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Posted on: Jul 11, 2008
Beijing 2008
WORDS BY: Ryan Loren
Beijing 2008 comes packaged with spectacular promise. Live the life of an Olympic athlete from one of 32 countries, participating in 38 events that span 13 sports, including track and field, swimming, shooting, judo, and even ping pong! Every event offers training before you decide whether to take your skills online or work toward a gold medal in career mode.
The reality of this disappointing game falls way short of that promise, though. Poorly conceived controls destroy what otherwise promised to be exciting and challenging. The simplest tasks become monotonous chores as you exhaust your hands in an effort to keep pace with world-record A.I. athletes. While an infuriating button-mash dominates most of the game, other events use controls that are overly complex, boring, or simply ridiculous (e.g., pound A and B alternately, while timing trigger-presses?!).
Career mode exists only to irritate you further. Before you can compete in the Olympics, you must first compete in qualifiers... for a month! Because that’s what the Olympics is all about, right? Fail to qualify in any of the sports on a given day — a high likelihood with the poor controls — and you’ll be met with the dreaded “Game Over!” And yet, those two words have rarely felt so good.
On Xbox 360
2.5
- A large variety of events coupled with sharp graphics.
- Worst. Controls. Ever.
- Sometimes it's downright impossible to beat the A.I. (e.g., the 100 meters)
- Why play qualifiers instead of actually competing?
Fri, 07/25/2008 - 21:35
Posted by Mikie123
You only have to go online (I'm sure you did this when you reviewed the game right?) to see how many people have got world records in the 100m and beaten the AI.
example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB6JNz1sjow&feature=related
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 20:50
Posted by Loren OXM
If the difference between being "rubbish" and being "good" at the game means I button-mash the skin right off my fingers, then I'm fine with being rubbish.
The game scored low because the controls are simply frustrating and downright broken. No game should STRIVE to be a button-masher. Even the most button-mash-friendly fighting games can be mastered with skill and finesse.
Get back to me on the AI difficulty once you get first place in the 100 meter track event.
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 17:37
Posted by Forrest22x
Dude, I feel REALLY Bad for you! Man!
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 16:23
Posted by lgwyant
After reading several professional and gamer reviews, this game scores either very highly, or very lowly. The one thing that was stated in every single review however, were the controll issues.
Being pretty integral to the game, people would be more likely to give a low score to their review because of this.
All in all, however, reviews are strictly opinion.
I trust and value OXM's reviews above all other's, and I'll be the first to say I don't always agree with all of their reviews.
Saying they only gave the game a low score because they are "rubbish" at the game.....just sounds like something Mr. Minter would say.
Wed, 07/16/2008 - 21:36
Posted by Mikie123
It's not impossible to beat the AI, its just that your rubbish at the game. It's no way a 2.5, more like a 7 or 8.
Wed, 07/16/2008 - 02:26
Posted by Sgt.Gamer
Once again, another failed project/game from SEGA. I hope Aliens:Colonial Marines wont be a letdown...although its made by Gearbox. (w00t!)
Mon, 07/14/2008 - 02:31
Posted by samiam28
A new slogan for Sega: crap, crap, and more crap!
Sun, 07/13/2008 - 19:54
Posted by BGG001
Just like the low-budget movie games...about as I expected.
Sun, 07/13/2008 - 00:43
Posted by shadowover93
Wow,they made about the olympics.I figured it suck....and I was right:)
Sat, 07/12/2008 - 01:45
Posted by zaar757
How dare the makers of this game insult the Chinese people by making such an egregiously poor Olympic video game? I smell a western plot to defame the grand Chinese culture and tarnish the Olympics....I bet the coders on this travesty are Tibetan...
(JK)