https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbLOdjahwIY This reminds me of a cross between Epix Summer Games and some Konami game I had on the Gameboy. It's not perfect by any means but the range of events is quite wide and there are far more than you first realise - various kinds of cycling, swimming, jumping, running, and throwing stuff. You win shiny things,...
Summer Athletics2008
Summer Athletics
2008 DTP Entertainment55Mediocre
Playtime
ShortTypically 4 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $19.99
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Details
- Launch
- July 29, 2008
- Developer
- 49Games
- Publisher
- DTP Entertainment
- Themes
- Genres
Overview
Get ready, set, go! Summer Athletics brings the action and excitement of the 26 most popular summer sporting disciplines right into your living room! The charming 3D comic style and varying levels of difficulty makes Summer Athletics great fun for the whole family. Become fully immersed in the sporting atmosphere with vibrant visual effects and awe-inspiring sporting arenas. Customize your character to make them your very own with the comprehensive customization tools within Summer Athletics. Develop your career as a professional athlete in Career Mode or challenge your friends in head-to-head competition. The intuitive controls will make Summer Athletics both a great game for beginners and a fun challenge for the more experienced player. Exciting competitions within more than 25 summer sports events Action-packed experience jammed full of amazing effects Two main game modes: Arcade & Simulation Unique career mode Four different difficulty levels Innovative & varied controls design Comprehensive...
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Reception
Players44
Bad- Steam44from 25 reviews
2.4/10 - About How You'd Expect An Olympics Game To Be... So there are some cool things about this game; there are 26 different events and a career mode to choose from. Some of the movement triggers feel like hitting notes from Guitar Hero; which was pretty cool. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough to put this game into the thumbs up category. It always...
I am a pole vaulter at the D1 college level in the US. I bought the game, went straight to the pole vault event. Afterwards, brought in all of my roommates, (who are also my teammates,) and we sat down and did a decathlon. Never before have I seen all of my roommates so excited to try and outdo each other as much as when I bought this. We got a noise...
Summer Athletics 2009 includes indeed a lot of different sport events, but the differences between them leave a lot to be desired. The new coop- and splitscreen multiplayer-modes are also fairly amusing, but overall there is too little innovation.
Fun overall, hard game to make fun ill say that. Graphics suck but fun overall 7/10