Beijing 2008 (Xbox 360)

Well, at least it's slightly better than the Champions League editions of FIFA. Not wanting to lose a penny from what's clearly a lucrative licence, this is part two of Sega's Olympics double whammy, this time featuring not the inexplicable and hugely irritating race betwixt hedgehog and plumber but - shock horror- real competitors. Well, I say real competitors, but as per every athletics title except Athlete Kings, they're just carbon copy droids with barely a blinking animation between them. Still, with a title like this, it's all about the button-mashing game-play, right? wrong. This time, you see, you can waggle. Yes, gone is the necessity to wear out the ...  Read the complete review

With a lot of sports games you will find that once you start watching them you will want to play them. At the present time we are currently watching the olympics themselves wether we are watching China dominate in the medals or Michael Phelps winning 8 out of 8 golds in the swimming. So how about finally giving us a good olympics game that does not involve third degree burns on our hands. Back to the main point which is does Beining 2008 bring us the olympics at its best. The answer is yes. From the start there is over 35 events in total including the obvious ones as well as some of the less known ones such as Judo, Archery, Kayaking ...  Read the complete review

The problem with athletic games is trying to master what happens in real life on a game. Like all games of this nature to succeed you need to do a bit of button mashing, sounds like fun I know but the truth is it isn't. Even if you want to continue playing you find that the excessive use causes RSI. Having said that this game does go some way to address those problems such as the use of the analogue sticks instead of buttons. Advantages The game has captured 38 different events of sport in the Olympics ranging from 100m sprint to cycling so does not let down on variety. There is so much to do, only if your hands let you to... The ...  Read the complete review

Do you want to relive the marvellous beijing olympics experience in which started on the 8th second of the 8th minute of the 8th hour of the 8th day of august 2008? If so, this game is for you! *The game* You get to pick from over 38 countries and attempt different 38 events in which your goal is to win! There are many different modes that you can choose from, such as the training mode which helps you to enchance your skills, you then have the competition mode in which the fun starts. As with other sports games, you have the career mode in which you get to lead your team to victory, you gain points which you can add to make your team ...  Read the complete review

Even though I am a big fan of the Olympics I didn't really want to buy this game. That is until I played it at a friends house. Even then I still didn't really want to buy it, but the more I thought about it the more I wanted to get it. So I did. The career mode is quite fun to play through. Each day you have around 6 events to compete in, some are medal events and some are qualifiers. On each day you have to reach the medal target set for that day or else you can't advance to the next day. The is a great variety of events to play. From the tracks events such as the 100m to the 1500 to competing in the hurdles. There is also a great selection ...  Read the complete review