Overhated Games Part 2: Torino 2006

Okay, it has been common knowledge since the good old NES days that games based off of the polympics are piecesof shit. Summer Games, Nagano 98, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, they all suck. The sole exception is Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, which was a decent title. So here's the question, why do these games constantly suck. Well, primarily due to lack of depth, requiring no strategy with all games consisting of button mashing, repetition and the games being either ridiculously easy or insanly difficult. Now Torino 2006 seems to harbor these same criticisms but I disagree. First of all, the game has near perfect graphics, something it never get seems to get credit for. Secondly, most of the events, not all are intuituve. The Baiathalon and Cross Country Skiiing have a unique cotrol style and require strategy. The same goes for Ski Jumping. The Downhill Events are realistic and fun. The Luge and Bobsled are very well controlled and are also FUN. Let me repeat, the game is FUN. And isn't that kind of important when it comes to playing games. I'm not saying the game is perfect, the speed skating event is awful, While there is some depth, it is realy shallow. There is no snowboarding or curling and thecommentary is stupid. But is the game bad, no, is it good, well, not really. But for any olympic or winter sport fan, it is certainly worth a rent.