Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games collects athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and other Olympic events built around rapid inputs, stick gestures, timing, and medal competition. This catalogue entry covers the recorded original-platform release and its period-specific play conditions.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games collects athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and other Olympic events built around rapid inputs, stick gestures, timing, and medal competition. Its event count, national teams, and multiplayer produce a broad Olympic package, with short contests working well for gatherings. Many events rely on repeated button speed, while tutorials, detection, and difficulty vary sharply. Solo play soon becomes mechanical practice. This description covers the original ps3 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games collects athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and other Olympic events built around rapid inputs, stick gestures, timing, and medal competition.
Its event count, national teams, and multiplayer produce a broad Olympic package, with short contests working well for gatherings. Many events rely on repeated button speed, while tutorials, detection, and difficulty vary sharply. Solo play soon becomes mechanical practice. Overall, its main strengths are Broad events and teams form a full Olympic package; Short multiplayer contests suit gatherings. Its material limitations are Many events depend on rapid repeated input; Uneven tutorials, detection, and difficulty. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Broad events and teams form a full Olympic package
- Short multiplayer contests suit gatherings
Weaknesses
- Many events depend on rapid repeated input
- Uneven tutorials, detection, and difficulty
Who it is for: Players who value broad events and teams form a full olympic package and can accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Before playing, expect many events depend on rapid repeated input and uneven tutorials, detection, and difficulty; this assessment covers the catalogued release.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Short multiplayer contests suit gatherings; Uneven tutorials, detection, and difficulty. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Broad events and teams form a full Olympic package; Many events depend on rapid repeated input. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Short multiplayer contests suit gatherings; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original ps3 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Many events depend on rapid repeated input. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Eurocom Software
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Release date
- 2008
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- 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
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- Sports-based PlayParty-friendly3D GraphicsPlayer versus PlayerReplayableModern SettingShort SessionsThird Person
- 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 3Worldwide2008
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