Thursday, November 20, 2008

PS2 Singstar: Kara - you - okay?

Times are bad. Recession is haunting the festive season. Everyone's busy working hard to keep their ricebowl from harm and tightening their belts. No time & money to go out and have fun with friends whose KTVing outside? No problem. Singstar is here to save you.


Singstar has about 10+ titles like "Singstar Pop Hits", "Singstar 80s", "Singstar 90s", "Singstar Country", etc. I got this online at SGD 40 and it comes with two microphones and the game itself. Mine is the "Singstar Amped", which has about 30 rock songs by Audioslave, Foo Fighter, Radiohead, Fallout boy and many more.



Here's a closer look at the list of song titles.



The gameplay is simple. You sing along with the MTV like how you did in the KTV lounge. You don't have to sound like Nirvana to score in the game but you just need to get the right pitch. To make the game easier for user, it even has a pitch indicator to tell you how should you pitch your voice. ^_^
It comes with 2 player playing mode, so you get to choose either duel or duet mode.
For those american-idol-inspired dreamers, you can plug in PS2 Eyetoy and see yourself performing on set(TV set, that is).


The microphones connects to an adapter, where the adapter plugs to the PS2 via USB 2.0 cable.


Gaming afterthought:
This game is a must-have for all KTV-goers. It can a a great party game with family/friends, and you can even showdown a song or two with another player. However, the game itself may have limited song titles so it is advisable to grab a few more "Singstar" games for more genre coverage. Also, the microphones are a little bit soft, so you need to pump up the amps a little more.
Rating: 3.5/5.0

No comments: