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Higher difficulties increase move complexity, and the margin for error is reduced.\nFeatures new to Dance Central 2 include voice control, simultaneous two player gameplay in both cooperative and competitive modes with drop in\u002Fdrop out functionality, an improved fitness mode, a more in-depth and customizable \"Break it Down\" mode, allowing the player to practice only specific moves in a routine, and a campaign mode featuring dance crews of various styles.","182993\u002Fdance-central-2-cover.jpg","182993\u002Fdance-central-2-header.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=uAXRdXvy4zE","2011-10-21",null,20091,"dance-central-2",[18,23],{"company":19,"developed":21,"published":22},{"name":20},"Harmonix Music Systems",true,false,{"company":24,"developed":22,"published":21},{"name":25},"Microsoft Studios",[27,28],"Music","Arcade",[30],"Xbox 360",[32,48,64,79],{"id":33,"author":34,"outlet":37,"summary":43,"review_url":44,"review_date":45,"original_score":46,"normalized_score":47},69615,{"id":35,"name":36},4759,"Ryan Clements",{"id":38,"logo":39,"name":40,"website_url":41,"score_format":42},69,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","10","When I mentioned to a fellow IGN employee that I was working on the Dance Central 2 review, she asked if she could watch. This single spectator soon turned into a small audience comprised of women that work around the office in various departments. To me, this shows the unconventional appeal of the dancing genre. People love to dance. And Dance Central 2 gives you a fun way to share that love with friends.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2011\u002F10\u002F14\u002Fdance-central-2-review","2011-10-14","9",90,{"id":49,"author":50,"outlet":53,"summary":59,"review_url":60,"review_date":61,"original_score":62,"normalized_score":63},36616,{"id":51,"name":52},3524,"Trevor Houston",{"id":54,"logo":55,"name":56,"website_url":57,"score_format":58},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","100","It is hard to believe the Xbox 360 Kinect is almost one year old.  Over the past year, the 360 peripheral has seen its share of ups and downs.  When then Kinect initially arrived, sales were impressive,  yet over the past 11 months or so the Kinect appears to have lost some of that early momentum it had at launch.  It could be just me but my passion for playing games on the Kinect has somewhat dwindled but yet I know I am not the only one that feels this way.  Has the Kinect lost some steam due to the lack of quality games?  That could very well be the case.  So in a sense Dance Central 2 may have arrived just in time and could inject some life into an otherwise sputtering peripheral.  That being said, can the sequel duplicate its predecessor’s success at the same time?","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fdance-central-2-kinect-review\u002F","2011-11-01","87",87,{"id":65,"author":66,"outlet":69,"summary":74,"review_url":75,"review_date":76,"original_score":77,"normalized_score":78},52880,{"id":67,"name":68},4471,"Jamin Smith",{"id":70,"logo":71,"name":72,"website_url":73,"score_format":42},74,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideogamer-logo.jpg","Videogamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002F","If you've got rhythm flowing through your veins, this is the game for you.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002Freviews\u002Fdance-central-2-review\u002F","2021-06-05","8.0\u002F10",80,{"id":80,"author":81,"outlet":84,"summary":89,"review_url":90,"review_date":91,"original_score":92,"normalized_score":93},148336,{"id":82,"name":83},12578,"Dan Webb",{"id":85,"logo":86,"name":87,"website_url":88,"score_format":58},152,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fxbox-achievements-logo.jpg","Xbox Achievements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.xboxachievements.com\u002F","If any Kinect launch game could be considered a killer-app for the device, you might argue that it's Dance Central. It was a game that took the new technology and gave us a new way to play dance games, but also gave us a glimpse into the device’s potential future. It wasn’t perfect, no, but then again, how many launch titles for a new piece of tech are? That’s why we have sequels, right? With more development time under their belt and plenty of constructive feedback from reviewers (like...","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.xboxachievements.com\u002Fgame\u002Fdance-central-2\u002Freview\u002F","2011-10-22","Unscored",0,4,[25],[20],[]]