Michael Jackson The Experience

If you're already into Just Dance and consider yourself a die-hard Michael Jackson fan, there's no doubt that you need to have this game in your collection...but being a fan myself, I found the final product a little lacking.

Michael Jackson: The Experience is fun but just knowing how much more could have been done ultimately is disappointing.

Michael Jackson: The Experience falls short of being a great dancing title because of its own faults and that of the system on which it's running.

Michael Jackson: The Experience is indeed a good way to dance along to your favourite King of Pop routines, but that's really about it.

Replicating the mechanics found in Just Dance, MJ The Experience manages to deliver a great casual game for the fans; but everyone else should just simply buy the better and more varied Just Dance 2.

Michael Jackson The Experience won't make a real dancer out of you, but as a party game it sure is fun… and no, I still haven't learned how to moonwalk.

Even without alcohol coursing through my veins, I still had a reasonable amount of fun with the game.

Michael Jackson: The Experience uses the Just Dance playability with the best songs of the famous artist. The game is lack in content and the motion sensing control has many issues to recognize our movements. If you are a Michael Jackson fan this is your game, if you are looking a dancing game, try Just Dance 2.

Two decades after my first virtual encounter, he may no longer be a system-seller, but Jacko's still got all the right moves.

Michael Jackson The Experience is a sort of spin-off of Just Dance gameplay with "just" Michael Jackson in it. The game works quite well and is fun enough to capture every fan of the King of Pop, even if the track list have some huge absence.

There's no other song list on the market like it, and the dance controls in the game are spot on, so it's a must buy for any Jackson fan. But if you really want the Michael Jackson "experience," you might want to pick up This Is It while you're at the mall, because this rushed-together Wii game doesn't exactly deliver on the Jackson-gasm scale.

All in all Michael Jackson: The Experience is a decent package and a fitting tribute to the King of Pop, though we would expect a larger amount of content to sweeten the deal.

The game is competent but not compelling, adequate but not outstanding. Unless you are a big Michael Jackson fan it's a rental at best. Unless you can find that version with the glove. Now that will provide hours of fun and amusement.

At $40 MSRP, I would have to recommend most hardcore gamers to pass on Michael Jackson: The Experience. It is a great novelty to bring out at parties, but otherwise it is a shallow game that does not do much to keep gamers wanting for more.

"Quotation Forthcoming"

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Despite the inclusion of some great songs and routines, this bare-bones dancing game's flaky motion controls prevent it from being a thriller.

The game works well as a tribute to Michael Jackson, although it could have included some more extras for the deceased singer fans, and also a better gameplay.

Those who have no affinities with Michael Jackson will obviously walk their way, but the others will surely find a dancing game that cannot be ignored on Wii, especially in multiplayer.

Playing this game, it was hard to not compare it to Just Dance 2, largely because they are the same game, with different music and visuals. The problem is, Michael Jackson: The Experience comes up short in any comparison, thanks to less modes and the inability to expand the title without an in-game store.

We were expecting something quite better from a so-called 'Michael Jackson Experience', not just a simple spin-off based on the Just Dance gameplay mechanics. Anyway, and considering its musical selection, this's a nice dancing experience for those willing to have some fun while dancing on Jackson's tune.

If only the game gave you more encouragement to improve.

Quotation forthcoming.

Michael Jackson fans will definitely get something out of The Experience but it's still disappointing.

With Jacko's tunes and moves to work with, this should have been so much better. [Feb 2011, p.96]

As a tribute it's more souvenir than towering statue. [Christmas 2010, p.69]

As poorly named game as there's ever been, since this doesn't recreate the experience of Jacko's music or life - just a few motion-controlled dance moves.

Michael Jackson: The Experience mostly feels like a missed opportunity which could have not only honored the music, but the entertainer himself. As it stands, the game doesn't really offer enough beyond lackluster fan service and a few short hours of potential amusement.

Only recommended to die-hard fans of the king of pop. It has great music and choreographies, but as a musical game it's just not that good.

If you want to dance on your Wii you better buy Just Dance. It's a much better game than Michael Jackson: The Experience because this one has failed massively and it would cause the King of Pop to turn around in his grave.

The dancing controls are lousy, the visuals are too lame for their own good and the lack of options (or anything resembling information regarding Jackson's legacy) are disappointing. Stick with a Greatest Hits album instead and tell this game to "beat it."

A disaster.

Unless you're one of those die-hard fanatics that simultaneously weep and scream at the sight of MJ, it's unclear who would be interested in dancing to 26, largely questionable, songs.

If you plan to spend some memorable time with Michael Jackson's dance creations, then you better buy any of his Best of… albums and a bottle of vodka. Anything is better than this game parasite. [Issue#199]

The music, as you'd expect, is generally excellent even in the face of some odd inclusions, though that's the only praise the so-called 'experience' will be getting from us. [Issue#104, p.124]