superior capabilities of a Kinect 2.0 which on this occasion behaves in a more than discreet way. Waiting for more challenging test beds for Microsoft's renewed motion sensor, Just Dance 2014 remains a valid product on Xbox One as well, destined to be appreciated by those interested in this type of casual fun.