Ever wanted a Snooker Career ?

User Rating: 7.5 | World Championship Snooker 2002 PS2
Put yourself on the frame of a world snooker career. Start at the bottom and surge your way up the rankings passing players like, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Williams, Steven Hendry and many more on your way to the much persuaded number one in the world position. Focus your concentration and steel your nerves to raise whit honour and pride the most valuable prize in snooker at the Crucible itself.

Presentation

Presented well from a good manual which is something that is quite unheard of today, the menus are easily navigated, and even a novice can get into the game, they may not win there first match but the practice arena is there and I would advise that you use it.

In a nut shell a slickly presented game, from menus to matches and back to the manual.
8 / 10

Graphics

The game looks like snooker does on the TV, which is a good thing as that's what, the game has set out to do. The balls have the glint of the overhead lights and the cue ball has the smudges of chalk previous shots.

The only problem is the snooker players themselves, there faces are photo realistic, but their bodies are blocky and look like they have been lifted straight from the games predecessor on the Playstation.
7 / 10

Sound

Truly outstanding, each cue chalking to audience cough is in. There isn't a sound in snooker that isn't in this game. Truly outstanding.
10 / 10

Playability

It doesn't have the pick up and play ease of some other games, but once your skills have been homed you will be picking up trophies, money and fifty plus breaks every tournament.
9 / 10

Last ability

With the lure and temptation of attempting to be the world's number one this will keep you coming back and back until you are the world champions.
9 / 10

Best Bits

+ All the world-renowned snooker halls you can shake a cue at.
+ The best commentary in the gaming world.
+ Includes 27 of the worlds top snooker players.
+ An outstanding manual

Worst Bits

- Really Ugly characters, even thou they are so called Photo realistic.
- Coaching mode, slow and doesn't really teach you anything
- Doesn't get the recognition it deserves because its snooker, and snooker perceived as boring.
- The amount of time needed to become world's number one.

Alternatively

Jimmy Whites Snooker on the PC, Pool Master on the Playstaion two ok its not snooker but its close or World championship snooker 2001 on the mighty PSONE.