While an American Idol game mightn’t seem the same without these well-known elements of the show, they’re not the parts people love, and there are better ways to sneak them into an interactive game than forcing you to deal with them again and again in a short period of time.Īll of this unspectacular role-playing is interrupted by the simple Flash-class action game, which consists of two things: tilt the iPhone to steer a star through a warbling path of notes that need to be hit, each triggering a second of playback of a pre-recorded vocal track, then occasionally tap the screen for percussion when stars appear.
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You’re also forced to converse with loons, like the delusional line-waiter who thinks she’s going to win the competition, and the annoying roommate who snores and wants you to hang out with him, plus go through the questionable “excitement” of the results show in text and bar chart format. Most of the game is spent choosing from obvious paths-practice the song, hang out at the pool, or go shopping-and accruing “style,” “fame,” and “talent” points that do little more than suggest how far you are through the game. Ultimately, what sinks American Idol: The Game is how shallow the play mechanics are. You’ve probably seen these clips or ones virtually identical to them before, as they’re based upon previously aired material, and that material is mostly the same in dialogue and look from season to season.
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To keep fans of the series amused between the “game” segments, EA includes numerous video clips from the show, including plenty of Ryan Seacrest, plus judging sessions with Simon, Randy, and Paula-no Kara. You start out by choosing to play as a male or female character, then interact via multiple-choice answers with fellow AI contestants as you work your way from the cattle call initial lineup at a stadium to on-stage performances at the finals. So when we say that we went into American Idol: The Game ($5) by Electronic Arts with an open mind, trust us, we did if this had been a really good game, we’d have been glad to play it.īut it’s really not, and though that’s not surprising from an Idol-licensed title, it does fall below the standards we’ve come to expect from Electronic Arts-AI: The Game is essentially just a choose your own adventure with a mediocre, Flash-quality “singing” game at the core. We’ve watched American Idol, bought some of the artists’ albums, and still tune in on occasion to witness its annual crew of unknown singers working their way up to something approaching stardom.
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