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Review by Underdogs:
World Dance is one of the most unique and enjoyable puzzle games I have ever come across. In addition to offering fun, original, and innovative gameplay, the game also succeeds as a rare "edutainment" title that teaches you about different world cultures.

Your goal in World Dance is to choreograph a dancer's moves on the isometric playing board in order to collect a required number of cultural items within the allotted time. In each level (i.e. each "dance floor"), you must choose one of 12 steps during each turn that will lead your dancer to the required cultural items that are scattered on the floor. You can also move the dancer to pick up special "gift boxes" that contain bonus items that add extra time to the game clock, extra points to your total score, extra lives, and more. Your oversall goal is to "unlock" all seven countries in the game and accumulate points by dancing over bonus items, which will result in adding new entries to the Journal of the World database, an excellent in-game encyclopedia that includes a wealth of information about the locations in the game and their people and culture. World Dance includes 7 locations: Egypt, France, Senegal, Hawaii, China, Mexico and Ireland, each featuring a unique dancer, music, cultural items, and of course dance moves (the belly dance and cancan are especially very cool to watch ;)).

The challenge comes in visualizing the moves and choosing the right ones.

In addition to the basic choose-the-right-moves-to-collect-things gameplay, there are also many intricacies in World Dance that make the game a lot more fun and challenging. For example, you must avoid bumping into walls (which will cost you a life) and penalty items such as a tornado that will cause items to disappear. The graphics is also top-notch: more than 80 beautifully choreographed dance sequences are taken from real human movement using motion-capture techniques. The user interface is alsy very easy to use, and the music is outstanding.

With a very original premise and near-flawless execution, World Dance is a must-have for anyone who enjoys abstract brainteasers or unique puzzle games. It's even educational to boot -- something you can't say for a lot of self-proclaimed "edutainment games" these days. Well worth the $30 price tag, and a deserved finalist in the 4th Annual Independent Games Festival. Two thumbs up, way up!

Average Rating:8 [13 votes]
Genre:Puzzle
Designer:Ed Chung
Developer:iSeeSoft
Publisher:iSeeSoft
Year:2001
Software Copyright:iSeeSoft
Theme:Unique
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System Requirements:Windows 95/98
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