Beijing 2008 (PS3) Review.

August 19th, 2008 by Viatrophy

So the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are nearly upon us and therefore it’s about time a game emerges so you can play through all your favorite Olympic Games with your home country (or whatever country tickles your fancy.) Usually, I am not to fond of sport’s games, but this caught my eye.

Read on for Opinion Debug’s review of Beijing 2008.

Within Beijing 2008 there are 2 game modes which are available from the get go. The first is playing through the Olympic Games with your chosen team where you can take part in every event imaginable. The second is a ‘challenge’ mode where you can pick any event you want and try and beat your personal best (which I think I only managed to do once…).

Sports games are not particularly renowned for their graphics and so I didn’t have very hopes for Beijing 2008, however with so many events in one game it’s the character animations that are important which Beijing 2008 nails perfectly.

The big problem I had with Beijing 2008 is that the scenery and characters all look fairly basic and clinical, particularly during the pistol shooting games where you notice how block-like the pistol actually is. The game seems to use no shading preferring one solid colour with no tonal variety (The best example of this is the skin tone of the characters).

The sound effects in Beijing 2008, are quite disappointing. The general sound track of the game is good though, and it seemed to catch the moment quite well such as the fast pace dance music played during the menu.

Right, now to the disappointing part of the audio: I swear to god that there are only about 20 different sounds in the whole game. Every sound for the gun shots sound the same whether it’s a shotgun or a pistol and whenever you trip on a hurdle the noise the character makes is the same.

I did have quite a problem with this Gameplay of this game, purely for the fact every game mode was so god damn f*cking hard! Over the 6+ hours I played straight of this game, I did not beat an opponent. I never once saw a medal, trophy or any form of congratulations for sucking (gun shooting: Ninja Gaiden 2 on hard was easier then this…) I’m betting if you could actually play this game and get used to the controls, it would be a hell of a lot more fun and would add so much more play time to the game.

One thing I did love about this game is the amount of content which is available straight away on the disk, these being pretty much every game imaginable from the Olympic Games (as you’d expect.) One thing which also comes with the game is multiplayer support, where you can pick from a wide range of games which you can go against your friends or random people over your chosen service.

If you are into sport games with a hell of a lot of content and a crap load of games, Beijing 2008 is for you. Like I said earlier if you have the patience to get used to the controls and have friends who are into these sort of games you could easily kill a few hours and have some fun.

Story - 5/10
Graphics - 6/10
Gameplay - 6/10
Sound - 5/10
Lasting Appeal - 8/10
Overall Score - 6/10

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