But not to worry, as a track can be repeated as many times as desired to increase one's total score and position on the charts.
The worst that one can do is making the upper success bar decrease from green to yellow to red, until the song is interrupted by a choir of boos and the player gets a low score for that particular performance. The solo mode, anyway, isn't too scary, since it features three difficulty levels that make the game more or less sensitive to the player's faithfulness to the original tune. Once a profile is created, a single player can choose between the solo mode and freestyle, an enjoyable way to test new songs without having to worry about a low final score. The only step to do before starting to sing is creating a player profile: up to 20 of them can be stored and picked up to score points or compete in multiplayer sessions. This gives you real-time feedback as to whether the game thinks you're rocking or sucking. The player's voice is tracked by a second bar that either matches the main one in case of a correct note or appears in a different position if the note was too high or too low. The aim is to simply stay in tune with the song playing in the background: to do so, players have to sing the lyrics on the screen and try to match their voice with the note bar that runs in the middle of the screen.
Just like its competitor Karaoke Revolution, the SingStar series offers a simple and intuitive gameplay that manages to attract experienced gamers as well as people who have never held a controller in their hands, resulting in instant fun for everyone. The gameplay stays the same in every new build, but that's not bad, since it constitutes the series' real strength. Instead of patiently waiting to build its victory, SCEA decided to release a new installment for PS2, the Americanized version of SingStar Popworld that was - quite unsuccessfully - published in Europe nearly two years ago.Ĭompared to the first SingStar released in the US, this second installment only offers a different soundtrack. Even though SingStar Rocks! featured a cool interface and a very well-assembled soundtrack, it was clear enough that Sony wouldn't have any chance to change this situation until the release of SingStar for PS3, a moment that many gamers are still looking for. The first SingStar was released in the US nearly two years later than in Europe, a delay that surely contributed to the supremacy of Karaoke Revolution in the American popularity stakes.
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