Wednesday, February 4, 2009

LazyViews: World Snooker Championship Real 08

Intro

Play snooker on your Wii!

Good

  • A really great well modeled snooker game, as much fun as Jimmy White's snooker on the Amiga
  • Highly addictive, I've been playing for hours at a time.
  • It has all the real snooker players modeled into the game. 
  • Lots of other cue sports to try, shame you can only play most of them in practice mode.
  • The cue attachment really makes it feel like real snooker.
Bad
  • It sometimes feels very hard, it can be crushing when one of the top players demolishes you in one visit to the table.
  • Limited play modes, the only one with any real depth is the snooker season mode. 
  • No online multiplay (this is criminal!)
  • If you don't like snooker it'll be of absolutely no interest to you.
  • The cue attachment feels a bit flimsy. I'm sure I'm going to snap it every time I whack it on my head in frustration at another bad/frame losing shot.
Summary

A really, really great snooker game and one of the best sports games on the Wii, or on any console. The cue really does make a difference. It's just a shame it's not a bit more sturdy! You could probably gaffer tape a wiimote to a real snooker cue for the same affect though. What it lacks in breadth in gameplay it makes up for in depth. Would have scored a 9 if you could play multiplayer online. 

Score

8/10 Read the Eurogamer scoring policy

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