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London 2012 Olympics Review: A Below Average Performance
A video game tie-in for the Summer Olympics Games in London feels about as guaranteed as the sense of nationalistic pride that sneaks into our favorite products around the same time. Everything from Coca-Cola to Happy Meals carry the familiar five-ring logo or a banner supporting Team USA, a visible reminder that another four years have passed and it's time to get ready for another drama-filled competition. The Summer Olympic Games might only happen once every four years, but the renewed spirit of global competition makes them interesting entertainment. Sure, most of the events are the same ones we saw four years ago, but we still watch with rekindled interest. Sadly, this perpetual aspect of renewal doesn't crossover to London 2012, the officially endorsed video game of this year's Olympic Games. One of the core issues with London 2012, like most video games based on track and field events, is that its trapped in a development equivalent of a Penrose staircase: a repetitive paradox of game design, where the aesthetics and atmosphere improve but the gameplay falls into a familiar loop based around QTE button prompts.
London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Review
The stadia have been built, the athletes are prepared, and London's public transport system has been put into disarray, which can mean only mean one thing: it's time for the Olympic Games. Of course, unless you're at the peak of your physical ability, you won't be competing for your very own gold medal this year. Enter London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games, which attempts to recreate the Olympic experience for mere mortals. While it doesn't have any lasting appeal, London 2012's well thought-out mini-games are mostly entertaining and, at the very least, more reliant on skill and careful timing than mindless button mashing. In the single-player Olympic mode, you choose from over thirty national teams and attempt to lead them to glory in the Games. Two events are played each day and there are two rounds: qualifiers and finals. The tutorials are brief and informative, but there's no opportunity to really practice the events before you take part in the qualifiers. If you get through, then you repeat the event, but this time with the chance to win medals.
London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Review
London 2012 is pretty good for an Olympics brand extension video game. As unfair as it sounds to qualify any compliment I may be about to bestow on SEGA's officially licensed tie-in for the London Olympics, the game's subgenre is a yardstick all prospective punters should bear in mind before they take the plunge. I'm not saying the game is bad, and I'm not saying players won't have fun, but it helps immensely if you bear in mind who the game is actually being aimed at and adjust your expectations accordingly.To that end, core players in search of a sporty title they can enjoy solo should look elsewhere. While it may not feel like a party game at first glance, London 2012 is more enjoyable when more players are added to the mix. The controls are designed to be easy to pick up and play and, for those who are intimidated by the prospect of holding a control pad, the console versions are compatible with motion controls - although the Kinect integration is distinctly hit-and-miss.The design of the mini-games, spread across 31 Olympic events, varies in quality. Track & Field events oscillate from compelling, to laughably easy to irksomely frustrating.
London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games Review
To describe London 2012 as one of the best Olympic-themed videogames ever is to damn it with faint praise - let's face it, there's not an awful lot of competition. It speaks volumes that hoary old titles like Daley Thompson's Decathlon and California Games are often still considered the yardstick by which other Olympic sports games are judged â?? discounting, of course, Mario and Sonic's attempts to reinvigorate the event. Although it's flawed, a rare amount of thought and effort has gone into this edition, for which we can only applaud the development team at Sega Studios Australia. Its necessarily broad remit is problematic in the sense that no event can possibly receive the same level of attention and care as a game based on a single sport, and so it's only natural that some events come off better than others. Still, it's refreshing to find that track events are not the kind of puddle-deep button-mashers we've grown used to. Instead, races require you to keep a gauge in the green to maintain top speed â?? hammer away as fast as you possibly can, and you'll overfill the meter, causing your athlete to slow up. The idea works particularly well in the 200m and is further complicated by an additional energy bar in the tricky 400m races.
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London 2012 : The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games : (6.2/10)
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