Gamers who have tried other music games such as Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2 or Karaoke Revolution presents American Idol Encore will find the singing system here to be a bit different. For party situations, there's a party mode that keeps track of up to eight players at a time. There's also a battle mode, where you and a partner can go head-to-head to compete for a higher score on the same song. Depending on the song, each person sings specific sections, or, if the tune wasn't originally a duet, the song is split up so that each person has a turn with the lyrics. With the songs all containing different vocal pitches and different vocal stylings, getting the top score in each song won't happen instantly.Īside from the single-player mode, there's a duet mode where you and a partner sing a song together for a cumulative score. The hard part comes from the fact that you want to keep practicing to get higher scores. As stated before, the game is easy to play. At the end of the song, you get a point total as well as a ranking of how well you did. Fail to hit the pitch just right, and you won't score as many points as you would've liked. Match the pitch well, and you score more points.

All you really have to do is sing to your heart's content until the song is over. As an added bonus, the actual music video plays in the background so it gives non-players something to view while they wait their turn. The pitch meter is presented near the center of the screen while the lyrics go on the bottom of the screen, letting you know what the words of the song are if you don't have them memorized. The meter fills up when you match the presented pitch, and it also goes above and below the pitch meter when you happen to sing higher or lower than what the game wants, respectively. The goal is to try match the vocal pitch of the song using a scale presented on-screen. Those familiar with the way the system works will feel right at home while others, especially those who haven't played karaoke games before, will only need a few seconds of gameplay time before becoming familiar with how everything works. The game formula hasn't changed a bit since it was released years ago. After a year of being teased by the video, fans of this song will finally be able to sing along to it, thanks to the release of SingStar: Queen. Those hoping to find it as downloadable content were also disappointed to discover that the song was missing from the SingStar Store. Neither the UK nor the US version had it. There is nothing wrong with the song, except for the fact that it wasn't included in the game disc at all. The cruelty of the video comes in the form of the song they were singing: 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen. The cinematic showed players of all ages and types singing along to the game and having plenty of fun while doing it. 2 last year were greeted with a pretty cruel joke when it came to the opening movie.

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