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worth the time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: February 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My husband bought this game because he liked the look of it. He is not a video game player, but I frequently see him playing this game. It is a lot of fun to play. We haven't played it single yet because we are always playing against the kids! It does take some practice to get the hang of the moves, but it is well worth the time put into it. You'll be skiing down the hills in no time!

A good deal

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have not been disappointed with the gameplay of Winter Sports. I have been impressed with the graphics on each of the games that I've played. The controls are somewhat complicated to master (curling is very difficult to learn), but I think once you take a couple of falls you figure out what exactly needs to be done. The instructions for the controls on screen aren't that great, I would recommend reading the instructions in the manual first. I do think this will be a great party game with our friends and family. And at the price, it will be one of the sports games we turn to.

Harder game than I expected

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have only spent about two hours with this game so far, but it is quite difficult. The downhill skiing takes quite a bit of practice to just get down the mountain. The bobsledding/luge doesn't give the player a lot of feedback on what one should be doing to perform better. The controller vibrates when you bump the sides but there are no visual queues to respond to. The curling is out and out confusing. After 15 minutes I couldn't figure out how to even toss a stone.

Bottom line, if you bought this game hoping to jump in and do some ski jumping, downhill, etc from the get go, then you will be disapointed. Some people will appreciate the difficulty. I just didn't expect it. The Wii is used by my kids (oldest is 6) 90% of the time and the controls are much to subtle for them - and for me, still, at this point.

Great fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Hours of fun for the person that loves to watch the winter olympics and dreams of skiing the slopes etc!

Lots of variety, some events too challenging to be fun for kids under eight.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Except for figure skating, most of the events are lots of fun. The actions required in figure skating seem to have no relation whatsoever to the actual sport.
Excelling at some of the events is quite difficult. There is a high degree of arm movement required in many of the events, although leg movement is unnecessary.
Our favorite at this point is downhill skiing. Ghost competition against a family member in split screen is especially fun.
One improvement I would suggest is to allow direct competition between family members in Curling. One can play at the same time as another family member, but never directly. There is always an opposing computer-generated team.
I do recommend this game, but be prepared (in some events) to spend a lot of time getting good at it.

Ski jumping's the best!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Overall good. Don't expect anything out of this world, but I like the ski jumping. Figure skating kind of sucks, but there are plenty of games to choose from. Some are easier/mindless, and some are a little bit more tricky, like downhill skiing which I have yet to figure out!

Hope this helps!

absolutely love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Absolutely awesome!!!! I can't ski fast, or jump long, and the commentators keep saying I should have stayed in bed, but it is so great anyway - I just tell them "shut up" or "I'm trying." It's pretty hilarious. The graphics are amazing. Love the luge and skeleton. Figure skating is tricky, requires grace and precision, so no surprise there. Unbelievably real, feel the speed. Thankful, though, that when I crash into the fences or fall off the jump, I'm not actually breaking any bones! Want to keep playing because I really think I might learn to win one day.

Perfectly designed for the Wii

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: December 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great action and fun controlling the performance of the skaters, skiers, and all the events. Highly recommended.

A Complete and Total Flop

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: June 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Wii belongs to my Wife. I'm an Xbox/Playstation kinda guy.

My wife likes games that are easy to understand, not too challenging, easy to play/win and fun enough to keep her interested for 45 minutes to an hour, at which point she usually gets distracted by something else.

Me, I can play games for hours. I want a game that's difficult, challenging, and unique. I like games that make me think, and challenges me to find new ways to complete tasks.

NEITHER of us liked Winter Sports on the Wii. The controls are completely senseless, and have no relation to the task at hand, spare possibility the luge/skeleton/bobsled games which require nothing more than tilting a controller to keep the craft centered on the track. The controls for speed skating made no sense whatsoever, and the curling controls were, in a word, stupid. The controls for ice skating were so frustrating that we only played it once! They simply had you jerking on the Wii controller and nunchuk attachment when icons for the two controllers reach a circle at the bottom of the screen. The problem was, we could never get the controller to read accurately, and felt like there was a literal 1/10th second gap of opportunity to register the movement. Very, very frustrating.

The other various subgames give you instructions on how to control the sport, but no indication of how to reach success in the game. For example, it took a few passes down the bobsled track before we realized that you wanted to aim your craft for these light-colored strips impossed in the ice while a "success bar" would fill at the bottom, indication successful completion of each turn. If we had been instructed in this method before our first time down the track, it probably wouldn't have been so frustrating.

The graphics look nice until you realize that there's little intelligence behind it. During a two-player, speed-skating challenge, I pressed the Ready button, and both character figures on my split screen took a launch stance at the starting line. My wife had not pressed the Ready button yet, and so both of the character figures on her split screen were still stretching.

I love the winter olympics. I love winter sports. But this game isn't worth it's value in melted plastic. I'd have more fun falling repeatedly on my butt on an ice rink then playing this game for any length of time.

Save your money. Buy something else.

It's ok....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: March 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the reviewers that were disappointed after reading some of the other reviews on here. While some of the graphics / controls are pretty good, there's really not that much to keep your attention for very long. The downhill skiing is lots of fun, but even that will wear on you after a while. I can't really figure out when to "lean" vs. "turn" in the 4-man bobsled/2-woman bobsled/skeleton/luge (essentially the same thing, but I seem to be better at some than others, for some reason, presumably because you need to lean in some, where others you can just turn, as I've been doing). Similarly the ski-jumping (both regular and big-hill) are pretty cool, but I find little guidance in how to land properly, other than not having crashed after the fact. What you've basically got in the skiing & luge game are rudimentary driving games, but with fewer graphics.

Definitely worth a rental, because it does afford some fun for a while, but unfortunately it quickly loses its appeal. Before you spend the money, it's worth checking out a "professional" review on this one -- I found them to be more extensive and spot on. Unfortunately, I didn't read them until after I read reviews here and bought it.

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