 ::DDRMAX PS2 Review::
The fourth home version release and FIRST PS2 release.
The game is ENTIRELY based on the 6th mix... and the song list is NOT based entirely on the 6th mix... let me explain...
The song list takes songs from 4th, 5th, club,and VERY FEW 6th. But heres the bonus... exclusive home version songs made an appearence on this game that didnt make an ARCADE APPEARENCE till DDR Extreme (8th mix). Songs like "Dynamite Rave (Down Bird SOTA Mix), and "Drop The Bomb (System SF Mix)" were gifts from Konami to us (although you had to go through a hell of alot of trouble to unlock them... specially Drop The Bomb remix). This is also the same version that licensed songs started to make their appearence... some from Europe, and some from right here in US. It seemed like a good idea at first, and it was... untill their later versions of DDR. You'll find out more bout that soon.
Song List:
22DUNK
5.1.1
Abyss
AM-3P
BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE
BRILLIANT 2U (Orchestra Groove)
BROKEN MY HEART
CANDY★
celebrate
CUTIE CHASER (Morning Mix)
Dark Black Forest (Short Trip)
Deep in you
Do It Right (Harmonized 2 Step Mix)
DROP THE BOMB -System S.F. Mix-
DYNAMITE RAVE -Down Bird SOTA Mix-
ECSTASY
Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)
era (nostalmix)
exotic ethnic
GAMBOL
gentle stress (AMD SEXUAL MIX)
Get me in your sight -AMD CANCUN MIX-
GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX)
Groove 2001
Healing Vision
Healing Vision (Angelic mix)
Holic
I Like To Move It
I Was The One
I'm For Real
INSERTiON
Jam & Marmalade
Kind Lady
Let the beat hit em! (BM IIDX version)
Let the beat hit em! (CLASSIC R&B STYLE)
Let's talk it over
Logical Dash
Look To The Sky
Look To The Sky (True Color Mix)
LOVE AGAIN TONIGHT (For Melissa MIX)
LOVE THIS FEELIN'
Matsuri JAPAN
MAX 300
Midnite Blaze
MY GENERATION (Fat Beat Mix)
MY SUMMER LOVE
never let you down
ORDINARY WORLD
ORION .78 (civilization mix)
Overblast!!
PARANOiA EVOLUTION
PARANOiA MAX (DIRTY MIX) (Another)
PEACE-OUT
Remember You
RHYTHM AND POLICE (K.O.G G3 Mix)
RUGGED ASH
Sana Molette Ne Ente
Sandstorm
Secret Rendez-vous
Share My Love
Silent Hill
So In Love
Spin the Disc
STOMP TO MY BEAT
SYNCHRONIZED LOVE (Red Monster Hyper Mix)
Take It to the Morning Light (Extended Vocal)
THE CUBE
The Shining Polaris
TRIP MACHINE CLIMAX
true... ~trance sunrise mix~
You Leave Me Alone
KONAMI'S MISTAKES:
1) Song list could be WAAAAAAAY more better. The addition of exclusive home version songs and actually good licensed songs adds a nice touch to the game, but like i said earlier... there could have been MORE 6th mix songs added to the list. At least konami did its job good... Every new version after the previous version should have more songs in the songlist. But there are still songs on their that leave question marks... for example: PARANOiA Max (Dirty Mix)(Another). If there is one thing I HATED about the Club versions is that when the Substream 2p link version came out in Japan, konami made doubles of half the songs on that game, which was really, really, really retarded. PARANOiA Max not only got a double, but ANOTHER double if its double... WTF?!?!?!?! Waste of a space for a good song if you ask me... Just like Cutie chaser (Morning Mix), ITS THE SAME SONG JUST ARRANGED DIFFERENTLY. Another waste of a song space. In addition to that, I think some songs that made a re-appearence in the game could have waited till a LATER version of DDR to make a re-appearence. Like Brilliant2U (Orchestra Groove) for example. 8th mix came out, and this song gets Challenge steps. DDR didnt create the challenge difficulty till 7th mix. I think that when they added the original and KOG G3 mix of Brilliant2U on Extreme 2, they should have included the Orchestra Groove as well to complete the trilogy and get that over with.
2) The unlock system by far is the most F#@k'ed up system in DDR home version history (not to be confused with the most GAYEST unlocking system in DDR history, which is what Extreme 2 and SuperNova has). In order to unlock Gentle Stress remix and Celebrate respectively, you had to fail a song from arcade mode and a course in ONI mode respectively. In order to unlock Silent Hill, you DIDNT have to pass Extra Stage, you just had to ACHIEVE getting the extra stage. Once you unlocked MAX 300, there was a HUGE gap between the game, and you couldn't unlock crap till you passed at least 50 or 60 more songs after you unlocked MAX 300 (this is where EVENT MODE comes in handy). And finally, if you couldn't pass the super hard HARDCORE ONI course, you had to wait till you passed your 500th song in arcade mode to unlock the very last song, Drop The Bomb (System SF Mix). | 
