Use to love this game. This game was the whole reason I purchased the Oculus. Now the game won't even start. You get to the loading screen and that's it. It loads forever. I've even uninstalled the game and reinstalled it and still won't get past the opening load screen. So disappointed, I just turned off the whole system. Please fix, id love to play again
Disappointed. You start enjoying the game, great workout. Then four months in it stops working it’s not a cheap game, just stop working it won’t load and it stays on the start up screen . really disappointed so if you don’t want to feel like I feel stay clear save your money or buy Audio Trip that game is excellent.
Broken- DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Used to be fun. Game doesn’t work anymore. I had the save issue like other people listed but allowing ALL permissions fixed that particular issue for me, not sure if that will help others. Not that it matters anymore because the game won’t load at all now. I just sit at the DC load screen for eternity. Game is broken and from the other complaints, I am pretty sure the game developers just don’t give a $h1t.
Silent. Update April 2023: This game's been abandoned by the developers. Numerous bugs prevent people from playing, they're still ignoring support requests and not doing anything. Multiplayer broken, in-app store broken, saves broken and now it won't even launch anymore. Avoid this game like the plague.
Old 2021 review: This game itself is pretty fun and engaging, a bit more than I would have thought at first. However the lack of updates, lack of communication by the devs and ignoring of tickets by their support department make it impossible for me to recommend buying this game.
Abandoned Game, Does Not Save. The Meta storefront should really have a notice on this game's listing disclosing its loss of functionality. Currently, save files don't work, the in-game store is disabled, and multiplayer/online features are disabled (the game's network isn't accessible).
For most users, this game fails to create a local save file now on current Quest 2 software versions. The developer hasn't updated this game in a while and has not stated any plans to fix this, so it might just stay broken. You can't save any progress and you have to do the tutorial over every time you load the game.
The advertised multiplayer features are not currently available. And the in-game store that sold DLC songs is not currently accessible, so you are limited to the 32 base tracks.
I have tried all the recommended fixes- I did accept all permissions in-game, I checked that local storage permissions for the game in the device's settings are enabled, I've uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted, tried running it with permissions turned off to get the game to prompt me to turn them on again, etc. It just doesn't write a file.
If you just want to do the single-player dancing, you still can (and that part is fun), but you have to meet the character and do her tutorial first every time you load the game. You'll lose your custom character, your fitness tracking, your song scores, story progression, character relationships, and anything you unlocked every time you exit the app. And that's a pretty big downside.
I'm not sure why they are allowed to still have this game listed at full price without at least disclosing the loss of several functions. I would have given it 4 stars if it worked as intended, it is a good workout and has a lot of style.
Not able to get into the game fix. Here is a fix for people getting stuck not able to get into menu after installing the game.
Prerequisites
Make sure you enable dev mode on Quest (Instructions online)
Make sure no user has the game installed so if you have multiple users it has to be uninstalled on all users
Make sure it you did have the game installed at one point and the game is not currently installed on any user and you install a file manager on Quest (instructions to install a file manager on Quest are online)
Make sure you go into the file manager and in the root of storage you find the dance central folder and inside you delete the save file inside
How to get Dance Central working on Quest (complete prerequisites first)
1 Install SideQuest on the Quest (There are tutorials online and you can even install SideQuest to the Quest to use it directly on Quest without another device to install from SideQuest)
2 Install QuestAppVersionSwitcher from SideQuest
3 Once installed launch QuestAppVersionSwitcher
4 Click where it says Beat Saber and change it to other and hit start
5 Make sure to go into the settings and link your quest account
6 Go to Downgrade and in the search remove Beat Saber and search dance central and hit the button that says search
7 Find it in the list and hit details
8 Download the version right before the latest version
9 Hit install and go through all the menus making sure to accept that you want to restore data
10 Once installed launch the game and select update later and wait until you actually get to the point where you can actually start playing the game which is when you can see you are in a club
11 Exit the game and make sure you relaunch it this time selecting update now and wait for it to update
12 After the game updates launch the game and it should now work fine except for online which does not work at the moment
It works well only if you have Quest 1. I had to change the rating and edit my review because I want to let everyone know about the current state of the game before you all are going to purchase!
I originally purchased the game in Christmas 2019 on my Oculus Quest 1 and the game worked really good since then. Right now, we can't access to online features, such as multiplayer, store and leaderboards from the phone, but you can see your highest score when you finish the song. Even if you linked your Oculus account to your Epic Games account (which is a mandatory), those online features will not work. On Quest 1 the saving progress works okay, I checked it on both versions (Quest 1 and PC) and they work alright. But I believe this won't work for people who have Oculus Quest 2.
Dance Central has not been updated since October 2019 and the most recent update we've got was in January 2023 which took the online services down. The game works only for older Oculus headsets. So, if you have Quest 2, don't buy it. Honestly, the game should have bring the system update for newer Oculus headsets because right now it's almost impossible to buy a Quest 1 headset if you want this game to work properly.
I will change the rating to 5 stars if the devs fix the account linking issue.
It doesn't work. I don't know why but lately due game just don't start, I'm stuck in the load screen and just don't start. Before this the game really works good (I'm not talking about multiplayer that just doesn't work anymore) but now I have a game that don't works....
Was a great game....now seems abandoned. Would not recommend this game till they actually fix all the problems. This game hasn't had noticeable update since I installed it and the only one has actually caused more issues. Could do so much more with ir. Feel like they don't have any updates. You can max out everything pretty quick. I like the lounge option. Met allot of cool people and can play with my sister online from Alaska. So I think that is big since it feels like your actually in the club and can talk and dance! They just need to keep advancing feel like lots of people get bored with it and than stop playing.....
Multiplayer and online is scam. Here's the thing I love the game and the mechanics and the songs are nice but the multiplayer in the store and everything online is not working no matter what try to talk to someone in their company it's not working so just know there is no online at all and they're not listening and don't care
No supposed fix will save game progress. Like SO MANY others here, my Quest 2 refuses to save progress. I've de- and re-installed, changed the primary user, checked storage permissions, etc. Nothing. Every time it's start from scratch. I wish I'd done this within the 14 days, but, falling outside that, I get no refund. I guess if you want to buy a game and put hours into furious testing to insure function, this might work for you. Otherwise it's just a total loss of money. One more reason no one's jumping into Meta, I guess. Really too bad, since it's a fun game to play—but there's no way I'm going to stay on for hours to get to the next levels.
Broken but still fun! I read all the reviews saying that Dance Central doesn't save or do multiplayer anymore, but when it went on sale for 40% off I decided to take a chance — and I'm so glad I did, because I'm really enjoying it! 🥰🔥
It takes less than 3 minutes from starting the game to completing the tutorial, and then you can just dance! You learn lots of great dance moves, either following along with Emilia in the club or practicing with Oblio in the Studio (where you can even slow it down to 50% speed).
I suggest that Harmonix / Meta add a warning describing what's broken, and sell the game for half price until it's fixed.
Broken game, DO NOT BUY. For several years, MANY buyers of Dance Central have found that it WILL NOT SAVE ANY PROGRESS. This issue has not been fixed. I wish I'd read the reviews before purchasing.
Like others, after my game wouldn't save, I checked that all the storage and cloud settings were right, uninstalled and reinstalled hopefully, with no success. Every time I booted up the game, I had to start over with the tutorial.
I submitted a refund request. It was denied. These money grabbers are selling a broken, unsupported game. It's absolute crap.
Go get Synth Riders, Beat Saber, Audio Trip. Dance Central is a busted game. Read all the reviews saying the same thing. Don't waste your money on this trash.
For those having issues with saving. I had this issue. Having to start from scratch every time I opened the game, until I realized that declining any of the permissions when first installed, prevented it from saving progress. My suggestion, delete and reinstall the game, and make sure to answer “yes” to all permissions. Besides that I find the game really fun, and a good workout, especially for someone who dislikes working out.
Can’t progress in game. My daughter and I really enjoyed playing the game and wanted to be able to play together. The problem is every time you log in it makes you start from scratch. You can’t progress through the story line unless you never get off the game. If you spend time going to the different areas, meet the other characters, get they’re connections, make your character, your just waisting your time because as soon as you log off you start back at the beginning. Sooooo very frustrating that it makes me angry that I spent money on it for two of our games systems. One for me and one for my daughter. I’m also frustrated with others rating it so high when it does this!!!
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! There is no way to save your progress.I've try every sugestion like unistalling and downloading it again, turning on storage permissions and nothing seems to work. I keep being unable to save absolutely any progress. Every single time I have to start all over again. $30 to the trash.I know this does not happen to everybody but please dont spent your money on it, just try a different game.
It was fun before Epic changed Servers. And it's still fun, if you don't mind not being able to save your progress. I have been trying for 2 weeks now to get this resolved. I was told to make sure my accounts were synced with Epic, Oculus and Harmonix...done done and done. Still isn't working. You can only play the tutorial and go through the same things so many times before you get discouraged and uninstall it. The online features don't work anymore. I tried everything including uninstalling and factory resetting my Oculus.
When it was working? It was good. Just needed more songs in the library. I'm just disappointed that this isn't being addressed, yet it is happening to several other players. Went from Fun to frustration.
Make sure to get rid of the space after .com for the link to work and enjoy!
This game is a fun multiplayer game if you like to dance! The challenges are different and fun! I enjoy this game as well as my 9 year old daughter who is a dancer!
I bought a kinect 2x for dance central. One of my favorite series. This isn't as good as ot was on 360 as I dont believe it is checking your legs, but if youre playing in the spirit of the game it's still a lot of fun. I wish there was a pack for the songs from the old games and to see some more of the old characters. I genuinely hate that this series never caught on and "just dance"and its hand waving took over. I hope some leg accessory comes out and i think once again this game will be just as good as it was in its previous iterations.