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Arm Tiring, Fun and Hard to Play!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: July 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First thing I will say to you, have you've ever played Track and Field at the arcade in the 80's or the Xbox Live arcade version? Do you remember mashing those buttons to make the player go fast to get the best times? Well this game is going to bring back those memories again.
This game does have 38 events and most of these events are hard to do and to master. So don't think you'll going to blow the competition like it's nothing.

Controls:
I have to say my arm got so tired after I was done playing this game. But I will say it all great fun. Some events on this game the control can be too intense and too hard to master but that beauty of this game, it's not easy to do. Putting a challenge to me is which make this game worth the money.

Graphic:
The graphic in game is not too bad, but enough to say that this game is a next gen game for the Xbox 360. I feel some areas they could of added to make it better like having the player sweating while doing the events, or even tears when they win the gold medal. Little things like that could of been nice, but I guess you can't have it all.

Online mode:
The online mode on the 360 is good. A few lagging while playing the game but I'm sure they'll have that fix on a patch soon. As far as finding someone to play against with there is no problems in this area.

Overall:
The game play is good but some issues on this game that could of made the game better. Such as:
1. They should of have it where we can customize our own player rather than selecting their player models they have.
2. Have commentator talk more during the event and have the crowd cheering more to make that game more alive.
3. On the table tennis event they should of change the viewpoint so it easier for us to see the ball to hit.

Final Thoughts:
This game did bring back memories from the old track and field game. Some
things on this game that could of made it better, but I won't complain. I find this game fun, hard and plenty of events to choose from to keep busy and to break records. I definitely recommend this game to anyone that love button mashing games or the track and field game in the 80's. But first I do recommend you to download the free trial of Track and Field on Xbox Live Arcade to get the feel of what Beijing 2008 will have to offer but more.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

A horrible game a waste of money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For some reason this is one of the hardest olympic games I have ever played. At least with Sydney 2000 for the N64 if we button mash we destroyed the field or the Track and Field for NES we can use a turbo button. Those games were at least somewhat fun and addicting.

Anyways I found this game difficult on some of the events which will be explained later, I have not played most of the events, but I heard kayaking and cycling was a pain. On the sprinting events such as swimming and track, I found it easier just to use the toggle sticks instead of alternating between A and B. Once you get the hang of the start which took me about 2 hours, it was fun, but you have to count to 6 which worked for me.

The 800m and 1500m do require some button mashing, but it is not intense and you can take it easy. I found those events easy to learn within due time.

I found Table Tennis a pain because you can not move the guy like you are suppose to, but I have the Table Tennis for Rockstar and that is like 10 times better. Judo really sucks, I do not have any clue of how beat my opponent after an hour of wasted time. Hmm Archery was actually easy and I had fun with that event, I actually got bulleyes on my first try. Clay pigeon shooting or the fast draw shooting was hard to understand.

Overall after playing the game for a total of 8 hours of wasted time, the game really is not good. I feel like just selling it on ebay for the most part. My arms really hurt and my fingers have blisters after playing the game. the only thing I can say about the game is the graphics are great, but you do not have time to enjoy them since you are busy looking at the controller button mashing or closing your eyes wondering when the suffering is going to stop.

DO NOT BUY UNLESS WILLING TO HAVE NO FUN AND BREAK YOUR ARMS!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: July 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

OK, this game is awful!!! The major problem is that the controls are suckish! Tap A and B repeatdly KILLS your hand and arm. Plus, they don't know how to explain things, even in the manual!! The graphics are okay... They exclude many sports, like BASKETBALL!!!!! Please do not buy this game, it is awful!! Rather than wasting your money on an AWFUL game, preorder Madden '09, or NCAA Football '09. Take my word for it. The worst part is that you really want to like it, because it is the olympics. Make sure, if you really have to try it, to get the warranty. You'll use it within 12hrs-72hrs max.

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