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Now we can dance while we wave our hands frenziedly.
Last fall’s Eye Toy: Play did a good job introducing the Eye Toy to audiences. It didn’t have much depth but there was something remarkably cool about being able to watch yourself on screen and interact with other objects. Eye Toy: Groove still isn’t quite a complete game, but it does have more focus than play. Sony thankfully added Dual Shock support to handle less exciting menu options.
EyeToy: Groove, as you can imagine, is based on rhythm based games. Basically, it’s like Dance Dance Revolution except that you use your arms instead of legs. It’s also undoubtedly cooler to look at yourself in the screen. Essentially, there are six points in the screen. There are then three different positions: top, center and bottom. These three show up on both sides, one set for each hand. You can either get a Perfect, Good or Miss per hit. You pick one of the songs, level of difficulty and groove on.
Groove throws some neat tricks to you like icons that move around so you need to follow them. Each of the songs in the game allows you freestyle somewhere. Here you can do whatever you want, and see a video of it at the end. Similarly, there are also times where you can pull of a “pose” and see a screenshot of it at the end. Pictures barely take room in the memory card, but videos take up a considerable portion.
Once you get all the songs, you can go into a lounge where you can just hang out. You can also record videos, and set up your own routine in the game’s Dance Move Maker.
When you all add a few friends, things really turn crazy. You can take a picture at the beginning to keep track of your player. Then you can either play in versus mode where each of you are getting different colors or co-op where you work together to get the most icons you can get. You can do this for quite a while and it seems less silly to play the game when there are other people making a fool of themselves, as well.
EyeToy: Groove is quite fun for people who want to continue playing on their TV. It seems more focused and remains very amusing. Unless you’re really into the EyeToy though, you’ll want friends to play with. If you can get a group of friends who don’t mind, the game becomes insanely fun. And those videos can later be used for blackmail. Oh, the wonders of modern technology.
EyeToy: Groove requires the EyeToy peripheral to work. EyeToy: Groove can be purchased for $29.99 by itself or $49.99 with the EyeToy camera. -- Jose Liz, PGNx Media
---- May 5, 2004
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