IGN: Vancouver 2010 Hands-on Preview

IGN: "Videogames based on the Olympics have almost always been a lackluster effort. With gameplay that typically hinges on mashing the same button or jiggling the same analog stick over and over, the experience sours quickly. Vancouver 2010 from Eurocom hopes to change that disappointing standard with events that are more skill and timing based. While the list of 14 events is undoubtedly short, the four that I recently got to test out on a press trip to Park City felt as though they were in fine form"...

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PSX Extreme: Vancouver 2010 Review

PSX Extreme writes: "It seems that every time they try to do a game based on the Olympics, everything falls to pieces. The last attempt – centered on the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing – failed miserably due to ridiculous mechanics, clunky and sometimes impossible control, lackluster technicals and an almost complete lack of pageantry and theatricality. The latter is part of what makes the Olympics great, if we've already forgotten, and while Vancouver 2010 still lacks that, Eurocom made good strides in righting many of the past wrongs."

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3djuegos Review: Vancouver 2010

3djuegos: In an effort to recoup the mediocre Beijing 2008, SEGA revitalizes its Olympic franchise with a much greater Vancouver 2010. We are not in the final title of Olympic sports, but to a very serious leap forward and before a title is not negligible.

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Mondoxbox Review: Vancouver 2010

Mondoxbox: Vancouver 2010 offers fourteen disciplines including Downhill, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, Skating, Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton. These are playable in four different ways, Olympic Games, Training, Challenges and local and online multiplayer.

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