And just as Eyetoy: Groove was quickly developed, Party is going to be out before Christmas, to cash in on the success of the original title. The game doubles the amount of songs available and retails for a smaller price if you already have the microphones. It is going to be out in PAL territories first and features 30 new songs. All of these tracks feature the original artist's recording and video footage.
So why Singstar: Party? Well, new multiplayer options provide a more social gameplay experience and allow up to eight people to play at once. But perhaps one of the strongest features in this sequel is the cross-disk compatibility. For those of you who are going to want to retain their favourite songs from the original Singstar, there is nothing to worry about. Cross-disc compatibility with SingStar means that owners of the first game can insert the first SingStar disc at the carousel screen and automatically update the carousel with the 30 songs from SingStar 1, increasing the SingStar jukebox to 60 songs. This allows players to sing all of the old songs as duets.
There are eleven gameplay modes, with most returning from the first but with some all new options. These are:
- Sing Solo - the player can choose to sing a solo track or select one vocal part of a duet and sing against the original artist.
- Collaborative Duet - two players sing their own lines of the same song for a combined score.
- Battle Mode - two players can either sing the whole song or one vocal part of a dedicated duet, competing on scores.
- Pass The Mic Mode breaks down into the following game rounds for 2-8 players:
- Solo Round - players take it in turns to sing a song; the highest score wins.
- Combined Duet - players from the same team sing a duet, then two members from the other team sing the same duet - the highest score wins.
- Battle - players from different teams sing a song at the same time and whoever contributes the bigger score wins.
- Keep It Up - one player performs a song keeping the momentum bar above a certain point. Then a member from the next team attempts the same song and the one with the longest duration wins. If they both complete the song, it's a draw.
- Pass the Mic - teams take it in turns to sing a song. Each team member must sing designated sections of the song to contribute to an overall team score - the highest score wins.
- First To The Post - players from different teams sing a battle and whoever reaches a designated score first wins.
- Risk - teams must score 7500 points or more to win. Each team takes it in turns to sing a song. However, they can choose to Play or Pass, sometimes forcing the other team to sing. The team must surpass 7500 to win. If the other team also achieves 7500, it is a draw. If they don't, the first team wins the round
The full track list of Singstar: Party is:
- Alicia Keys - Fallin'
- Ashford & Simpson - Solid
- Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
- Blu Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
- Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
- Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
- Busted - Year 3000
- Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
- Destiny's Child - Survivor
- Dido - White Flag
- Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
- Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- Elvis - Way Down
- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
- George Michael - Faith
- Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
- Javine - Real Things
- Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
- Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
- Maroon5 - This Love
- Natasha Bedingfield - Single
- Pink - Just Like A Pill
- Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mamma
- Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
- Spandau Ballet - Gold
- Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are
- The Beautiful South - A Little Time
- The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
- The Police - Every Breath You Take
- Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
Singstar: Party will be released in November, 2004 for the Playstation 2. PALGN will have one of the first reviews come November so check back then.
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