This is very odd....

DancinYounginNick · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: This is very odd....

I was at Circuit City today, looknig for a new TV(As my old one broke.....Got a cool RCA TruFLAT at Sam's Club), and in the PC section, I found a game called 'Dance Praise'. It was alot like the official Konami pad, but had 'Dance Praise' in the middle instead of 'Stay Cool' asnd the pink girl. As you can guess, its a religious dance game. Surprisingly,. by the screenshots, the graphics are okay. But......REVERSE IS STANDARD! Yes, the arrows scroll...down. So..much....purple. The beginner people are porrly drawn(colors look solid).. Did I mention all the purple? The songs are..weird. I'll check gamespot for more info.

EDIT: BTW, I am a Christian.

#Infinity · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA

I'm glad that game developers are trying to find more ways to honor God (if you celebrate Christianity), but I honestly think that game's concept sounds a bit out there to sell many copies.
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Odyssey · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

Y HELLO THAR CHEAP KNOCKOFFS!

Christian here, and yes, I've heard of Dance Praise. But c'mon, this is ridiculous.

The Christian Gaming scene has been a joke for the last few years, and it's the only Christian media that isn't doing fine (television, music and printed goods are doing fine). When I get into the industry, I swear to goodness I'll have a Christian dance game so good it'll compete with the likes of DDR AND ITG!!!

...sorry for the off-topic rant. On to the game itself.

HOPEFULLY, the game has what would be the equivalent of 10 footers in there, and mods as we DDR/ITG/PIU/Other fans would know them. Otherwise the game is only going to be bought by the uuber-religious who will only buy games if it has Christian Words in the title, or at least hopefully (my heart goes out to anyone who bought it thinking it ISN'T a cheap knockoff).
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Pop'n Usagi! · Trick Member Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Location: Your mum

What is it with christians and thinking they have to turn everything into a christian affair? They're worse than vegetarians >:{

Sorry guys, but the christian gaming "scene" has always been a joke. Bible Adventures on the NES anyone? When I first saw it, I seriously expected it to be a parody game.

People aren't finding new ways to worship god, they're finding new ways to make money from other people's beliefs by putting out bad games which they know will sell well, because christians will buy it because they are christian.

And in any case, it's not that good a game by any standards. Christian country licenses and lazy layout, versus the upcoming ITG for PC with actual dance music and a team who actually play dancegames working on how it's presented. No contest.

But don't worry, enough devout christians will buy it to fund a sequel.
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tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

Christian media isn't for the "greater glory of God", it's to sell stuff to saps who want to cut their time in Purgatory down.

I'm Christian.

It's not an atheist is going to become a devout after playing Dance Praise.
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Wow, they actually managed to get Circuit City to sell Dance Praise? I never thought that game would be available much of anywhere other than the internet and Christian bookstores. Anyway, if anyone's curious, here's Dance Praise's website. They have a lot of samples of the game's music on there, might be the entire song list, but I didn't count. Regarding the music, it's really not my cup of tea (or would that be communion wine here?). It's not the religious content, it's just... most of it is very generic-sounding, like stuff I would skip over while trying to find something to listen to on the radio. There's a lot of pop and alternative rock in there, as well as some rap-metal (or whatever it's called =P), hip-hop, and only a few examples of electronic music. Looking at the screenshots, it doesn't look like this game is for people who are skilled at DDR/ITG/PIU. The step targets are enormous. o_O

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::watches trailer::
::laughs at people who think they're playing::

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Dawgbowl · Trick Member Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Location: Frederick,MD

You have 3 options.

-Enjoy the game.

-Dont say anything about the game.

-Bash the game and go to hell.

Take your pick.

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