Pool Hall Pro

Gamer Limit (8 out of 10)

All-in-all, the many game modes including Arcade, Tournament, Multiplayer, Exhibition, World Tour and Practice give Pool Hall Pro a lot of bang for your buck. The title retails at an MSRP of $29.99, and is the best pool experience on any of the current generation consoles. Get ready to spend a lot of time playing pool; you wont regret it.

ZTGameDomain (6.7 out of 10)

Presentation may be lacking, but as a whole Pool Hall Pro is a decent game of billiards for a reasonable price. The motion controls work well enough that you won't be wrestling with them, and the sheer amount of modes make up for a lot of the other shortcomings. Once you get the handle of how things work you could easily get addicted to this game. If you own a Wii and are looking to shoot some pool with your friends without having to deal with cigarette smoke and drunken cowboys then this may just be your answer. It is much cheaper than buying an actual table.

Onlinewelten.de (54 out of 100)

Wenn ihr euch bereits auf nette Billard-Sessions gefreut haben solltet, dann enttäuscht euch Pool Hall Pro sicherlich ebenso wie mich auf ganzer Linie. Eigentlich hatte ich gehofft, dass von Pool, über Snooker bis hin zu den Billard-Modi endlich mal ein richtig gutes Spiel mit der Kugel auf der Wii landet. Leider hat sich das nicht bestätigt. Die Entwickler haben zu viel Wert auf Nebenfunktionen gelegt und dabei das Wesentliche vollends vergessen. Damit lohnt sich der Kauf höchstens für Billard-Freunde, die sich auch nicht daran stören, wenn die Kugel mehr dem Zufall, als der Physik folgt.

Worth Playing (5 out of 10)

It's hard to really judge this game. On one hand, it's a pretty robust billiards game for the Wii, and it certainly tries hard to make the game as broad and enjoyable as possible. On the other hand, there are Internet-based Flash games that have better physics and comparable graphics, albeit with a shorter feature set. For the gamers out there who love pool, then this title would certainly fit well among their collection. For other casual gamers, the game is worth a play or two, but the frustrating controls and the juggernaut AI will likely prove disappointing for any repeat playing, thus killing any longevity the title might have.

GameFocus (3.2 out of 10)

Sadly what little I can say about this game in a good way is so little that I am left with the fact I can only give this a recommendation of “Rent if you are totally bored” because this is one game that should have worked on the Wii but was thrown out the door without any serious work put into the graphics, design, gameplay, audio and controls.