Pure Pool Review (PS4)

[RaychelSnr]

As its plain title implies, Pure Pool contains no fancy trick competitions, no goofy avatars, no shot-power indicator and no cheating overhead camera to let players perfectly align hit after hit. At all times, your view remains realistically limited to a first-person perspective, and while players can stand up on their tiptoes, or even walk around the table by holding the square button, a lot of guesswork is required when lining up successful shots.

Unless, of course, you choose to play on the lowest difficulty setting, “Amateur,” which makes full path predictors visible -- both for the blank cue ball and for the numbered balls you're targeting. On “Pro” and “Master” difficulties, though, your own eyesight and angle judgment are the only tools you'll have for predicting ball collisions, as the spoilerific trajectory arrows become significantly shortened, making long-distance and sharp-angled shots a true test of skill. Escaping cue ball traps and sinking tricky side-pocket shots feels extremely satisfying on these settings, just as missing easy tap-in opportunities will have you shaking your fists and screaming curse words at the screen.

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[Lofty]

I think its a fantastic game. £6 for what is a solid pool title. I will be interested to see what Pool Nation has to offer. Its nice to get a game without all the 'bells and whistles'. Right now, it plays a solid game of pool. It would be nice to be able to play local two player with two profiles though as the second player can't earn any levels playing as the 'guest player'. Overall a really solid game. Stability issues will be fixed I'm sure.

[misterkrabz]

I think its a great game as well. It's pool, and its plays a solid game of it. Only thing that I would like to see is the ability to calibrate the speed or rate of your stick. And if there was an actual character holding the stick it would add to the ambiance but totally necessary. Connectivity and trying to play online is a complete nightmare but if they fix that it will be a game i pick up and play for years to come.

[trey2k198003]

i love it played it alot more than i thought i would already

[spidertour02]

I think this is a bit harsh. It's bare-bones and has a few hitches (seriously, why can't I disable the worthless HUD?), but it's only $9-12 bucks,. I've really enjoyed the game, even with the nearly infallible AI opponents.

[swd420]

I agree with the reviewer. Yeah, it's cheap...but so was Hustle Kings. And that title, from the same developer I might add, had a vastly greater amount of features. Even though some might find Pure Pool a realistic yet casual pool sim, I found the table to be way too slow...especially off of the rails. Online play, which is the main reason I bought it, is essentially broken at the moment. Don't be fooled. If you are getting into an online match, it may be an a.i. DNA. I know this because I uninstalled the game two days after release and my ps4 message box overflowed with notes from people I never played. After countless requests, Voo Foo deleted my player profile and the messages finally stopped rolling in. Check out their facebook page. They finally acknowledged this issue publicly. When it's fixed, the game might have some value. In the meantime, I'll stick with Virtual Pool 4. Not as pretty, but superior in every other way.

[LingeringRegime]

6? Cmon man.

[JohnDoe8865]

I really enjoy the game. Definitely think people are being too hard on it.

[premierplayers]

Re: Pure Pool Review (PS4)

This really is a fantastic Game as it means you won’t be screwing up easy shots just because you don’t get the real sense of depth and angle on a 2D display device but it also means you can’t just easily pull off near impossible shots because you happen to have lines telling exactly where the ball will go. Overall, it is a solid game..