IGN:
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 – 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.
One Hit Pixel - United Front Games' latest title takes top spot, with New Super Mario Bros 2 in second and the London 2012 title in third.
Fingers crossed for Darksiders 2. I'm just 2 hours in and it's great fun and rich in content.
If you want to get a taste of the Olympics once again without watching everything once more on BBC iPlayer, you can always try out the game, but you will be missing out on a large number of sports. The game features 46 events from 13 sports, pretty stingy when compared to 304 events from 36 sports that we just witnessed over the past couple of weeks. London 2012 clearly doesn’t quite match the real thing for events to take part in, but the bigger question is, are they any good to play?
GodisaGeek: "Although the London 2012 Olympics have now drawn to a close (we shed a tear, did you?) the official video game is still going strong, holding the top spot in the UK charts for another week."
Full charts inside article.
