Queen fans will love all the hits on 'SingStar' series

Posted: 4:33pm on Aug 27, 2009; Modified: 4:58pm on Aug 27, 2009

  • Game song list

    Both versions: Another One Bites the Dust, Bicycle Race, Bohemian Rhapsody, Breakthru, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Don't Stop Me Now, Fat Bottomed Girls, I Want It All, I Want to Break Free, Innuendo, One Vision, Play the Game, Somebody to Love, These Are the Days of Our Lives, Tie Your Mother Down, Under Pressure, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You, Who Wants to Live Forever, You're My Best Friend. PS3 exclusives: A Kind of Magic, Hammer to Fall, Killer Queen, Radio Ga Ga, The Show Must Go On.

  • review

    'SingStar Queen'

    Console: PS3, PS2.

    Manifesto rating: 8/10.

    Metacritic rating: 7.4/10.

SingStar Queen continues the karaoke series with a band that has been too often overlooked by today's rhythm games.

Killer Queen, We Are the Champions and Fat Bottomed Girls have appeared in the Guitar Hero series, but the favorites We Will Rock You and Under Pressure have been absent.

The PS3 track list is a comprehensive look at Freddie Mercury and his bandmates. Of the 34 tracks on Queen's greatest-hits CD set, 23 are in the game, plus two more. And rest assured: all the big hits are there.

I felt like Wayne and Garth rocking out to Bohemian Rhapsody. And I had very fond memories of Under Pressure, you know ... that song that was totally and completely different from Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby.

As usual, SingStar's visuals are a big selling point. You'll see lots of Queen videos as you struggle to match Mercury's vocals. Sure, it doesn't have the drums and strumming guitars of its rhythm-game brethren, but if you're a Queen fan, you'll be plenty happy.

Overall, it's a nice continuation of a great series that always surprises me with its ability to score great songs.

Reach resident nerd Scott Sloan at (859) 231-1447 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 1447.

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