Felix Gilchrist
Regarding bugs
Just Dance 2021 Bugs
On behalf of the Just Dance Community, we have noticed several bugs in the game that have not been addressed. We feel as you (Ubisoft) should take in account these bugs
If you were to edit your Dancer Cards nickname, avatar, alias, or skin, they will be immediately reverted after playing a song, or exiting the game, and reloading it. This can easily be fixed by unfreezing the link https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/profile/v2/map-ended, and https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/profile/v2/profile (POST Request).
Quick Play does not appear to be randomized to your dancing habits, as advertised, and only shows Just Dance 2020/Just Dance Unlimited songs, and when you leave the game, and load it again, it reverts to the original song that was there before, theres no randomness at all, (when you dont have Just Dance Unlimited, it only shows Chiwawa - Barbie Version), an easy fix for this would be to not use the Recommended Songs playlist to base the Quick Play songs on.
Dancer of the week is completely broken, My score for Zenit - ONUKA (13333) was unlawfully stolen from me on Dancer of the Week, People are now unable to get any Dancer of the Week for any song that does have a previous Dancer of the Week. An easy way to fix this would be: Unfreezing the link https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/profile/v2/map-ended, and https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/profile/v2/profile (POST Request).
This is an extension of the Dancer of the Week, and Dancer Card bug, but I feel like it is necessary to mention in this essay. None of our scores are being updated in the https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/ servers, which means when we migrate to Just Dance 2022, our scores for Just Dance 2021 (and any other scores whilst playing the game) will not appear on Just Dance 2022. We are unable to progress rooms in World Dance Floor because the game relies on our profiles in the jmcs-prod servers. An easy way to fix this would be: Unfreezing the link https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/profile/v2/map-ended, and https://jmcs-prod.just-dance.com/profile/v2/profile (POST Request).
During the recap (score screen), the text "Best Hi-score!" will appear at any time, regardless if it is actually your highest score or not. An easy fix for this would be: Add a new animation file, in recap (cache\itf_cooked\CONSOLE\world\ui\screens\recap_h omeparty_rival\animations) that removes said text whenever the score is not the highest score.
Whilst trying to exit World Dance Floor, during the "You have played for X minutes, Met X people, in X countries", the game does not allow you to exit this screen for about 10 seconds after the animation is finished. This is very unnecessary, and time consuming. An easy fix for this would be: Allow the player to exit the screen as soon as the animation is finished.
Some songs use montage.png.ckd. However, the said songs that use montage, the game does not properly split these, which results in the game showing a part of the picto above's legs. An easy fix for this would be to split all of the pictos, I know this may potentially increase the game size, but it makes the game more consistent.
Whilst viewing the Video Gallery, any autodances that include Yameen Yasaar play the original song the choreo was meant for, Habibi Yaeni. The songs In The Navy and Samba de Janeiro play the original song, not the cover. This can lead to potential copyright lawsuits, and can cost you a lot of money. An easy way to fix this would be actual Q/C testing.
In some cases, the Recommended Songs playlist is entirely gone, and in some cases, it only shows Just Dance 2020 songs. This is due to the jmcs-prod servers not being able to distinguish Just Dance 2020 and Just Dance 2021 apart. Again, the easiest way to fix this would be rigourous Q/C testing. That is all I can say about this.
Some songs on Kinect and Controller have terrible scoring, which make the game unplayable. Some examples of this would be In The Navy, You've Got A Friend In Me, U.S.A, Jooneh Khodet, and Yameen Yasaar. These songs give players constant Goods and Oks, even when the player is doing the moves correct. This is making the game unbearable to play. A good way you could've imidigated this would've been to push back the release date, to make sure everything is working fine.
The sorting in the song selection menu (cache\itf_cooked\nx\world\ui\screens\exposition\e xposition.isc.ckd) has been discussed multiple times in our community, after the release of Just Dance 2021. And we believe the "Pertinence" sorting, was unnecessary, and in poor taste on Ubisoft's part.
During one of TheFairyDina's streams showcasing the game, the game crashed, and showed a white screen, Hard-Locking the game. (Needing the game to be restarted) Again, a good way you could've imidigated this would've been to push back the release date, to make sure everything is working fine.
We (The Just Dance Community) believe this game was rushed to meet the release date, and we would've been fine with the game being delayed. Due to COVID-19, We can understand how tough it must have been to develop this game, whilst social distancing, etc. However, the game being released on time was one of the worst decisions Ubisoft has made. We hope you take into consideration all of the points that have been made in this essay, and thank you very much for your time.
On behalf of the Just Dance Community,
felix

