Start the Party!

Overview

Start the Party! is a 2010 augmented reality party game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3. It uses the PlayStation Move controller and is the first game from Supermassive. It is a collection of minigames that use the PlayStation Eye camera.

The PlayStation Eye takes a picture of the players, and the game then shows a live video feed of the room as the background. The Move controller turns into animated objects in a cartoon style, such as a tennis racket for swatting bugs or a spiky prod for popping balloons. Minigames include bug swatting and painting.

Up to four players can share one Move controller. The game runs on Gamebryo.

It came out in Europe on September 15, 2010, in Australasia on September 16 and in North America and the UK on September 17. In Japan it was released as Move de Party on November 18, 2010.

Reviews were mixed, and it holds a Metacritic score of 55. A sequel, Start the Party! Save the World, followed in 2011 and 2012.

Official trailer

Start the Party E3 Trailer, PlayStation. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Start The Party! (PS3 Move) Gameplay, gamesoverdose. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Party, Augmented reality

Developer

Supermassive Games

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Engine

Gamebryo

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

4

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Disc IDs

The serial printed on the disc and the case. It tells you which region a copy is from.

Trophies

Trophies48

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

13

Bronze

32

Total

48

Points

1350

Platinum time

10 to 15 hours

100% time

10 to 15 hours

Difficulty

4 out of 10

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

Local co-op is enough

Yes

Online note

Some Party Mode trophies are set up with two player slots on one console.

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC still for sale

No

DLC note

The game has no add-ons.

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Region note

One list for every region.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

Yes

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

Start the Party! Save the World has its own list.

Players with the platinum

3.32%

Grind

• 10 Party games and 20 Survival games at the least

• I Love to Party! Collect all other trophies for Start the Party!™ Platinum 3.33% of players
• Chain King! Pop a colour chain of 70+ fish in Poppin' on Hard difficulty Gold 4.87% of players
• Unstoppable! One player wins 3 rounds in a row in Party Mode Gold 68.57% of players
• Top Survivor Get to the top of the leader board in Survival Mode Silver 47.02% of players
• Survivalist Play 20 games of Survival Silver 22.07% of players
• Life and Soul of the... Play 10 games of Party Mode Silver 18.68% of players
• Free Play Champion Play all the Party Games, on all difficulties in Free Play Silver 10.37% of players
• Against the Odds Steal enough stars in the Robber Round to get from last to first place Silver 40.7% of players
• Totally Bonus Get the bonus item in every Party game Silver 39.16% of players
• Supermassive Party Take 100 different player portrait photos Silver 10.58% of players
• Feel Free Play all the Party Games in Free Play Silver 43.07% of players
• Well played Play all the games in Start the Party!™ Silver 37.04% of players
• Party Popper Earn 20 stars in a single Party session Silver 64.4% of players
• Bonus King! Get every bonus object within a single Party Mode play session Silver 67.61% of players
• Serious Survivor Survive for 2 minutes Silver 47.07% of players
• Persistent Partygoer Survive for 1 minute 30 seconds Silver 54.6% of players
• Party Star Earn 15 stars in a single Party session Bronze 72.17% of players
• Enduring Entrant Survive for 1 minute Bronze 61.76% of players
• Survival Starter Survive for 30 seconds Bronze 71.51% of players
• Big Burglar Steal 5 stars in one turn in the Robber Round Bronze 35.6% of players
• The Supermassive Team View the credits Bronze 34.49% of players
• Christmas Party Play a game of Start the Party!™ (any game mode) on Christmas Day Bronze 20.22% of players
• Midnight Party Play a game of Start the Party!™ (any game mode) between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock at night Bronze 32.71% of players
• Empty Pockets Steal the last star from someone in the Robber Round, reducing their star count to 0 Bronze 25.42% of players
• Pop Tart Pop a colour chain of 20+ fish Bronze 61.1% of players
• Fan-tastic Waft 12 paratroopers to safety Bronze 61.83% of players
• S.W.A.T. Team Swat 50 bugs in one game Bronze 83.3% of players
• Air Ambulance Rescue 3 people just before the monster eats them Bronze 8.44% of players
• 'I ain't afraid of no ghosts!' Shoot down 6 ghosts on their way to scaring you Bronze 42.41% of players
• Awesome Artist Use 5 litres of paint within the templates in one game Bronze 78.93% of players
• Piñata Basher Smash a Piñata in less than 5 seconds Bronze 34.42% of players
• Short Circuit Zap 15+ robots in one game Bronze 50.43% of players
• Dye-Hard Use 5 litres of hair dye in one game Bronze 52.43% of players
• Chick Protector Save 30+ chicks in one game Bronze 7.18% of players
• Doodlebug Draw on a player’s face Bronze 73.72% of players
• Radical Remix Re-record someone's name Bronze 73.65% of players
• Candy Crazy Survive 20 seconds with a perfect lolly Bronze 15.7% of players
• Let Sleeping Chicks Lie Sshhh, don't disturb the chick! Bronze 36.29% of players
• Eagle Eye Find the 5 bugs in less than 5 seconds Bronze 35.65% of players
• Peace-Lover Surrender to 8 angry mobsters Bronze 50.32% of players
• Mentally Dental Clean all the crocodile's teeth Bronze 78.14% of players
• Rapid Rocker Completely smash a rock in less than 3 seconds Bronze 73.21% of players
• Bon Appétit Munch 5 bugs in one game Bronze 62.4% of players
• Game Set Match Match 5 characters in one game Bronze 52.75% of players
• Pizza Day Catch 10 pizza toppings in one game, during a Three Strikes round Bronze 40.73% of players
• Brilliant Bouncer Bounce an object 10 times without dropping it, during a Three Strikes round Bronze 26.17% of players
• Swashbuckler Slice 40 pieces of fruit during a Three Strikes Round Bronze 7.79% of players
• Molemania Hit 8 moles in a single game Bronze 79.75% of players

Space and patches

Update patch01.01

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

No add-ons were released for the game; only a demo was on the PS3 store.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Needs a PlayStation Eye and a Move controller; no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Party game for up to four players on one console, with no online features.

Services

Service	Status
Online features	Does not exist

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	55	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Joystiq	3	5
Edge	5	10
Eurogamer	6	10
Famitsu	27	40
Game Informer	6	10
GameSpot	6.5	10
GameTrailers	6	10
IGN	6	10
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	5	10
Push Square	6	10
The Telegraph	6	10
Metro	4	10

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer	Supermassive Games
Publisher	Sony Computer Entertainment

Notes for collectors

• It needs a PlayStation Eye camera and at least one PlayStation Move controller.
• It was the first game from Supermassive Games.
• The Japanese release is called Move de Party.
• One trophy asks you to play on Christmas Day and another between midnight and 1 AM, so those depend on the console's clock.
• Most of the 48 trophies, 32, are bronze.
• Start the Party! Save the World is a separate game with its own trophy list.

Credits

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Developer

Supermassive Games

Age rating

ESRB E

Disc ID

BCUS98220

Region

US