On your marks (Athens 2004 (PS2))

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Product:	Athens 2004 (PS2)
Date:	21.05.08 (0 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fun and simple to play

Disadvantages: a little out of date now

From the year 2004 , We are brought the Olympic games from Athens, only this time it's in Video game form. The Playstation 2 is the format and the game itself promises to be a button bashing extravaganza. Previous to this one the last Olympic game I had played was Track and Field on the old PSX and that was over 10 years ago now. Surely this would have no trouble living up to that.

Well there's your usual array of events to take part in:

Sprints over the different distances, Hurdles in the same vein in the Track section.

As for the Field events you get the high jump , long jump and pole vault. Along with the shot putt and discus throwing.

There's more fun with my personal favourite the Swimming section plus a whole host of other fun events like archery and skeet shooting.

The graphics in the game are pretty good, they're not earth shattering but they're pleasing on the eye and plenty colourful too. The presentation of the game is great and they've taken the graphics straight from the TV coverage which is a nice touch.

Gameplay is the simplest of simple! Button bashing for the racing events and just a couple of easy presses for the other ones. It's tried and test and still works in this one.

Sound isn't too bad, some background music and the usual grunts and noises of you tearing up the track and a pretty cool bounce noise when you hit the sand in the long jump competition.

Overall this game is pretty good, this isn't a genre that's been done to death so if you're looking for a sports game with a difference then this is definitely the one for you.

Summary: A great effort with plenty hours of gaming involved.