Torino 2006 Review (Xbox)

[Steve_OS]

We have just posted our Torino 2006 review. Find out what Chris Sullivan has to say about it.

"Every four years, the world's best at their respective sport gather for the Olympics. Torino, Italy is the site of this year's games, and I was ecstatic when I was presented with the opportunity to review 2K Games' foray into multi-sport competition. With classics in the past, such as Track and Field and California Games, does Torino 2006 live up to the Olympic sized-hype? I was anxious to find out."

[fossen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sully

The athletes you must compete against are fictitious, but that's not the worst of it. Their names consist of "computer 1", "computer 6", "computer 2", etc. Seriously, how do you expect me to build a rivalry against the "computer 1" bobsleigh team from Germany?

:y4:

That's just .... words fail me.

[rudyjuly2]

Man that's disappointing. Olympic games used to be so fun when you had your buddies over and just mashed buttons for a couple of hours. How hard would it be to make a half decent game like this? I don't know if a decent Olympic game even exists on current gen hardware.

[Steve_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

Man that's disappointing. Olympic games used to be so fun when you had your buddies over and just mashed buttons for a couple of hours. How hard would it be to make a half decent game like this? I don't know if a decent Olympic game even exists on current gen hardware.

Man, those were the days. I forget the name of the Atari 2600 game, where you wiggle the joystick back and forth for speed, then hit the button to jump.

The 1500 meter run, I think it was, that absolutely killed me. It's amazing how fun that game was when you really think about it.

[Shaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve_OS

Man, those were the days. I forget the name of the Atari 2600 game, where you wiggle the joystick back and forth for speed, then hit the button to jump. The 1500 meter run, I think it was, that absolutely killed me. It's amazing how fun that game was when you really think about it.

[Steve_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clay_OS

haha. Yup, loved that game.

[Spongedaddy]

Was the arcade game at that time called Track & Field? I remember hitting those buttons until my hands hurt. Do you think the problem is that 2K is putting out an Olympics game just for the sakes of putting out an Olympics game?

[Shaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spongedaddy

Was the arcade game at that time called Track & Field?

Yes it was. 2nd event was the long jump... and I'll always remember that 42 degrees was the perfect angle to make the qualifying distance.