We've long moaned about legacy issues with SingStar - that it can't cope with vibrato, punishes you for tailing off at the right time, and has a bit of lag in audio playback - but despite Lips' fancy mics and superficial improvements, it's too easy, too isolated from other players, and too buggy. Eurogamer ( 50/100): 'But the saddest thing about Lips is that it suffers in comparison to SingStar's gameplay.

Even worse, the nonexistent difficulty level means this is a game with practically no appeal for single players, aside from those who want to collect the easy achievement points.' That said, the game's lack of camera support, vocal playback, and simple online functionality disappoint, especially given their proven success in Sony's SingStar series. The song selection is also excellent, with 40 songs that are varied in style but united in anthemic quality. Gamespot ( 65/100): 'The wireless microphones are convenient and innovative, and they make it difficult to go back to corded models afterwards.In the end, that's what this kind of game should be about, and as a rival to SingStar, Lips can happily call itself equal. Kikizo (80/100): ' While the ability to sing to your own music collection has its problems, overall Lips is absolutely brilliant fun, as well suited to a Saturday morning with the kids as it is a late return from the pub.If you like karaoke, and you have friends or family that like karaoke, it's a damn sight better in-law entertainment option than charades this Christmas, and for that we should be eternally grateful ' Videogamer ( 80/100): 'It's the only game of its type on the 360, it's got brilliant microphones and it at least tries to allow you to expand the potential track-list to infinity.Given Europe's long-standing history with SingStar, it's really not surprising to see Eurogamer's writeup on Lips being less a review and more a comparison between the two franchises. So, it's not unexpected when potentially sober and lonely video game reviewers get their hands on Lips, it's going to result in some scattered scores. Remove any one of those elements - especially the alcohol - and there's probably going to be a problem. For big kids, karaoke is dependent on friends, good track lists and alcohol.

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