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 enlarge | From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
Buy Used: £14.98
You Save: £35.01 (70%)
New (17) Used (18) from £14.98
Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 746
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: sports-and-oudoors-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.5
EAN: 5060138438552
ASIN: B0014W8QTA
Release Date: June 27, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: This item is Complete with Disk,Case,Instruction Manual and in Very Good condition (1 months Warranty included) , In Stock Now , Order before 3pm for Same Day despatch by Royal Mail First Class post , Worldwide shipping by Airmail also available
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent: button bashing is back! July 7, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of button bashing games like the Olympic ones that come out. Some of my favourites are the good old Olympic Gold (1992) and Athens (2004). This one has great potential.
Nearly 40 events are included although many of them are very similar. The track events are all button bashing although the starting system that are introduced are fun. My only criticism is the hurdles are a bit hit and miss. The field events although essentially all jumping or throwing have different controls (spinning the analogue sticks or tapping various buttons) and therefore takes the repetition away - most welcome.
Then you have the additional random events. All the swimming games are identical except for length, the table tennis takes a lot of getting used to with an awkward angle, the gymnastics stuff is like a simon says game (Parappa style) and the Judo games are quite confusing.
The one player experience is long enough for a few hours (not all at once though, your fingers will hurt!) but take the game online or with friends and you'll have a ball. Just make sure if you go online don't go for laggy hosts because you may run the 400m in say 45 seconds but with the lag it'll tell you you've finished in say 48 seconds!
Apart from that, the games not entirely successful but it is damn good multi-player fun!
Good but the running races are really difficult August 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Really good game, great fun. Took me a while to get used to the controls but now I no them most of the events are easier. But I just can't get the hang of the running no matter how much I toggle the analogue sticks or mash x and o the runner won't go any faster and I always come in last place. Anyone got any tips on how to go faster??
But overall a very fun game glad I bought it.
Breaking your controller has never been so fun October 29, 2008
When I first downloaded the demo for this - I was skeptical. But, after inviting 3 of my mates round we were hooked on it. The 3 games in the demo had us entertainned for hours! Even tough so parts are hard, the makers have done a good job varying the controls so theres soemthing in it for everyone.
With 4 people in total playing it is an awesome experience...in fact, we even dropped playing Motorstorm Pacific rift to play this! Its that good with 4 people!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The graphics are awesome for a game of its type.
Okay, its not for hardcore gamers, but if you got mates or family members...you'll have a blast. Only 2 criticisms
-can break your controller....
-some games last forever
Silver for Beijing, Gold for Athens June 27, 2008
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
It's the olympics again and as usual there is a video game to go with it.
Athens 2004 set a bench mark for Olympic video games as it improved the gameplay from Sydney 2000 alot, making it accessable for every type of gamer. Beijing has made improvements but has also altered areas that worked fine on the previous game.
Beijing consists of all the Olympic events featured in the last game and Sydney 2000, with many more new events included. There is something for everyone.
My problem is the controls. The button bashing element, which is quite simple, seems much the same as Athens 2004, but try the hammer throw, Judo and Kayaking. These events are very difficult indeed and are near impossible. It takes hours of practice to get to grips with the dificult controls. In some cases the instructions aren't made that clear either, although you can access the tutorial for each event before the action kicks off. Its certain to say that you can't pick up and play this game straight away. Athens controls were challenging at times, but were much easier to pick up. But it is fair to say, some evlemts in this game are easier then others. The controls will certainly test the strength of the controllers.
The visuals are brilliant and the detail of the players and their surroundings are amazing. The menus aren't the best I've seen, but then again that doesn't matter.
The internet gaming will be excellent, when slight glitches are fixed. Your best times are only included in the online scoreboard after training mode, and not in competition, something that needs seeing too. Whilst online you can spend alot of time waiting around for everyone to say they are ready to start, instead of an automatic counter. Also when you start an event, you can be waiting forever for the gun to sound, causing online gamers to shout random things through your headsets.
The online element will be great when it gets fixed, but for now there is still the indepth single player game to play, which is very challenging. Overall, the game is enjoyable, especially when playing with a friend, but it isn't a great improvement on Athens 2004. If you have that, don't bother.
Potentially awesome but a few bugs let this down....patch Sega? June 27, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
Hi, I received this game yesterday (not from Amazon) and it is nearly everything I hoped for bar a few major bugs/annoyances. For example I ran the 100m in a world record time of 00:00 due to a glitch online and now I'm no.1 in the world and will stay there forever unless Sega decide to patch the game and reset the leaderboards (which I hope, but doubt). Also, if you get a PB online it doesn't appear on the leaderboards unless you go back to training mode and run the same event, which somehow then uploads the record to the worldwide leaderboard. Surely the leaderboard should update automaticaaly?! A few freezes and crazy glitches online but probably due to one player's dodgey connection. A great effort and worth the buy if you're a fan of this kind of game, but a patch would make this game a hit. Ez Hayz ;)
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