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A Must Have!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was so fun! There are many mini games to choose from, and you can either play alone and roam around the playground opening new games and prizes or play the multiplayer mode with others. The games are really easy, but still fun so it is a good game to have for all ages.

Fun as a two person or one person game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a really fun game if you like competition. The tetherball is great as well as several of the other games. There are a lot of games to choose from and they vary in different areas, so I think everyone could find something they like. Great for pre-teens and teens too.

great family fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a one person game that everyone in the family can enjoy. My five year old loves this game, and jumps around like a rabbit on uppers while he plays it! My 3 year old likes it also, but isn't adept enough with the controller to play any of the games well. I think it is directed more for children 5-10, but call us kids at heart, both my husband and I enjoy playing the games. If it was just us, I doubt I would have gotten it, but with kids, it is a great choice. Everything so far in the game is non-violent and based around things you might play on a playground.

Great for kids, dull for adults

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The ideas are there, the backgrounds done well, the idea of marbles that you have to collect forces you to explore & the types of games are original.
The nerf darts shooting (at cans, targets & other kids), stock car racing & paper air plane racing are first person view or the camera is right behind the car/plane to keep it exciting.
All the other games (dogeball, handball, tetherball, volleyball/soccer combo game) have the camera view in the audience, which to me makes it more dull in my opinion.
You can do story mode single player to unlock different backgrounds/game tracks. For the beginning, you only have playground & when playing it's always the same track. You can also do quick races as single or multi player & choose any game, your own rules: goals needed, level of difficulty, length of game, track (if unlocked), etc.

Not must own - but no purchasing regrets

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: May 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is suitable for the entire family. However, it's the 3 year old that likes it the best. We mainly play as a family - and it does hold everyone's interest fairly well.

Pros:
lots of different activities
slot car racing - multiple prizes/attacks, great game
nerf game - my personal favorite, too hard for 3 year old (aiming issues)
games very short (e.g. paper airplanes) so can play many rounds
Up to 4 players simultaneously

Cons:
Does not use miis
dodgeball and tetherball not so great (hard to control)
No staying power - definately does not get played as much as Mario Party
Does not encourage kids to get up and move around

A Blast for the kids!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The first time I saw my kids play this was at a friends house and they loved playing dodge ball and the paper airplane race. Now they have the game and are playing just about all the sports on there and very well. They love the soccer/volley ball combo game. The slot race game could be a bit longer but it's a bunch of fun even for you parents especially dodgeball against your kids! We play mostly the free play, because I have 3 kids they usually won't allow anyone to play the single player mode to often that seems like fun as well. I would really get this for your younger kids, they will love it.

Fun for the entire family

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game had caught my eye a while back and I'm so glad I decided to purchase this. My 5 1/2 year old son, husband, and myself all love and enjoy this game. I like the range of mini games you can play and how you can unlock new and different games in each area. For my family I think our favorite is the dart gun game. Lots of fun, I highly reccomend this game.

Great Family Game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Just rented this game and we will be purchasing it. It's a family game and really good for the 5-9 year olds. Simple and easy with lots of action and fun. Great to play with the kids. A+++++ much much better than carnival game.

Fun Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Playground is a fun game that echoes back to childhood games like dodgeball, wall ball, and soccer. While there are not a lot of games on the disk (maybe 8 at most), they are very fun to play with a small group of family or friends. It's definitely a fun game worth the price.

Get tough on the schoolyard

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: April 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Playground has it's fun moments. It has an addicting quality to it's minigames as well. I liked it's layout of the playground and the total game dynamics, but I grew tired of most of the games after a couple days.

Dodgeball, which could have been the selling point of this game, seemed to lack a lot of gameplay. The games just went to quickly and seemed lackluster. Games often took less than thirty seconds, and you never really got going in a game to make it feel like you were really playing.

Wall ball was much the same way, quick games left me wanting more. In fact most of the games were this way.

Kicks was an interesting twist on Volleyball / Soccer, and was probably the deepest game on the disc.

Most of the games included special moves, which you bought with your marbles that you win from defeating your playground opponents.

I kind of wanted to finish collecting everything, but with no achievement system, I didn't find myself wanting to fight through the eventual boredom of the single player mode.

It's worth renting once, but I cannot recommend a buy for this game.

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