I know what you must be thinking right now: Jeez L.L.P., first you attacked the Imagine series, and now you're going after the Dreamer series? What's wrong with you? Well, while I'll definitely agree that I assumed that this game was going to be a cheap knock-off of the Imagine games (I mean, just look at the cover...), I was actually surprised that it was not very akin to its predecessor.What I can compare this game to is if and Hannah Montana: Music Jam and Rockin' Pretty somehow spawned a game together, this would be the result. And it's not necessarily a bad thing.
I needn't even explain the premise; it's very straightforward in what you'd assume it to be: a girl band trying to rocket their way to super stardom fame and fortune. You start out playing very MIDI-esque sounding random songs that were obviously made up for the game, as they sound like they were demo songs off an old Yamaha keyboard. But as you progress through several rounds, you find that suddenly, you start beginning to recognize the songs. Lily Allen's "Smile"; Sugarbabe's "About You Now"; Britney Spears' "Toxic"....the list goes on. Suddenly, the game becomes a lot less tedious when you actually know the songs that you have to play 5 times over each. Oh, did I mention that part? Yes. You'll be playing each song at least five times. You have to practice it on every instrument in your band, dance to it, and THEN you finally get to perform it.
Even so, the game isn't particularly lengthy. I finished it in under a day. The graphics are nothing to write home about; the backgrounds aren't bad, they're actually pretty good. But the characters are done in HORRIBLE 3-D graphics that make you cringe a little to look at them. Your main character's face will more likely than not look deformed, no matter what you do with it. And even in the songs you know, they're still played in MIDI-format, so... This is another area that could've been improved upon.
Overall, I think I'm going to rate this game a 6 out of 10 pop stars.
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