High School Musical: Sing It! review

Karaoke for pre-teens

12DOVE Verdict

Pros

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    Bouncy pop tunes

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    Fun Duet mode

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    Authentic dance routines

Cons

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    Clumsy interface

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    Animated actors

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    Some weird song choices

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Jan 7, 2008

How much you enjoy this game largely depends on whether you've actually watched High School Musical and whether, as a result, you want to 'sing it!' If you have, and you do, then the chances are you won't dislike these sickly pop songs and the annoying teenagers singing them as much as we do.

Don't get us wrong: we love the song Breaking Free. But the rest are a pretty mixed bag, some of which, like Get 'cha Head in the Game, aren't even really suited to karaoke. Singing these tougher songs isn't made any easier by the game's presentation. Instead of scrolling words across the screen and making it clear what your next line is as SingStar does, High School Musical displays them statically and doesn't make it very clear when you come in, meaning it's very easy to miss the first couple of words of a line.

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GenreChildren's
DescriptionYou can only forgive this game's faults if you liked the movie - and if you liked the movie, you're better off spending your money on the DVD.
Platform"Wii","PS2"
US censor rating"Everyone","Everyone"
UK censor rating"Rating Pending","Rating Pending"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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