Alpine Ski Racing 2007 - Bode Miller vs. Hermann Maier
Alpine Ski Racing 2007 - Bode Miller vs. Hermann Maier is a PlayStation 2 racing game released in 2006 developed by 49Games. It centers on driving and route control, vehicle control, and route judgment, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 2 twin analog sticks, directional pad, shoulder and face buttons, with a dedicated peripheral only where explicitly required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
Alpine Ski Racing 2007 - Bode Miller vs. Hermann Maier is a PlayStation 2 racing game centered on driving and route control, vehicle control, and route judgment. Tracks raise pressure through corners, rivals, and time targets, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Speed, track boundaries, and vehicle feedback determine driving readability, while 3D scenes, streamed data, cinematics, surround audio, and interlaced television output need to preserve action and state readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that visibility, collisions, steering precision, wheel support, or loading can limit consistency. Platform conditions also include DVD loading, the 8MB Memory Card, analog sticks and pressure-sensitive buttons, Multitap, Network Adapter, dedicated peripherals, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Refining routes and investing in a career are rewarding, but similar downhill activities and repeated commentary limit long sessions.
Alpine Ski Racing 2007 connects race earnings to coaches and equipment, making a better result useful beyond one run. Lines, clean gates and avoiding time penalties complement resource planning as the skier develops. Different disciplines and leagues organize practice, while created or named-pro careers and three difficulties help establish a challenge target. Over longer sessions, however, downhill events merge into similar activities; career growth does not remove that repetition. Snow and bright fences establish a sporting setting, but recurring star-focused commentary distracts, and the original reviewer also dislikes the music. It best suits players refining routes and developing a skier in separate sessions. Multiplayer is controller-passing competition rather than simultaneous skiing.
Strengths
- Race results and career investment create rewarding growth.
- Lines, gates and time penalties support detailed practice.
- Career entry choices and three difficulties help set challenge goals.
Weaknesses
- Repeated downhill events feel similar during long sessions.
- Repetitive star commentary weakens atmosphere, with an unfavorable music account.
Who it is for: Skiing players interested in separated route practice, better results and managing career resources.
Play notes: This concerns the original PS2 edition, retaining catalog2006. Shared quality comes from a contemporary PC account and jointly listed PC/PS2 critique; PS2 evidence establishes career and difficulty configuration. Current input, saving, performance and audio execution were not personally tested. Multiplayer passes the controller.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Career growth, disciplines and leagues organize continuing goals, but downhill repetition becomes prominent in long sessions. Content is sound rather than deeply varied, and suits separated record attempts. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Investment complements lines and gate decisions, making improved results feed meaningful career growth. The good core rewards refining runs and planning resources. | Reviewed | 7.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Snow and contrasting fences establish the sporting setting, but similar scene character and repetitive star-focused commentary weaken immersion. The music account is also unfavorable, leaving expression basically effective. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Career identity and three difficulties provide useful configuration for intended growth and challenge. This is good bounded usability, not a conclusion about unverified controls or runtime performance. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- 49Games
- Publisher
- JoWooD
- Release date
- 2006
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Racing · Primary genreSports
- Tags
- Main Story Under 10 HoursReplayableThird PersonFast-pacedShort SessionsPlayer versus PlayerSolo-friendlyDodgeDriving and RacingPick-up and Play
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 2Worldwide2006
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