edamames's Full Review: Karaoke Revolution for Xbox
If you like to sing or like music, this game is fun. Basically, it's a karaoke video game. You select a character, a outfit and a song to sing. You sing the songs as the words scroll across the screen. You get points based on how well you can get the right pitch of the song. If you do poorly, the 'audience' watching your character boos and leaves. You can also unlock songs, characters and outfits in different play modes by winning gold or platinum records.
screenshots can be found at:
http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/699/699108/imgs_1.html
We originally bought Karaoke Revolution Vol. 3 (Playstation 2) for my brother in law. We had so much fun with it that we ended up buying the xbox Karaoke Revolution bundle (includes handheld microphone) for my brothers. We went to Toys R Us and saw the game on sale for $9.99 (without the microphone) and thought it was a good deal and bought it. The only thing is, it's hard to find a handheld microphone for an xbox so we had to settle for a communicator headset instead which actually works out better because you can hear your voice in the earpiece. With the game, headset and some adaptor for the xbox controller, we paid about the same price as the bundle.
The songs on this version are great! A lot of them were more familiar compared to PSP vol. 3. The song list (from Wikipedia) includes:
"Addicted" - Simple Plan
"All You Wanted" - Michelle Branch
"Are You Happy Now?" - Michelle Branch
"Believe" - Cher
"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
"Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order
"Broken Wings" - Mr. Mister
"Celebration" - Kool & The Gang
"Chain of Fools" - Aretha Franklin
"Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
"Crawling in the Dark" - Hoobastank
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
"Every Morning" - Sugar Ray
"Everything You Want" - Vertical Horizon
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley
"Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
"Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer
"How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - The Four Tops
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
"I Want You Back" - The Jackson 5
"I'll Be There" - The Jackson 5
"I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross
"It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)" - R.E.M.
"I’ve Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra
"Just My Imagination"- The Temptations
"Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer
"Ladies' Night" - Kool & The Gang
"Like a Virgin" - Madonna
"One Week" - Barenaked Ladies
"Please Mr. Postman" - The Marvelettes
"Red Red Wine" - UB40
"Save Tonite" - Eagle Eye Cherry
"Science Genius Girl" - Freezepop
"She Talks to Angels" - Black Crowes
"Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson
"Son of a Preacher Man" - Dusty Springfield
"Stop! In the Name of Love" - Diana Ross & The Supremes
“The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis and the News
"The Tracks of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" - The Isley Brother
"Waiting for Tonight" - Jennifer Lopez
"We Are Family" - Sister Sledge
"What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" - Jimmy Ruffin
"When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge
"Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen
"You're the One That I Want" - Olivia Newton-John
There are also 10 Motown songs. They're a bit difficult if you don't know the songs well. I really wanted to get this because I love Motown songs.
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
Stop! In the Name of Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) - The Isley Brothers
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
As one can see, there's a good variety of song styles. This game is good for an older crowd who would be more familiar with the songs.
Obviously, if you're shy, you won't do well playing this game with a group. It's more fun when you get a group of people together since they will probably join in and sing with you.
One drawback that I ran into is that you need to know the songs in order to 'master' the game. There are some songs on the list that I never heard before. Fortunately, we had some friends over who knew some of the songs so that helped.
I like this game because it's not violent nor complicated. It's a relatively clean game to what's out there these days.
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