Sky Odyssey (PS2)

In all the years I have been playing computer games on PC and Playstation and other consoles, I have never played so much rubbish in all my life. This game drags on and on and on.......! Every stage in the game is just about the same, get to the end of the level after flying through large canyons, open spaces, over sea and oceans and through caves. Along the way the occasional boulder might fall of a cliff, but dont worry, the pace of the aeroplane you control is so slow you could take 5 minutes before you get to the falling rock! And on that note, this is the major pitfall of the game! Its terribly slow, slower than my granny walking up the garden. ...  Read the complete review

Sky Odyssey is from the boffins at Activision and is published by scee(Sony Computer Entertainment Europe). This game is a more arcade adventure than simulation, but isn't one or the other.Sim fans shouldn't be put off this game as there is a steep but reasonable learning curve and controling the planes can be difficult but ultimately rewarding. The main mode(adventure mode) takes you around four different islands all with different weather conditions and climates in search of pieces of the lost map which will once collected point you to your goal of this perfect/god like place. The planes vary from ancient biplanes, prototypes to ...  Read the complete review

Sky Odyssey is a flight simulation game for the Playstation 2. I decided to buy this game because I wanted something that I hadn’t played before, and Sky Odyssey certainly fell into that category. There was also the fact that I pre-ordered it for just £28.99 because the company I bought it from made a pricing error and so had no choice but to charge me that amount for it. Wow! Well, where should I start? The first thing that makes this game different to others on the PS2 is the fact that there are no weapons in this game. It’s just pure flying. Some people may find this reason enough not to buy this game but please don’t think this because ...  Read the complete review