[theonecalledy2ckt]

Well, since I noticed no one has talked about it, and since I've been playing at one of the original test locations for it, I thought it might be interesting to see if there are any ITG players out there on soompi.

For those of you who don't know, In The Groove (or ITG as it's called) is a game similar to DDR made by Roxor Games (if you own a RedOctane DDR pad, they made this game pretty much.). So similar, that Konami sued them for copyright stuff. But anyways, the game itself was designed for those who think DDR is too easy. It is most definitely a game marketed toward people who have played DDR for a long time, and want some crazy steps.

Unlike DDR, it has tons of new modifiers to play around with, mines (round circles that come up with the arrows that you have to avoid), hands (hitting 3 or 4 arrows at once, sometimes on freezes or as jumps), and rolls (freeze arrows that you have to keep hitting). ITG also has a higher difficulty range, with song difficulties as high as 13. If you thought Max 300 or Paranoia Survivor Max Oni was mean, Pandemonium, Energizer, and Vertex make them look much more easy.

Another nice feature is that the dedicated cabinets (dedicabs) were designed so people could play more easily. The monitor on an ITG2 dedicated cabinet is much larger than a standard DDR monitor, and the bar is raised higher and wider so that it's easier to use.

Finally, for those of you who found perfect attacking too easy in DDR, ITG has another timing window for more accurate steps known as Fantastic. Think of it like playing Nonstop or Marathon on DDR, and getting the Marvelous score.

If you haven't checked it out yet, give it a shot. It's a nice change of pace from DDR, has a neat USB drive to save scores, and top scores are auto-saved onto the machine.

Wikipedia article with more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Groove_%28game%29

In The Groove Official Website: http://www.inthegroove.com/

Post scores, and discuss. ^^

Here are some of my scores from 8 on the Break in Dunellen, NJ, one of the original test locations of ITG. The new ITG2 dedicab is just sweet.

[res0nate]

Parapara is better :0

Seriously though, I don't think I've played ITG. There have been too many ddr ripoffs and other dance games in here TO that I probably ignored it. Beast scores Chris!

8ontheBreak is mad ghetto and sucks, cept for Breaksteaks.

[theonecalledy2ckt]

Parapara is better :0

Seriously though, I don't think I've played ITG. There have been too many ddr ripoffs and other dance games in here TO that I probably ignored it. Beast scores Chris!

8ontheBreak is mad ghetto and sucks, cept for Breaksteaks.

8otB is really freaking ghetto. It's so sketchy there, unless you go in the mornings/afternoons.

And yes, Para Para Paradise does win at life.

I'm really curious to see ITG3, which is supposed to come out later this year. I heard the new betas of ITG2 PC version have some of the new songs from ITG3, like Disconnected Zeo (not sure if that's spelled right) and <3 (just like how ! is pronounced as "Bang" [if you don't get it, it's a programming term.], this new song is pronounced as "Less than 3").

The songs to ITG just feel more clubby to me. Also, certain hands like those in Anubis Expert look really awesome when done properly.

But yeah, I doubt there'd be ITG in Canada. I'd be rather surprised if there was, since when I went up to Richmond Hill where you are, I didn't see any, nor did I see any at the Playdium.