Lips Comments by Tom Bramwell

First!! w00 :D

Looks like a Singstar ripoff to me...

Angelina Jolie's CSLs?

5/10? Oh dear!

iokthemonkey - Well spotted. Filthy git.

lol, I till stick with Singstar thanks. Abba!

Somehow I just knew this game wouldn't be much cop just as Scene-It! wasn't either. Doesn't bother me in the slightest though as I have no interest in it.

Ouch!




So when's the next Faceoff? What with EG saying this is a SingStar clone, the two should be compared in a PROPER faceoff!

THE FRONT PAGE IS GOING TO EAT ME

Virgin Tele has a free Karaoke thing on it if anyones interested in that sort of thing.

Damn those are hot lips.

What an image for the article headline!

5/10? Ah well, singing games are shite. But the review made the game sound fun. Ah well.

God damn... 5/10. So, so disappointing.

Feck. I guess I'm buying left 4 Dead tomorrow.

Bring out a game with singing piss flaps and it will sure score a 10.

Surprising. Was expecting a 7.

@Vice - Singing games aren't shit, this one simply isn't as good as some of the others.

Can't tell if it's a viable replacment for the free (but midi quality) karoke I get on my PC.

1 Depeche Mode song = no sale... Sorry MS you've clearly not done your homework.. I demand 20 DM songs, some Ultravox and a bit of Yazoo or no sale.

That's a surprising review. I'd have thought they'd have made sure it at least works.

"Feck. I guess I'm buying left 4 Dead tomorrow."
- I wonder how many people were agonizing over this descision

Lips or L4D, Lips or L4D...I do like zombie genocide...but I just cant resist a good knees up...torn

Well, if Scene It? comes out with a shit score too, I have a reason to buy a PS3 again.

@madgerald - Well nice to find out someone on here has fantastic music tastes! :D

"God damn... 5/10. So, so disappointing.

Feck. I guess I'm buying left 4 Dead tomorrow. "

Uber-murder vs 7-year old's game?

What decision?!

Strange, the preview made it sound better than Singstar.

Not that I have any interest in either. Ahem.

Rip-off...

@Darren - Hell yes.. Been a fan of all 3 since the early 80s.. Saw Yazoo this year, seen DM loads of times and seeing them next year and got tickets for Ultravox's Return to Eden tour tooo.. I can die a happy man now as I never got to see Ultravox first time around.

I can't get SingStar as a I don't have a PS3. Therefore I want this, and Scene It. Not too fussed about Movies, though.

You give me Stranglelove, and I'll sell my PS3 and get an Elite tomorrow. If not, I'll stick with Enjoy the Silence on Singstar.

So basically, its no Singstar in that its too easy, lacking in the established online community of Singstar and licencing issues to get your actual favourites on as DLC.

Other than that, the mics are a good addition (incidentally, where are the PS3 wireless mics...?) and you can sing along to your own music, just not in any way that would be especially impressive.

So, for Saturday nights after the pub with a few mates, it appears to be "For The Win" but just no way near as complete a package as Singstar?

Still happy I pre-ordered at a good price :o)

Where's page 2?

don't seem to be able to access the 2nd page of the review. Don't tell me your changing the 5/10 rating.

Yikes - so a steaming pile of turd then.

What happened to all the positivity from the preview?

I'll stick to SingStar so, thank you very muchly.

ha ha ha. 5?

Back to the drawing board hey!

5 from EG, now that's controversial.

Somehow I knew that the "Import and sing along to any song" was going to be a hard promise to fulfill, but Microsoft's broken promises are soon forgiven, wheras Sony take's a pasting for all it's broken promises.

I'm scared of wasps and karaoke so don't think i'll be getting this or singstar ever!

Oh well.

I guess that's one more mark 'for' buying a PS3 restored. I guess if I want a new singing game this Christmas I'll just have to work out how much I like Abba.

When's the Singstar Abba review coming?

How come there's no sign of miiguel on here defending this piece of crap.

He hasn't even been trolling in the PS3 comments recently.

"Lips or L4D, Lips or L4D...I do like zombie genocide...but I just cant resist a good knees up...torn "

Oddly.. I was too. Might be only two of us in the entire country though lol

"Well, if Scene It? comes out with a shit score too, I have a reason to buy a PS3 again.

havent those games been out for ages on PS3 though?

I never bothered with Buzz but have had Sing star since last November.

Like (I think) iokthemonkey asked: Are those Angelina Jolie's lips on the main page?

Edit: Oh, Danbojones confirmed it.

This is disappointing as the 'connect your ipod' idea seemed like a winner, though always felt too good to be true! :/

MS will need to get a decent song library on Live to compete with Singstar, but they'll have a long way to go.

The review reads like a first attempt that doesn't quite cut the mustard. The problem for MS is that Singstar is such a strong brand, anything but a AAA-quality product was always going to struggle....

"How come there's no sign of miiguel on here defending this piece of crap. He hasn't even been trolling in the PS3 comments recently. "
Sorry, been to busy preparing the ISO9000 + there are so many amazing games piling up on my game's shrine. But, I must admit I'm even blushing knowing that you missed me.

Anyway, I indulge thee:
Lips is so good and LBP is such a flop, and shit. OMG! OH... My.... God... Promises, RROD and whatnot.

p.s.: sixaxis... and all.

I was trying to see how they got from their glowing preview to this.. then i realised they were written by different people.

klem578
16 Nov '08 14:00:24 oreillymj wrote:
You'll probably need to find out the XBOX returns number for when it dies with a RROD.



Right on, he'd be better off dusting off Darth Vader's over priced Grill...

Fook off now, the guy needs some advice for fucks sake,what's wrong with you people, are you that bored today?

It seems everyone is too cheap to license proper karaoke technology. Rather they'd develop their own crappy algorithms. The SingStar! franchise remains the undisputed champ.

@MaxHughes

Looks like a Singstar ripoff to me...

QFT

Spot the odd one out.

These are early reviews but it made me chuckle.

813D Juegos
Lips is the interesting debut of the first singing IP from Microsoft. A game with excellent quality peripherals, and with a great value-cost relation. Essential for parties.

80 VideoGamer
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. 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.

80 Kikizo
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.

50 EuroGamer
It's too easy, too isolated from other players, and too buggy.

Which is why we don't trust most websites with reviews :P

Can't imagine why anyone would buy this when they could instead by Rock Band or GH World Tour a la carte, sing with those, and have the option of adding instruments for the occassional variety. I assumed the voice analysis on these more "specialized" games would be head and shoulders above RB and GH, but sounds like a no.

"except it doesn't transfer them, and demands the device be reattached again if you ever want to access them again"

Ah yes, this again. Heaven forbid you ever use that XBox HDD for anything useful. >:( at DRM.