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Just Dance 2018

Physical mimicry of fixed choreography scored on motion accuracy.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    7/10

    Matching choreography accurately is the entire score

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    No opponent adapts; everyone dances the same chart

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    0/10

    Routines are fixed and fully visible

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    2/10

    Learning each routine's scoring quirks is minor

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2017
Developer
Ubisoft Paris
Franchise
Just Dance
Platforms
PS3, PS4, Wii, WiiU, X360, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB critics
72/100
IGDB users
70/100
MusicParty