Game Title: Salt Lake 2002
Platform: PS2, PC
Genre: Sports
Developer: Attention To Detail
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Release Date: 2002.
The official system requirements:
Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
450MHz Pentium III
128 Mb RAM
16 Mb Video
500 Mb
Official site:
http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/games/embed.html?gmid=118
Still can not calm down the passions around the recent Olympic Games in the U.S.. Attention she attracted to him a lot, not so much sports intrigue many scandals connected with the organization and refereeing. Decisions sometimes make, at least, strange: it is enough to recall the presentation of the second set of gold medals the Canadian pair after a recognized the winners of our figure skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze. But do not let the bad news ... Now before my eyes is playing with the familiar symbols of the Olympiad of 2002, in Salt Lake City. Here there is no doping tests, nor any other possibility to sue. Here it is, the chance of this fan - to restore justice and protect the honor of the Russian sports in this honorable event. It should be noted that in sports that are represented in this game, we have traditionally not very strong (more interesting to us to win even if virtual, but still gold medals for Russia): downhill, slalom, bobsled doubles, freestyle, ski jumping and parallel giant slalom, snowboarding (which, incidentally, made its debut at this Olympics). This choice is not accidental: these species are not only dynamic but also very spectacular.
A spectacle of this game enough. Models of athletes, in my opinion, there is a small masterpiece (in this case, however, the list of masterpieces and ends): beautiful textures, smooth lines, excellent detalizovannye face and outfitting athletes. In addition, the animation technology has been used Motion Capture - all movement is very smooth and natural, whether it is an expression of joy in victory, cornering on the track or a terrible fall. All this is seasoned with effects such as steam from his mouth and bursts of snow from the ski / snowboard. But the environment does not shine: inexpressive trees and fans, in which one can hardly identify the people. It is understandable - the main attention is focused yet to the main characters sporting triumph. Feel the solemnity of this event helps the music. Under zaboristy pop-punk and wants to race around snow-covered slopes or do some pirouette in freestyle. Sound effects, on the contrary, quite inexpressive, please only emotional statements of commentators during the performance.
And you can act in several modes: the actual Olympics, Tournament, Classic and Training. With the seeming diversity of surprises few "arenas" in which competitions are held. Of course, there are five levels of difficulty, but annoying to pass the same track over and over again. To brighten up a bit drab, the creators of the game added the ability to change the time of day and weather conditions.Well, because the game is devoted to the Olympics in Salt Lake City, all sporting facilities copied from real ones.
On the whole, managed to convey the holiday spirit. But, like everything good, you get used to it quickly. A great game to please us almost nothing - the gameplay is bright, but not rich: management unpretentious (nothing to improve, and do not want), sports facilities are the same, from downhole music quickly tired. Olympics is a once in four years, and lasts for some three weeks. That's me to the fact that this game is good in small quantities, otherwise the holiday will not work. So, though the main advantage of Salt Lake 2002 - what it is, albeit briefly, allows you to feel ownership with the celebration of health and spirit of the Olympic Games.
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