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This game is going to be the death of me!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: August 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Oh my I can't believe how this game cheats, Im not kidding either,your computer partner will never set you up so you can spike the other team and get a point all she does is stand there i feel like im going to blow a gasket. It's basiclly you playing your hardest while your computer partner loses the game for you everytime,it's one of those games that has you sceaming why did i just blow $$ on this awful game because i am not having any fun screaming at my computer partner standing there watching the ball hit to her feet and doing nothing about it.
The only thing this game has going for it is the graphics and the beautiful ladies other than that this game is nothing but a headache(i have been playing the game on easy too).What really gets me is the computer opponents will let you get about two points right at first and then they just blow you away everytime,i am so sick of spending $$ on a game and the game is so hard that you can never advance in it.Bottom line if you have all the time in the world and especially all the patience in the world and don't get angry when you "know" your getting cheated, buy this game it would be perfect for you.

WORST GAME ON THE GAMECUBE... EVER.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the WORST game I have ever played on the GC - which is sad since I'm a bit of a nintendo fanboy. I own every nintendo console that has been released in the U.S. - even the Virtual Boy. That said I have 37 Game Cube games at last count - and this is the worst I own. I gave it an honest try - >1 hour attempts on multiple occasions - but I just couldn't get into the game. The controls didn't make sense to me and the graphics weren't enough to hold my attention - even though some of the characters were "stacked." I only paid [...] for it used at Gamestop - and STILL felt ripped off.

Babes on the Beach!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 21
Date: June 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The only good thing about this game is the characters, who are teams of babes in bikini. Sounds good huh? NOT!!! This game is about volleyball, problably the worst sport in the world. The graphics look great, but it doesn't bring much attention to me. If you want a horrible but babe game buy it!

DECENT

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: July 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is game is alright. I played a sample of it. Graphics are not that good, and the gameplay is alright. If you like volleyball i guess i would recommend it for you, but it really isnt that good. Even thought they are two different kinds of games but if you are looking for a excellent game for Gamecube, i would say the best game is Enternal Darkness. It has everything.

An ok game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: August 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun. Yet sega spent all there time on sex appeal on the characters they forgot what the main point of the game was... volleyball.

Fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game, once my computer-controlled teammate became good enough to compete with.

When you first start out in World Tour mode, your teammate plays really badly. As in, the ball hits her in the hands and falls to the ground. You pretty much have to resign yourself to losing every match for the first few stages. Even the weakest teams will beat you. Luckily, even when you lose, you rack up points which you use to improve your partner's abilities. I finally started enjoying the game once my partner got enough points to quit dropping the ball -- but it took a lot of playing (and losing) to get to that point.

I disliked the annoying announcer and wish there was an option where you could turn it off without disabling ALL of the sound effects.

I don't think you can edit hairdos or costumes on your created team, which is a downer. If you want to use any "new" costumes (which you earn by completing various tasks) you must start a brand new team. Which means you're stuck again with a computer-controlled partner who plays badly. If there's a way to edit your existing team, I haven't discovered it.

Despite the flaws, I'm really enjoying this game (especially now that I can beat some teams). The graphics are very good and the gameplay is excellent.

Not As Much Fun As I Thought It Would Be

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't sure what to expect...but this came just didn't WOW ME like I thought it would. I would have been better off renting instead of buying. I played it for about 2 days.

Real Volleyball

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'll take this one over DOA:X any day. It's a REAL VOLLEYBALL game. A damn good one too.

mildly fun single player, good multiplayer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

BEACH SPIKERS is fun. It looks really good, the girls are cute and varied in a non-chauvanist fashion, and the gameplay is easy to pick up. But for a single player, the gameplay is also limited.

In my opinion, the World Tour Mode, where you pick a non-skilled partner and compete around the world against other nations, is the only real playable element to this game for a single player. Your partner is terrible at first, but after a series of matches and proper encouragement, you get points to improve her skills. By the time I completed the first go-round, my partner was better than I was.

Unforunately, when you're playing a one player game and the other three players are handled by the CPU, you're only playing about 25% of the game. The rest is spent watching the court spin around and the CPU girls do their thing. It gets boring.

The mini-games are pure filler and not worth visiting more than once. They're a real disappointment. The tutorial, too, has some elements of filler in them.

I can see BEACH SPIKERS being a really fun 4 player game, however, just as long as everyone is relatively close together in skill level. It would be really easy for one skilled player to dominate the court. I would recommend it as a potential party game, but if you're a solo-player, I couldn't see you getting more than a week's worth of playtime out of BEACH SPIKERS. Definitely worth renting or picking up used.

4 and a Half Stars...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: August 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I got Beach Spikers after hearing mixed reviews about it, not sure if I'd love it or hate it. But anyways, I got it, and it's a very nice game. Here's my ratings for each major thing:

Graphics- The graphics are very detailed. The player models are very well done, and the minute details, like footprints in the sand, are nice effects. 8.6/10
Play Control- There are four buttons on the GameCube for a reason, and Beach Spikers doesn't take advantage of that, but the control is still fairly easy to pick up and understand. 7.9/10
Game Design- How many volleyball games are out there? Not many, and this one's chock full of stuff, like a Career Mode and a handful of minigames. 8.2/10
Satisfaction- When you're playing the game, you're usually having fun, even when you're losing. That alone is worth a rent. 8.1/10
Sound- The sound effects are kinda nice, but an announcer could've added something. 7/10
Overall- Overall, the pros outweigh the cons, making this a noteworthy game to at least rent.

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