Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event and represent your country and bring home the gold.
Appearing on the Xbox 360 for the first time, Beijing 2008 delivers an entertaining and immersive Olympic experience. The superior graphics capture the fine emotional detail of each event where a fraction of a second means the difference between winning and losing. The innovative game mechanics challenge a player's time, speed and co-ordination. Compete for glory with up to seven friends online; strive to break records as you lead your country to victory. This summer show your patriotism and bring home the gold!
Buy Beijing 2008 The Official Video Game Of The Olympi on XBOX360
This game works great as a multiplayer with mates on and offline. Presentation is great, graphics, sound, commentary. Whilst there is a variation on the buttons required for each event, it's not varied enough, and using the same controls (particularly for long events) is monotonous and tiring. For a quick dash like the 100m or even 110m hurdles I can live with it but it needs breaking down a bit for the 400m for example. But, can they ever make athletics games better than this? Who knows, but on the whole it will certainly keep you busy and def worth a rent.
Not good, know anyone who can repeatedly mash buttons at very (and I mean very) high speeds for long periods of time? then this might be for them. I seriously believe that the violent stick wiggling that this game requires has a detremental affect on your control pad if played long enough.