I love the Olympics. I eagerly await each presentation of the Games, and I don't mind staying up all hours to catch games from distant time zones. So it came as a big letdown to me when this game turned out to be such a mess. I had false hope when I saw how many events there were, a real variety instead of the piddly four or so you usually get in an Olympic video game, and the good quality of the graphics as well. These dreams were dashed when I actually started to play. Whoever dreamed up the complex and difficult control system needs to be taken out and given one of those humiliating tests in a cup by the IOCC. There isn't a thing where you won't embarrass yourself a zillion times while you try to figure out what you're even supposed to do. Shame, really. They could have done a much better job on this. I certainly hope they don't give the next Winter Games title to the same bunch of designers.
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