Customer Reviews

Karaoke Revolution Volume 2

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I have a few comments. First, I'm quite ticked that they have I'll Make Love To You on the disk. I would have given this disk a 5 out of 5 if it weren't for that one thing. We play this game with a 9 year old and an 11 year old. They do have it censored by saying "I'm going to take off my charm" or something instead of "off my clothes." But it helps little. (Volume 3 I have *no* complaints as far as the kids go for song choice on the disk.)

The songs to choose from for karaoke competition are as follows:
Song List (all below are "originally by"):
1) Baby One More Time (originally by Britney Spears)
2) Born to Be Wild (originally by George Thouroughgood and the Delaware Destroyers)
3) Every Breath You Take (The Police)
4) Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)
5) Genie In A Bottle (Christina Aguilera)
6) Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis)
7) Here Without You (3 Doors Down)
8) Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)
9) I Believe in a Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
10) I Will Survive (Gloria Naylor)
11) Irresistible (Jessica Simpson)
12) It's My Life (No Doubt covering Talk Talk's version)
13) Jessie's Girl (Rick Springfield)
14) Lady Marmalade (Patti LaBelle)
15) My Girl (The Temptations)
16) Papa Don't Preach (Madonna)
17) Rock and Roll All Nite (Kiss)
18) Sittin on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
19) Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
20) The First Cut is the Deepest (Sheryl Crow)
21) Toxic (Britney Spears)
22) Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)
23) We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
24) White Flag (Dido)
Those are the songs listed on the back. Also included on the disk:
25) Cry (Waterfront? Kim Marsh? I don't know)
26) Drift Away (Doobie Brothers)
27) I Hate Everything About You (Three Days Grace)
28) I'll Make Love To You (Boyz II Men)
29) I'm With You (Avril Lavigne)
30) I've Got You Under My Skin (I have no idea. So many artists have covered this.)
31) Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
32) Miss You (Aaliyah or Mariah Carey??)
33) Perfect (Alanis Morissette I *think*)
34) The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
...And I think I'm missing one because the back said 35 songs. Oh well.

Sometimes we let our 9-year-old be on the Easy level, and that helps him to do just as well as we do. "Adjustable difficulty levels ensures that anyone can be a karaoke star," it says on the back of the box. And it's true.

The songs were recorded as close to by the original artists as possible, and they did a great job with that. The First Cut is the Deepest is pretty much the only song that really, really doesn't sound like the original artist (Sheryl Crow). But it still sounds pretty good. You sing along and choose how loud you want your own voice versus the recorded voice to be. It works really well that way. Sometimes I wish I could hear my own voice more through the speakers, but I think that is our own setup.

I do indeed recommend this product to others. Volume 3 is the best, though!! :)

I've owned this game for about a week and it is great. They have cute characters and a cool goth girl (that you have to unlock). They have all kinds of different music types. They even have a The Darkness song there for the punk rockers out there. $39.99 is a reasonble price since my parents wouldn't pay and I had to. You don't need one of those expensive $30 headsets, I bought the $15.95 Logitech Microphone and it works fine. I hope this review helps you.

Wow! What a step up from the first version! When one is playing in a large group of people, it's great to be able to sing a shorter version of the song so there is less waiting. The medly feature is also fun. Remember Bill Murry on SNL as a lounge singer switching from song to song? You get to do this too with your choice of 3-5 songs. Also, songs load much faster.

There is a big debate as to if Komami should have just put out an expansion disk and not a full new game, but with these new features, I'll take the new game!

Buy this one on day one, and also look for the new special PS2 handheld Mic! It isn't very expensive, but it will improve your scores and make playing even more fun!

Both I and my wife love the DDR style games and we thought this would be a fun blast for parties etc. My wife is a trained vocalist so I knew she would rock on gameplay, but heck, even I used to sing in a variety of garage bands. These games rely STRICTLY on pitch variations...which really stinks for people like me who can't seem to hit some of the high notes (or sustain them). It was very disappointing to not be able to pass a song by "singing" the correct words with the correct timing....most songs you can simply "hum"out loud and pass the stages.
I was looking for a simple fun party game, not vocal training. while my wife still loves them I can't recommend them for everyone. Unless you have a high pitched/tone vocal style or have a musical background you will probably be disappointed.

This game is deffinatly NOT an expansion disk, but rather a fully revamped game with a whole new library of songs. It looks like a blast to play and i will be picking one up as soon as it comes out.

This IS an expansion disc. The new songs are:

Baby One More Time
Born To Be Wild
Cry
Drift Away
Every Breath You Take
Friends In Low Places
Genie in a Bottle
Heartbreak Hotel
Here Without You
Hot Stuff
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
I Hate Everything About You
I Will Survive
I'll Make Love to You
I'm With You
Irresistible
It's My Life
I've Got You Under My Skin
Jesse's Girl
Lady Marmalade
Let's Get It On
Miss You
My Girl
Papa Don't Preach
Perfect
Rich Girl
Rock and Roll All Night
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Sweet Home Alabama
The First Cut is the Deepest
The Joker
Toxic
Virtual Insanity
We Are Family
White Flag

Karaoke Revolution is a great game. I don't have volume 1 but I decided to buy volume 2 because it looked like it had more songs that I know. You don't need volume 1 for this game to work. I may buy it later to get more songs. But I think they should have a way for you to upload more songs into the game. This has a great mix of contemporary and classic songs. My socom logitech usb headset mike works fine with this game. (At first I tried the talk net internet headset but it didn't work with this game) I really like using the headset because you can dance around and really get into singing the songs. This game is great and easy to use for everyone. I play only a couple of ps2 games so i'm that great at a lot of games but this game is great for everyone.

If you have played the most recent version of Karaoke Revolution prior to buying this game, you might be disappointed. There are far less features in this version.
However, it still is fun.

This version is my least favorite only because I didn't think the song list was all that impressive. I have Volume 3 and Karaoke Party as well, and found the song lists to be a little more varied and more fun to sing. This version is worth having if you have a lot of parties and want to add it to your collection, but if you had to choose between getting this version and any of the other versions, I'd pass on this.

this game is good for Gen-Y and their parents. but people in between might not find enough songs they are comfortable singing right off the bat. the songs are mostly late pop songs and 70s songs. there are very few from the 80s and 90s. the modern pop songs that were included in this game are not very catchy, sing-able tunes, in my opinion. although this is not a bad game, i prefer the first volume. the new modes of play are nice-- the quick start mode is exremely useful, but i found the medley mode to be only so-so. the new characters are interesting, cool, and even hilarious, and the new venues are nice also (they can be unlocked by playing showtime mode). the music recorded for this volume is a little bit updated from the original recordings, and so even "oldies" have a modern edge. that's not a criticism, just an observation.

by the way, this is a standalone game, not an expansion disc. you don't have to have the first disc in order to play this one.

i agree with a previous post-- get the handheld mic. the headset makes it hard to hear the overall sound, and it is a hassle switching when playing multiplayer modes.