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Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore BUNDLE

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore BUNDLE

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List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $32.68
You Save: $7.31 (18%)



New (15) Used (4) from $30.99

Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1253

Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: singing_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0

MPN: 25071
UPC: 083717250715
EAN: 0083717250715
ASIN: B0010B3PUA

Release Date: February 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: brand new factory sealed; ships the same day

Features:
  • Compete online head-to-head games multiplayer support for up to 8 players
  • Download new characters, outfits and songs for your karaoke library
  • Utilize the EyeToy USB Camera and included microphone
  • 40 all-new hit songs including music featured on the TV show
  • New un-lockable video content from the American Idol TV Series

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Step into the spotlight and become an idol! Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore delivers the most realistic recreation of the American Idol experience with an all-new next generation game engine and 40 smash hits from the 70's, 80's, and 90's and today. Grab the mics and challenge your friends to find out who will be the next superstar and face the music as Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson critique your performances. Millions share the dream. Now you can live it!
ESRB Rated E for Everyone



Customer Reviews:   Read 4 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars American Idol   August 19, 2008
Panther1902 (North Carolina)
This is a great game, the only problem is that you have to purchase microsoft points to buy more songs. The ones that are on there are great.


5 out of 5 stars Awesome Game   August 14, 2008
Mich
I played this game once over a friend's house and I immediately knew I wanted to purchase it. It is so much fun and can really bring the family together. I'm not really into video games, but this one was an exception. I couldn't be more happier with the purchase! =]


4 out of 5 stars Pretty entertaining   July 10, 2008
Fliplander (Seattle, WA United States)
Very fun game for AI enthusiasts, fairly diverse song list included and plenty for download. My only qualm is that they do not follow the actual contest format of having you choose a song from a specific genre or pick them for you like in the later rounds or have you do two songs when the number of contestants is down to the final five or so. Also would like a more competitive mode so not everyone goes on to win finals in single player mode.


3 out of 5 stars Okay singing game, terrible dancing characters! Yikes!   June 24, 2008
James E. Kasal (St. Paul, MN USA)
The actual singing part of the game is okay - nothing special - only buy this if you like the songs that are included.

(Side note: If you like heavier music you should just buy the stand alone Rock Band game and a USB microphone.)

The major setback for this game is the horrible character dancing during songs. You could have a character singing a rock song but they will dance like they are singing Britney Spears...really distracting. The AI judges in this game are very, very creepy - even more than in real life!



3 out of 5 stars Satisfactory, but backgrounds are boring and lacks tracks from original artists   April 15, 2008
Claire Chiang (New York, NY USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

During the past few months, my friends and I have been very interested in music video games and have spent many Friday afternoons and evenings playing them. This one has not been one of our favorites.

First of all, there is no option to buy this game without the bundled USB microphone which adds to the cost. I already own multiple microphones from other singing games I have purchased and really didn't want any more. This one also felt cheaper and lighter compared to some other ones, such as the Rock Band microphone.

I was also disappointed, because the tracks are not sung by the original artists but rather third parties. If I am going to spend $70 on a game, I would prefer to at least have the original tracks to listen to instead of some other unknown singers, especially for songs I don't know and am being introduced to by the game.

The characters, which are not a huge part of the game, nevertheless are all kind of ugly. This makes it more difficult for my me and my friends to choose characters that will be like us on the screen, because we don't like looking the way most of the characters look. This isn't too big of a deal, but it's slightly annoying, so I figured I would throw the idea out there.

The backgrounds are rather boring compared to some other singing games, such as Singstar, which includes the original music videos in the backgrounds. All the background shows while you're singing is the ugly character you are forced to choose (because there are no pretty ones) possibly dancing badly.

Conclusively, if you just want to sing with words and pitch bars and do not care about any of the other features of the game, then this game should be fine. However, I feel like the overall value is less than the cost due to several flaws.


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