Windows

Pool Paradise

In today's world of picky gamers, a pool game without any extras is a waste of time. Fortunately for this crowd, PP delivers, once again. By earning cash and side bets, you can purchase additional tables and mini-games, which includes skeeball, darts, and Dropzone. With these extra features costing loads of cash, it will take weeks to unlock everything in this game, which is good, since you don't find many games like this. For the quality of this title, the bargain bin price tag is irresistible. If you own a GCN, pick this game up today, you won't regret it.

The maestro of the green baize, in terms of creating a snooker or pool game, is Archer Maclean. Having been around since day one on the gaming scene, and creating a number of classics, which include Snooker titles, some might say that this kind of game hasn't really moved on that much in the last few years and there is nothing more that the wizard of the small round balls can reinvent or improve on. A good pool games isn't always about being innovative, it could be about creating a pixel perfect, and physics accurate, stylish presentation that has endless hours of fun and a compelling challenge led game. Granted we have had a number of great Pool and Snooker games delivered over the last 18 months but none that has offered the full to bursting, slick and canât believe it is that good, definitive genre leader.

Sans révolutionner le genre, Pool Paradise apporte une brise de fraîcheur au traditionnel billard sur PC. Une expérience qui s'avèrera bien plus fun avec un pote. Dommage que le titre ne dispose pas d'ouverture sur le multijoueur en réseau...

Uns hat besonders genervt, dass die schwachen KI-Stufen zu doof sind, um die ersten Partien spannend zu gestalten.Größte Stärke von Pool Paradise sind die vielen Spielvarianten: Ob 6-Ball, 8-Ball oder 15-Ball – alle gängigen Pool-Arten sind vertreten. Doch das tröstet nicht über wechselhafte Gegner-KI und ungenaue Ballphysik hinweg.

Появление этой игры навело меня на мысль: в шкалу оценок надо добавить отрицательные величины. Мне кажется, я мог упустить некоторые мелочи, но в целом отношение именно такое. Утешает, пожалуй, лишь ожидание World Championship Pool 2004 — наверняка мы получим бильярдный симулятор высокого класса. Сейчас мне даже немного совестно за рецензию на World Shampionship Snooker 2003, ведь «десятка», подаренная Pool Paradise за красивый закат, не в силах показать, какая пропасть лежит между двумя столь непохожими друг на друга играми.