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The revolutionary aspect of this game appears to be its compatibility with the PlayStationEye, which allows the player to copy their image into the game. It's a neat enough touch but revolutionary? Not so much, particularly when elsewhere it's all business as usual. Konami's title does reward decent singing. Blowing on the microphone scores poorly, getting the pitch and timing right scores highly. You won't get rewarded for Mariah Carey warbles and your own jazz interpretations, but hit the marks and your points will soar. There is also a decent range of songs here, e.g. current chart hits, with the likes of Katy Perry, La Roux, Lady Gaga (costumes optional), Pink and the larynx-threatening Kings of Leon making up most of the 75. However, they rub shoulders with the likes of Bowie's Space Oddity, Chris Isaak's Wicked Game and A-Ha's The Sun Always Shines on TV – although the latter two feature falsetto moments which older gentlemen may wish to remember before they make their selection. On that level, Karaoke Evolution is a good value crowd-pleaser for those who like that sort of thing. There are other positives too, with slick character and venue creation modes. It's relatively easy to vary the existing characters or create your own, for example, middle-aged, chunky, bald, beardy journalist-turned-rock god, or build your ideal combo of speaker rigs and lighting effects. Unfortunately, it's also clear that Konami spent more on these aspects than they did the main menus – which can charitably be called functional – and the actual animation. When you're up against tidily observed rivals such as Lego Rock Band, out-of-synch Zippy-esque open mouth / close mouth animation doesn't really cut it. Career mode isn't terribly impressive, either. While it's more all-encompassing than you might fear and doesn't rely on improving your singing ability – which probably makes it quite realistic – the odd challenges aren't particularly compelling. In short, then, Karaoke Revolution works best when it turns your console into a karaoke machine; much like its various rivals in fact. It's not great but it's certainly good and with 75 songs it is a reasonable value.Read full review
Karaoke Revolution is a fun game. It has 50 songs - much more than Singstar. Singing scoring is more like RockBand, than Singstar. The game does not detect your words, so you can just hum along with the correct pitch & score well - but where is the fun in that? You get to create a character (singer), earn awards, and sing in multiple venues. So it can be more of a game than other game system karaoke. Note that one (of the two) singstar microphones will work with this.
I was so excited to get this game and play it.. I use to have it for the ps2.. But then it arrived and the mic did not work for the game.. I turned around and had to spend a extra 20 dollars to buy a movie that would be compatible with the game..
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The song selection is very diverse and the tracks sound great. Singstar could have some big competition if Konami keeps this games getting better everytime.
The product was good, but needed more songs, it indicated that 50 songs was supposed to be included but 50 songs were not included in this product.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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