And as that bloke who landed groin-first on his vaulting pole will tell you, that's a deadly combination. The Olympic Games are just around the corner, and soon, it'll be hard to buy a soda that doesn't have the Olympic logo plastered on its side.
Gamers can't escape this inevitable fate either as Athens has hit the store shelves, but unfortunately, it only gets a gold medal for mediocrity. In truth, it may be a crapshoot trying to make a decent Olympics game simply because Olympic events are a different breed of competition from the sports games we're used to. Modern sports games ' football, basketball, baseball, etc. They're all a meld of skill, strategy, and strength, and more often than not, make for an entertaining game experience.
The Olympic Games, on the other hand, revolve around tests of physical strength and endurance. In essence, they're games that test the very mettle of human physicality. So here's the dilemma in Athens : how do you test a gamer's mettle in an Olympic videogame?
Athens 's answer to that is to make just about every game revolve around mindless button mashing that tests your thumbs and fingers to their very limit - a bit ironic or sad when compared to the total physical transformation an Olympic athlete must endure.
Some games are based off of your finger's dexterity and strength, and other events will revolve around precision-based timing ' and for a real good time, it's a combination of both. Most of the track and field games, for example, have you launching off from the starter blocks with L1, and then mashing the X and O buttons as fast as possible.
That is just not fun, and after a while, it's even painful as the early symptoms of tendonitis begin to creep up your fingers. Now, when you take into consideration that just about all the swimming events revolve around the same concept, and the other games that don't revolve around hopeless button mashing have equally mundane gameplay concepts, then it's easy to see what the problem is in Athens However, you really can't fault the developers too much for the mundane game concepts.
Olympic events are, for the most part, simplistic and it's hard to transfer the strategy used in each event into an enjoyable videogame format. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with this. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
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You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The Olympic Games are a magical time of the year in the sporting world. The best of the best from all around the globe come together in the spirit of peaceful competition, friendship, and fair play. In one of the best simulations of the Olympic games I've seen in a pretty good while, "Athens " puts you in the Olympic arena up against the world's top athletes, everyone carrying the hope, pride, and aspirations of their native countries.
So what makes this game stand out from the rest? For starters, it's beautifully captured, at least on the PC version of the game. It's all there: The larger than life stadium complexes, the millions and millions of fans from all parts of the world taking up every seat in the house, the random array of camera flashes causing the entire arena to light up and sparkle, and a vast, diverse field of contestants, all sporting their nations colors and insignias.
When you set foot in the arena, you know you're in the spotlight of one of the world's grandest stages. Athens succeeds where other titles of this genre have failed in the past because of such careful attention that's been paid to detail and in doing so has captured that special "aura" that encompasses the Olympic games. The hype and sound of the Olympics is a fantastic thing and Athens does not disappoint as it boasts that feature well. There's enthusiasm in every crowd cheer or chant and the "event announcers" commentary masterfully plays off those emotions just like the real life counterparts.
From the time you take the field, the awe-inspiring "silence" that falls over the audience before the start of an event and the climatic celebration that comes with the thrill of victory tells you that all eyes and hopes are on you to perform. You feel like an entertainer.
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