How are the Ultramix titles?

[neodude237]

Well, for me, there's less on the PS2 versions. And at DJjeff, if I am correct, Konami of Hawaii hasn't developed a DDR game since either the first Universe or Universe 2, I can't remember which. (This is because they shut down)

[Silph Co.]

universe 3 actually has good songs and a lot of hard steps that are actually fun. 10x better than ddr x

[BITCH I LOOK LIKE GOKU]

Originally Posted by eddie

And this is different from the PS2 mixes how?

Some songs were a ton of fun to play, and some were absolute garbage in all of them, absolutely.

Adding to that, the only way I really thought the Xbox/PS2 titles varied between one another was the use of the arcade song select system on the PS2 (for most of the titles anyway), and the Xbox titles always had a different song select screen (after the first Ultramix). The dancers looked better on the Xbox versions... well, except for Ultramix 1, they looked pretty ugly in that one.

And I honestly preferred the BGVideos in the Ultramix series to the official ones in the PS2 versions, don't ask why.

As for the announcer, I always play with him/her turned off, so I never really have to deal with that.

[RADIORAMA]

Mr. Stillwind's experimentaition of what a DDR can be was evident from the second Ultramix on up. Much like his tastes the games are eclectic and require a certain taste. DDRX could easily be mistaken as Ultramix 5 if it wasn't for the smooth framerate and using the SuperNOVA engine. I agree with the majority, a lot of the commisioned songs are terrible and the presentation is often poor. I don't like many of the artists that appeared in the series from JT1UP, to Jondi & Splesh, to Nevarakka whatever, etc. Yes I'm a traditionalist first and foremost and 4th Mix Plus is still the greatest DDR mix of all time. Many people agree with that.

[ranatalus]

it has seemed to me that there is more crap on the ultramixes compared to the PS2 versions, at least in regards to new songs

[Jeff Paine]

Originally Posted by ranatalus

it has seemed to me that there is more crap on the ultramixes compared to the PS2 versions, at least in regards to new songs

I completely agree.

Remember, Thuggie D and Big Idea are both KCEH's fault.

The crossovers were really nice, but most of them were paid DLC, and most of them are on PS2 mixes now anyways.

[BITCH I LOOK LIKE GOKU]

This is honestly boiling down to music preferences. I like most of the music in the PS2 mixes, and I like most of the music in the Xbox mixes.

Sooooo... I have no real problems with either of them.

The one big thing I agree with is that Ultramix 2 had lag problems, but they weren't so bad that they kept me from playing.

[Razer]

I have played the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th UM games. The frame rate is wonky but the charts are significantly better than the uninspired, bland, dime-a-dozen, run-of-the-mill charts you find in the PS2 CS games.

The PS2 games can function with a constant frame rate, but you get boring charts, while the X-Box games gives you more challenging and (arguably) better constructed charts, but it's jumpy frame rate affect the quality of the game. You can either have it function or you can have more "professional" charts. If you want both you're shit out of luck since Universe still suffers from the problems the Ultramix games despite being on a TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR CONSOLE.

[wheeliedude]

Universe 1:
weird ass quest mode
framerate was good with videos turned off
crossovers were okay

Universe 2:
basically Universe 1 with a different skin and more licenses and Until Forever/Eternus

Universe 3:
great new songs and crossovers
framerate is inconsistient (slow even with videos turned off)
easy to unlock songs
some questionable Onis (Kind Lady)

Why are the PS2 mixes allergic to kors k and DM Ashura?

[BITCH I LOOK LIKE GOKU]

See, that's weird. I have absolutely NO problems with Universe 3, with Videos/Dancer on even.

And maybe you'll start seeing more DM Ashura in PS2/PS3(?) DDR mixes given that he just showed up in IIDX.

And I have no earthly idea on kors k, maybe the developers just don't care?

[Ashura96]

Another thing, the Xbox games in someway seem to be fanservice with song crossovers.

I remember when starmine was a highly wanted song on DDR. (And a DAMN fucking shame it never hit the arcades)

[fygar939]

I have Ultramix and UM2 and they're pretty good. UM2 had a lot of IIDX crossovers (starmine, route 80s, etc.) and Ultramix, well I don't know. The framerates were smooth on my Xbox (It was refurbished; probably why) but I noticed on my friend's, like the menu animation on Ultramix, it froze constantly. If that won't bother you that much and you want it anyway, get it.

[Kσn]

Ultramix 2 was awesome, I played it for countless hours. It was probably one of my favorite U.S. releases of DDR. It had some nice crossovers from other games, as well as some nice new songs, and remixes.

Ultramix 1 was ok, I never really played it that much except for at a friends house. and even then we got sick of it pretty quick.

Ultramix 3 was pretty good. I did not like the theme, or the extremely long loading time to get into the game if you had extra content.

Ultramix 4 was good as well. It had some really great songs, but at the the same time some ones I really hated.

Its also worth pointing out that none of the games work on xbox 360, so you have to have a original xbox to play them.

[Morning Blue]

I played 2-4 and like all three of them. My favorite is probably actually 4; the videos are much better looking by this point, and the few Bemani crossovers there are are awesome. What other Bemani game other than beatmania IIDX 4th style CS can you play GIRIGIRI DADDY at home?

All three are games that I can tell Konami spent a lot of time, money, and effort on.

Unlike Hottest Party.

[ranatalus]

except hottest party runs above 40 frames per second meaning they actually put effort into making it not look like ass

why is everyone ignoring the part where even first mix can run at 60FPS during training mode on a PS1 but the XBox can't run the games above 40 even with the background movies/dancers off