(This review refers to the Dancing series as a whole)
Persona Dancing is an extremely lacking rhythm series that came from the mindset that slapping button presses in front of songs people like will somehow make a good game by default.
The charting interface used for Dancing was not optimised for controllers, making for extremely clunky charts that have zero sense of flow and can't be rhythmically complex in any way, leading to everyone's favourite chart pattern: "Some generic drumbeat that doesn't exist in the song's own notation that the charter pulled out of their ass".
In addition, despite being a dancing game, the gameplay itself is not indicative of dance in any way, there's no sense of performance or puppeteering to make the player feel like they're the one in the driver's seat, leading to an incredibly passive and derivative experience.
Persona Dancing is an extremely lacking rhythm series that came from the mindset that slapping button presses in front of songs people like will somehow make a good game by default.
The charting interface used for Dancing was not optimised for controllers, making for extremely clunky charts that have zero sense of flow and can't be rhythmically complex in any way, leading to everyone's favourite chart pattern: "Some generic drumbeat that doesn't exist in the song's own notation that the charter pulled out of their ass".
In addition, despite being a dancing game, the gameplay itself is not indicative of dance in any way, there's no sense of performance or puppeteering to make the player feel like they're the one in the driver's seat, leading to an incredibly passive and derivative experience.