I AM NOT GOING TO WRITE ABOUT FLASH-GAMES!

tiistai 6. lokakuuta 2009

This months game: Ultrastar

Ultrastar is a good excample how open source can beat big studios. Ultrastar is a Singstar copy to computer. How much better Ultrastar is than Singstar. Let's count. It's free (1), It's for computer (2), you can sing it with standard microphones (3), all songs are free also (4), It sometimes even looks better than Singstar (5), it has changeable themes wich are free also (6), there are more songs to Ultrastar than to Singstar (7), you can freely choose what songs you download so you don't have to by the whole game to get few songs you want (8), there are lot more places where you can look for help to Ultrastar than to Singstar (9) and Ultrastar is open-source game (10). 10 big reasons to play Ultrastar instead of Singstar. Singstar is good game but if you merge a good game and open source, the result is allways stunning. This game also shows that open source can do the same thing than studios. Good work guys!


game name: Ultrastar Deluxe
homepage: http://ultrastardx.sourceforge.net/
operating system: Windows (xp/vista), Linux, Mac OS X
license: open source

graphics: 10
extensibility: 10
gameplay: 9
multiplayer: 8
singleplayer: 8
system requirements: 8
rating: 9

Good:
  • good graphics
  • more songs from internet
  • standard microphones (supports Singstar microphones too)
  • has everything what Singstar has
  • Singstar on computer!
  • multiplayer on same computer
  • lot of settings

Bad:
  • no multiplayer trough internet
  • song guality is sometimes poor
  • few bugs