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Not for fans of the Karaoke Revolution Series.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 58 / 66
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a fan of the Karaoke Revolution (K.R.) series, I purchased this game hoping to have something to keep me until the next release. I found myself disappointed with the lack of "game play". It did not hold my attention for long.

This game seems to assume that you've played others in the series.

CONS: There are no songs to unlock; the thirty listed are all you ever get.
I found it a bit more difficult to play than K.R.. There is no real-time pitch information for those who aren't spot-on which means if you aren't familiar with a song, there is little hope of scoring well until you become familiar. (I was able to sing songs I'd never heard before with K.R. and score in the platinum range)
The easy level seemed to be a bit more picky than K.R.'s easy level.
Occasionally the game throws you for a loop by forcing you to sing the harmony in addition to lead.
There is no tutorial or training mode to help you learn how to play and what all of the markings on the screen mean (you can read the manual but even that doesn't appear to explain much).
There is no microphone setup to adjust the input volume (although you can play with the volume that is output).
The ability to effectively mute the original singer appears to be missing.

PROS: The actual artist sings each song as opposed to re-recorded (albeit easier) versions of your favorite tunes.
If a video of the song is available, it is included behind. If one isn't, they've made video collages about the band and song to keep your interest.
You can playback your performance and even add sound effects to it like robot and reverb (there are four different ones I believe). These performances can even be saved to the memory card.
The microphones work on my Apple Macbook.

Great fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have to say that Singstar has been out in the rest of the world for several years and has only just landed in the USA. I have a UK PS2 here in the USA solely to play this game, but now it is released in the US you can all enjoy it.

The game is like karaoke, except it helps improve your singing my showing you if you are in tune or not and is much more addictive because you play it in a competitive mode by battling against another person or many people in party mode.

This game will break down any inhibitions you had against singing in public and for a group of friends is an excellent nights entertainment. Over and over again. You _will_ want to get the high score!

All they need to do next is bring out the all the other CDs so you can enjoy your favorite tracks if they are not in this one.

Fun for a while

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The person who reviewed it last had just about all the same complaints I do about the game... No songs to unlock, you can't mute the singer in the game, it can be overly picky as far as your pitch and sustain goes, and if you don't know the song you're about to sing, you're out of luck.
I'm coming off of playing Guitar Hero so I'm used to playing a game where they rate your performance and then let you on to the next song... when you start SingStar Rocks! all the songs are available for you to play immediately. The game is a lot of fun to play with friends, but it only amusing enough to keep my attention for about 15 minutes if I'm playing it alone.

There are a few song medlies in the game, but they're pretty terrible as far as medlies go... it's just a few lines from a song, an abrupt ending, couple seconds of silence, and then a couple lines from the next song... they couldn't have hired someone to just mix between the two songs? I broadcast on internet radio once in a while so I know it's not that complicated of a process.

As far as whether or not I'd reccommend it for children, so far (I haven't had the game for very long) the only song I've come across that I might have trouble allowing my kids to sing (if I had children) is Celebrity Skin by Hole... not that it's THAT terrible, really, but there is a word or two that I wouldn't be happy hearing my children say.

I'm mildly dissapointed in the song list on the game... I did come across track listings for the other versions sold in the UK and they seemed like some great songs, I just wish they had brought those games over as well... maybe they will eventually.

Bottom line for me is this: buy the game if you plan on having a lot of parties or friends hanging out at your place... otherwise, it's probably going to cost you $50 to be entertained for half an hour.

It was ok

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought it after I saw it on a tv commercial. Thought it looked awesome with the blur and fallout boy songs. When I finally played it Singstar "rocks" ended up having RESPECT by aretha franklin....and will smith summertime...and love shack. Hardly the songs I thought I'd be singing to the Rock version of this game.

Song list should have been better.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game would have been really good if the Song List was better. The UK versions have much better song choices than the US version. I don't know why they do that? Also, there are no songs to unlock and you cannot mute the original singer of the song. Sony should have put more thought into song selection and this game would have received 5 stars from me. My son enjoys the game but he has no idea what some of the songs are so he's limited to sing only 5 songs out of 30. Hopefully we here in the US will get a second version with better songs.

Good came but mics don't switch out for Karoake revolution!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

We purchased the bundle of the Sing Star and decided to go ahead and purchase the Karoake Revolution games 1-3. We unfortunaltely found out Christmas morning that the mics in the bundle with Sing Star were not compatible with the Karoake Revolution games. The game could not detect the microphone in the USB, so now we are forced to purchase more microphones. When we asked around we didn't feel that this was going to be a problem and found out too late that it was.

Otherwise, my kids really enjoy playing the game and we really like the eclectic song choice, so everyone in the family is able to participate. We can't wait for more games to come out with more of a variety of music and it would be nice to see more tracks on one game than 30 so that you are really getting your moneys worth. I know that it is nice not to have to unlock music in the jump start of the game so that the younger ones can havea variety, but it would be nice to have a large variety at the beginning of the game and then have many new songs to be able to unlock or open later.

Singstar is no Karaoke Revolution

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game b/c it came with 2 mics for $50. The mics do not work with K.R. My other disappointment is that when you sing you do not get the moving line graph to show your pitch. It just puts dots and dashed where your pitch was, which makes it harder to control your pitch. Karaoke Rev. is easier to for that purpose. Otherwise, it is not a bad copy of a karaoke game.

Addicting and Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game! I originally played it at the Playstation tent at Lollapalooza and spent 3 hours battling other people instead of watching musical acts like Kanye West. It's great fun for parties and everyone gets really into it. The lyrics are really easy to read and it shows if you are off key or not so you know to adjust your voice to the right key.

The only drawbacks are that the mics do not work with other karaoke games for playstation and the song selection. Some of the songs/artists I've never heard of before like Keane. I wish there were a few more song choices, esp. more from the 80's or more actual rock songs/groups like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Some songs in the game are:

The B-52's: Love Shack
Elton John: Rocket Man
Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
Dusty Springfield: Son of a Preacher Man
Aretha Franklin: Respect
The Police: Every Breath You Take
the offspring: Self-Esteem
Fall Out Boy: Dance Dance
The Killers: Somebody Told Me
Hole: Celebrity Skin
and also includes the White Stripes, Blur, Keane, and more!

Karoake Revolution

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 18 / 19
Date: January 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This would be a great game, had Konami already not released five (six when the American Idol one comes out) better Karaoke games for the PS2. You would think that when releasing this game in 2006, Sony would look at its competition and make it equal or better. They did not. I apologize that so much of the review is comparing it to the Karaoke Revolution series, but it's a natural comparison, and unfortunate for Singstar Rocks, as SR is by far an inferior product.

I have a lot of the same complaints as others. There are no unlockables. Even though KR's strange costumes are seldom used in our household, it's nice to see things being unlocked as you sing more and better. Singstar Rocks does not do this.

The big thing is with the PS2 having two standard USB ports, why they would utilize the mini to USB adapter. This renders the mics useless to the KR games. If they're worried about being able to use an EyeToy simultaneously to two mics, maybe they should have included a USB mini hub instead. It infuriates me that with all the decent USB mics on the market that Sony again would go proprietary (of sorts).

Another complaint is the lack of adjustments. In song, KR (dating back to the original) allows you to adjust the vocals, mic and music. Singstar Rocks has only a master volume that doesn't see to do much.

It's also unfortunate that Sony stuck with only Sony artists, as they are missing out on a ton of others. The song selection is very random due to this and a couple are very strange selections to have on a sing along disc. There are multiple songs on here that do not make a lot of sense. Of all the Rolling Stones catalog, why would Forty Licks' "Paint it Black" be the one to appear. Lame!

In a vacuum, the game is fun, but its song selection, lack of options and its proprietary options all make it fall extremely short to any of the other Karaoke Revolution. Don't waste your time with this one. Get *any* of the KR series over this one.

Fun game - slim selection of songs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun! The only complaint I have is that there are only 30 songs. It seems like you keep singing the same songs over and over so after a while it isn't as interesting.

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