For anyone not familiar with the Singstar franchise, let's tell you what you've missed. Each Singstar game comes bundled with two USB microphones which plug into the PlayStation 2 and/or the PlayStation 3. The game disk contains several different songs and players sing along to these songs by following the lyrics on the screen. While you are singing along to the songs the Singstar software analyses your singing and awards you points, while it is possible to hum along to the tunes rather than to sing them, it's not exactly in the party spirit and if anyone does that while we're playing we promptly kick them off.
A classic.
Singstar ABBA is similar to past Singstar games in that the same options are present: you can sing along by yourself, or sing against a friend or with a friend. In terms of advancements, the game still doesn't come with wireless microphones and their is no online play at all, despite the PlayStation Network symbol, which is merely used to indicate that you can connect to the Singstore to download new tunes.
On the subject of the Singstore, one year later we cannot help but feel that the store isn't being fully utilised. For those who want these songs they will probably have to purchase the game, as it is unlikely the games will come to the Singstore. The Singstore at the moment also contains several songs from previous PlayStation 2 Singstar releases, which is disappointing. In comparison to the other music games released, the downloadable content for Singstar is still mediocre at best.
Now, onto the tracklist. The PlayStation 3 version of Singstar ABBA contains twenty five ABBA songs, which is five less than normal, the full tracklist is as follows:
- "Chiquitita"
- "Dancing Queen"
- "Does Your Mother Know"
- "Fernando"
- "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
- "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
- "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
- "Mamma Mia"
- "Money, Money, Money"
- "One of Us"
- "Ring Ring"
- "SOS"
- "Summer Night City"
- "Super Trouper"
- "Take a Chance on Me"
- "Thank You for the Music"
- "The Name of the Game"
- "The Winner Takes It All"
- "Voulez-Vous"
- "Waterloo"
- "Happy New Year"
- "Head Over Heels"
- "The Day Before You Came"
- "Under Attack"
- "When All Is Said and Done"
They could probably remove the lyrics and we'd still know what to sing, we're not ashamed.
Overall though, Singstar ABBA is a fine release for the Playstation 3. Sure, the series seems to have made little to no advancements in the past few years, but the technology is still pretty impressive, even if other games are adding in more instruments. For great party fun any Singstar game will impress, but those who are keen ABBA supporters should have no hesitation in picking this game up.
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