SingStar Celebration

SingStar Celebration doesn’t change the face of the karaoke genre, but it’s one hell of a way to jumpstart a party. The 30 songs on offer are a blast to sing along with friends to, and it’s a solid value as long as they don’t clash with your existing SingStar DLC library. It’s a perfect example of the types of social games that can thrive under the PlayLink banner.

A varied collection of songs and a number of interesting modes make SingStar Celebration the ultimate karaoke game. Using your phone to capture your voice works fine... though at times it will pick up your friend's baritone as well, with unpredictable results.

SingStar Celebration brings the classic karaoke parties to PlayLink, in which every voice is celebrated, regardless of their singing talent. No innovation, but its catchy gameplay works.

If you're looking for an accessible karaoke, and you're happy with a selection of popular songs, this is your game. If you're looking for a deeper title or a more innovative one, this isn't your game.

SingStar Celebration is a vanilla version of a party game classic, and you'll have a great time if you allow yourself to let your hair down.

If this is a celebration, then it's a muted one. I'm not sure Singstar will ever relive its glory days, but Celebration is a decent karaoke game that doesn't need extra accessories and peripherals. It's fun and infinitely better than singing along to your favourite song on the radio, pretending your hairbrush or potato peeler is a microphone.

Thanks to the new smartphone app integration, everyone can jump into SingStar Celebration and start singing during your karaoke party.

Future installments will need to do more.

SingStar used to be a tremendously fun party game way back on the PlayStation 2, and I still have some fond memories of the PlayStation 3 incarnations. SingStar was a beast, but the lack of backwards functionality, latency issues and a rather generic song list is no way to “celebrate” what made SingStar so great back in the day.

Quotation forthcoming.

London Studio's latest karaoke effort may have a decent Party mode and PlayLink functionality, but its one-note tracklist and lack of four-player functionality make it a poor choice for a party game. SingStar: Celebration certainly doesn't live up to its name, then – it's only marginally more fun than a Jehovah's Witness' birthday bash.