Metacritic Games

Karaoke Revolution Party (Xbox)

Grab your friends, plug in the mics, and get the party started! Karaoke Revolution Party adds even more life to the party, expanding on what has already made the series a popular hit at social gatherings. Now you can sing AND dance to a collection of 50 songs featuring classics like "Sweet Caroline" and recent hits like "Crazy In Love". Combined with more multiplayer and party modes than ever before,Karaoke Revolution Party is the only true interactive karaoke experience. 50 all-new songs. Showcase your superstar talent in the all-new Sing and Dance mode - supports the DDR dance pad (sold separately). Play team games, duets, head-to-head battles and mini-games. Put your vocal skills to the test in the all-new KR Challenge. Fully customize your character's head, body shape, clothes, and accessories. [Konami]

Konami
Rhythm Action, Music
Players: 8
E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Developer: Harmonix
Released November 8, 2005

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

80 / 100

Critic Reviews

97 Worth Playing
This is plain, simple fun for virtually anyone who wants to take a crack at it. Bust it out at your next shindig, and you will not be disappointed once things get going.
90 Cheat Code Central
I can't say enough about the pitch detector. It's one of the most incredible tools available for potential musicians, and I don't say that lightly.
88 Next Level Gaming
Would-be singers will as always love this game, and it's a must have if you are collecting the series.
86 PGNx Media
The downloadable songs add some longevity to the title, as well.
85 GameZone
With a healthy dose of game modes and songs, you can’t go wrong with a game that encourages dancing and singing, and just having a great time with a group of people. Play this one loud, karaoke fans.
85 Game Informer
This is everything I've wanted the franchise to become. [Dec 2005, p.161]
85 Game Chronicles
In reviewing Karaoke Revolution Party for GCM, I played this game with three other people, and we had a blast making spectacles of ourselves.
84 BonusStage
The gameplay is very solid and I was able to easily measure my pitch regardless of whether I was using one of my headsets, or the available stand alone microphone.
84 Console Gameworld
If you can’t get enough karaoke gaming, then Karaoke Revolution Party is the perfect remedy, with many new and great features to keep you coming back for more.
84 Team Xbox
The new focus on multiplayer expands the gameplay immensely. Duets are a real treat, while the "Sing and Dance" and Minigames don’t live up to their billing.
83 The New York Times
One advantage of dancing in a karaoke game is the music is better. I would rather dance to "Play That Funky Music" than to the grating songs that riddle games like Dance Dance Revolution.
82 eToychest
It’s certainly nice to have a real focus on multiplayer this time around—especially since that’s when the game will see the most use, anyway—but the loss of the campaign mode is a real downer.
82 Game Over Online
Easily the most fun you'll have singing outside of the shower, Karaoke Revolution Party takes the next logical step for the franchise and delivers what's probably the strongest showing of the series yet.
82 GamingTrend
The minigames in this feel somewhat wasted and limited, but the party modes themselves can be a lot of fun, adding some definite multiplayer mayhem to the title.
81 IGN
The finest and most fun karaoke game on any console and even rivals many PC-based karaoke programs. In other games, you sing. In this game, you sing and the computer tells you how much you blow.
80 GamerFeed
The only complaint I have is that the additions that were added here fail to really add anything to the game, just feeling like they're tacked on rather than fully thought-out. Regardless, if you love to sing, RSVP yourself to this Party.
80 G4 TV
Harmonix's own "Guitar Hero" is still tops--mainly due to its cool factor--but if you need to entertain a rowdy group at your next gathering, nothing says hours of good times like Karaoke Revolution Party.
76 GameSpot
Certainly devotees to karaoke will enjoy the changes that Revolution Party has to offer. But if you're anything less than diehard, you'll probably feel like this game, for all its options, is still too much of the same.
75 Play Magazine
We only have on question: Are you ready to rock? [Nov p.92]
75 Official Xbox Magazine
The feature that's sadly missing is the PS2 version's EyeToy-enabled face-mapping mode where your superstar can look like you. [Holiday 2005, p.89]
75 Gaming Age
Like all Karaoke titles, this is a must buy for anyone from the tone deaf to the singing experts.
74 Gamezilla!
What Karaoke Revolution Party does offer is a new diverse song selection with around 50 songs with the potential to download many more and hours of party entertainment.
70 1UP
If anything, Sing and Dance is a good idea on paper, but absolutely flawed in its execution. Arrows are laid side-by-side, making the more difficult patterns a pain to read correctly, and having to focus on scrolling arrows while watching your singing pattern (to make sure the game is recognizing it correctly) is incredibly counter-intuitive.
60 GameSpy
Dancing and singing simply takes too much coordination, and the steps aren't timed well enough with the music to make them feel as natural as they should've.