At first, I thought this game would just be a shameless attempt to cash-in on London 2012, but it's actually one of the best party or multi player games I've played and it is the best athletics game I've ever played. The sheer depth of events and sports you can take part in is great value for money straight away, any event you can think of is here. To add to this, most of the events have been carefully created so that the rhythm and button presses needed make complete sense in terms of the actions your athlete is making on screen. If you enjoy athletics or rhythm games you will love this. Most of the events are easy to learn but difficult to master which is ...  Read the complete review

How has this not been reviewed yet? The game version of the biggest sporting event seen on our shores since the 1996 Euro's! I've only dipped in and out of this game, and mainly the multiplayer, but I'll have a bash at reviewing it anyway. The development of the London: 2012 game was taken on by Sega in 2011. As they have good form in this arena (framework already in place for Sonic Olympics etc), many expected good things. They didn't really get them sadly. These game compendiums have never been up to much. I don't remember getting much fun out of one since California Games on Nintendo's NES (ahh, my first console), and even ...  Read the complete review