2024 is just around the corner, which means it’s time for Ubisoft to hit the dance floor with its latest game. Just dance Just Dance 2024 Edition offer. If you look back at our review of the 2023 game, we mentioned that it greatly improved on the tried-and-true formula, greatly improved the visuals, and allowed players to remove the constant reminders to subscribe to the Just Dance+ game, which has 300 more songs. It was an experience that, while not revolutionary, was a welcome step in the right direction.
As such, Just Dance 2024 Edition is more or less quite content to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor. It offers an additional 40 new songs spanning a wide range of genres and styles, combining songs such as Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor” and D Billions’ “My Name Is”; “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston with “Canned Heat” by Jamiroquai (and no, unfortunately the choreography was not taken from Napoleon Dynamite for this). Recent hits included on this year’s list include Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” and Sam Smith’s “I’m Not Here to Make Friends.” As with previous entries, it’s worth simply browsing the full track list to see if it suits your musical preferences before purchasing.
The biggest change this time is that Ubisoft has seen fit to allow Just Dance 2024 Edition owners to play online with Just Dance 2023 Edition owners. Obviously the biggest caveat here is that some songs won’t be compatible with owners of last year’s entry, but it’s a nice quality-of-life addition that we’re well on board with. Ubisoft has been consistently trying to promote Just Dance as a permanent online platform, so integrating this latest “song pack” with the playlists of previous games makes sense. You can now also challenge any high score you come across via the in-game leaderboard and send your own scores to your friends. If you feel like you’re competent enough at a certain tune, you can load up the leaderboard, pick a high score (hell, be number one in the world if you’re up for it) and give it a try.
However, the problem with an always-on online platform, at least from our own experience, is that you are constantly at the mercy of the servers and connection stability. The game was tested on a 250MB fiber broadband connection, so there’s certainly nothing to worry about, but the menus in particular can be exceptionally slow at the best of times. Whenever you download a game, you will need to connect to Ubisoft Connect, and you will have to wait for about a minute each time.
Additionally, any images accompanying in-game song titles will always take a minute or two to load. It’s not incredibly distracting or anything, but it’s a constant reminder of how little of the game actually works in the first place. It almost makes us long for the early days Guitar Hero when the songs were simply listed, without unnecessary bells and whistles.
However, if you like Just Dance and just must If you have the extra 40 songs included in this latest package, it’s a completely convenient and harmless experience. As we said last year, there’s nothing here to convert non-believers, and the lack of meaningful improvements makes it even less recommendable, but the quality of life changes from last year remain unchanged at least. .