
The graphics are very smooth with no slowdown. The backround dancers are cell-shaded, & they look very smooth as well. The menus are all very colorful & very responsive.
The sound quality is great, everything makes great noise. The only problem I found here is the announcer's voice being a bit too loud at times, & this could not be adjusted, but could be turned off.
The song list is a great deal smaller then it's predecessors, (this one: 50 songs, DDRMAX2: 72) & it combines a bunch of fun songs. However, it would have been nice 2 see some other 10 footers besides MAX 300.
So what gives this game the slightly below perfect score? The fact that it feels like a watered down version of DDRMAX2. It does not include non-stop mode, the challenges feel rushed, & the step edit mode is very hard 2 follow. It could have been fixed, but they decided not to.
The fact that you can buy more songs 4 a reasonable price is nice, but the problem is, some people don't have xbox live. There are currently 3 song packs available, all very nice, with something 4 everyone. DDR ULTRAMIX is definately worth it's budget price.