I'll post more impressions when I actually get to play the game but I'm assuming that not that much has changed there (though the song selection screen is already better, obviously better suited to being able to deal with a lot of songs).
Most stuff however is very good, though so far all the videos seem to indicate they are SD (though very good video quality, size is typically 60-70MB). Its a karaoke-style singing game like all the previous SingStar games, but this time, instead of a sprinkling of recent pop hits, the songs are all. Theres not a lot to say about this game that you wont already know or be able to guess. And everything looks gorgeous too! The only complaint I have is that some of the songs seem to have weaker audio than others, Feel Good Inc. While Mamma Mia is tearing up the box office, SingStar Abba aims to do the same on the PlayStation. The issue is the tunes are linked to that PS3, so they have to reset something when you change devices. The song selection screen is automatically updated with the newly downloaded songs. Yeah - just call Sony (SCEE UK) tell them what happened, they put in a request, then you get an email back to say you can go an re-download the tunes. If you see this in action it feels like you've entered into a completely different era, like two-three years into the future.
I bought 8 songs from within the game, which all have excellent and pretty long video previews, then transitioned smoothly into the PSN store to check them out and add some money on the fly, then moved back to the game completely seamlessly and best of all, the songs download in the background with a progress bar in the bottom left nicely integrated into the bottom bar that's present or can be shown throughout most of the menu's. (and the aweful stuff is funny too obviously).Īlso, the online shopping integration is pretty much flaweless. There's some really good stuff out there! Both in terms of singing and in terms of comedy. But what's really great is the user generated content - I've laughed my socks off at some of these videos. This game is something else! Presentation is really, really good and being able to download so much great songs with a good starting selection too, it's awesome. Anyway, I just checked this game out, and I must say.