If you like american idol and singing you have found your game.

User Rating: 8.5 | Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Bundle) X360
American Idol Encore is a great game for any person who likes to sing or like s the show. First thing to point out is this game has a lot of song variety. From satisfaction by The Rolling Stones to september by Earth Wind and Fire. Now this is also where an issue comes in. The songs for the most part are covers...bad covers. some are not so bad like More than a feeling(Boston) but Rio(Duran Duran) and Black hole Sun(Soundgarden) are pretty bad. However if you dont like this song selection very much you can go onto Xbox live and download songs. So far there is a whopping 63 songs for download. Yeah! that is a lot.
The next part is the integration of american idol in to the game. Surprisingly, they did a good job. Randy, Paula, and Simon are all present and are voiced by the real judges. Also the way they talk make you feel like you are in the show. Randy always saying dawg, Simon constantly telling you are are just ok, and Paula and her over exagerated movements talking. Ryan Seacrest is absent but is that a bad thing...no. in fact it makes the game better. You start out in the tournament by singing a shortened version of your selected song in the audition room hoping to advance onto Hollywood. Another nice touch is the elimination, you get put into front or back group and then a group is eliminated or you get the bottom 2 and then elimination for one. Also you CAN get voted off and have to restarted the round. It's more than apssing the song, its you have to be good. but if you can't sing but like to anyway(like me) easy and medium are pretty easy to do consistantly well. But hard expert are HARD. You are required to do well on each song or get eliminated.

Pros:
Song variety
Easy to pick up but can be a challenge to master
Great integration of the show into the game
Awesome at parties or gatherings
63 downloadable songs form xbox live

Cons-
Mic sometimes wont pick up your voice at beginning of phrase
Bad covers
69.99 price tag(you do get a mic though)