I picked up Lips last week. It's a new singing game by INIS (Ou-En-Daaan!). This game wasn't initially on my radar but I picked it up after seeing it in action.
To get the gripes out of the way first, Lips is a bare-bones karaoke party game disguised as a music game. It is lacking a lot of features which are a given in hardcore music titles (such as a career mode, unlockables, leaderboards, etc). Despite its shortcomings, I found myself addicted, even waking up at 2 in the morning to power it up to sing myself to sleep. haha.
The music engine is pretty decent. The scoring system is unique, requiring you to fulfill 6 bonus criteria (i.e. medals) to boost your score.
One of the medals is obtained by singing a lot in vibrato throughout the song. Even with the power of Google, I still haven't really figure out how to simulate a natural vibrato with my voice. haha. Below is a video of my semi-terrible high-pitched singing.
The song is Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai which has become one of my favourites. I grew to like it because it is very catchy. The music video is pretty awesome with mind-boggling 'camera tricks' happening onscreen in a simple white room. It has even won multiple nominations & awards at 1997's MTV awards so do check it out.
Lips - Virtual Insanity
***Video removed cos' a recent patch changed the way the game tracks scoring/vibrato, making my totally off-key singing pointless!***
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