The Singstar series of games, along with other family titles such as the Eyetoy and Buzz! games has tried to bring the PS2 out of moody teenagers’ bedrooms and back into the front room, bringing the families of Britain back together with some good old-fashioned Karaoke fun!

The game isn’t different from any of the other Singstar games; you load up a track, pick whether to sing it alone or as a battle/duet and try to not only sing the right words but in the pitch shown on-screen. The only difference is in the content and quality of the tracks that Studio London have managed to cram in this time around.

With the aid of some outgoing friends, a big living room and a quantity of alcohol we tested Legends’ diverse selection of tracks, as some of the group had vastly differing tastes when it came to music! My girlfriend, who is actually in possession of a serviceable voicebox enjoyed cracking out the classics like the original “Papa Don’t Preach” or “Reet Petite” by Jackie Wilson. She thought that the timings were spot on and where there weren’t the originals the background visuals weren’t too shabby (which were important as you’ll have to wait around a bit when playing as a group). My more rock-friendly companion was more partial to the rock stylings of “Paranoid” and “Sympathy For the Devil” by The Stones and there was plenty of rock-pop and Motown to keep everyone singing until they were hoarse, or the booze ran out…

The only niggles would be that although the background visuals/videos are good most of the time some seem a little amateur; like a GCSE powerpoint video. It would have been better to piece together a video from perhaps some stock footage if they couldn’t get the music video (the giant “BURN!” that appears in the Ring Of Fire “Video” is a little off-putting).