See, SingStar focuses on one thing - awesome multiplayer. It's a good system - not the best because you can't see your voice on the screen before you're supposed to be singing so finding the right key is something that has to be done on the fly - that's launched millions of these discs and made a core audience croon with delight. This is how SingStar has always played, and that's great. At the end of the song, your score is broken down and you're given a rank like "Amateur" or "Hit Artist." If you've got other SingStar discs, you can swap them in or out at the song selection screen without having to restart the console. At the end of every verse, you get points - as well as a written critique like "cool" or "awful" - depending on how well you paint the lines. All the while, the original music video or EyeToy camera feed is playing on the screen. The words pop up at the bottom of the screen, your voice appears above those words as colored lines, and you have to modify your pitch to get your colored vocals to fill in blank bars on the screen. The short version is that you or you and a friend choose from a few gameplay options (sing solo, duet, and battle), select a difficulty, and then pick your track from one of the 30 songs or six medleys. If this is your first foray into the SingStar scene, you might want to double back to my review of the original SingStar Pop where I broke down the nuts and bolts of just what SingStar is in tiny, digestible detail. Yes, it's a ton of fun to get together with friends and try to hit the high notes in "Your Love" by The Outfield, and "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John is a catchy tune, but all of this feels like well-worn territory that doesn't add anything to the SingStar legacy.
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