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A Good Value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While this title is several years old, it is still a very fun PS2 title. My wife and I rented this for the family and had a blast. While there are many games that require you to hammer buttons, there are also games like archery, the 1500k, pole vauly, gymnastics, horse jumping, shot put (and many more)that require a lot of skill. We found most of the games addictive. Also, with practice you could get better. Archery was awesome! If you are looking for a cheap game that many in your family would like, I recommend this title. We bought it after renting.

Some have given this game negative reviews because some events (like swimming and the 400 meter) require you to tap for over a minute. No one can possibly do this and enjoy it. But, and I say BUT, there are too many good events on this title that DO NOT require you to tap for you to pass on it. Ignore the "tappers", you will have a blast with the rest.

My fingers are so tired......

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game repeatedly asks you to press X and O buttons alternately and endlessly. After 15 minutes of gameplay, my fingers are so tired that I cannot play this game anymore. How could a game company be so careless that it does not consider this factors?

The game also suffers from unoriginality. After a while, you will find that the game controls replicate itself throughout all sub-games - pressing X and O repeatedly. How can that be fun?

Very-disappointing title. In fact, ESPN International Track and Field has better controls and more interesting.

Don't Waste your Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: August 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is TERRIBLE!!! What a waste of $$$. Rent this game before you buy and save yourself the $$$$. You Won't buy it! Don't make the same mistake that I made.

I took a chance with this game because it is the "Official Video Game of the Olympics"....it is obvious that no one played it before they endorsed it. This game does not require skill....just the ability to click XYXYXY...as fast as you can to speed up...whipee.

This is the WORST game I have seen for PS2!!!!

Next best thing to the real deal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Athens 2004 is a real good games, I remember when it first came out.. I wasn't expected that much improvement from the last game (ESPN Track and Field).

The game have a wide range of events and it's enjoyable. Competision is always tight, the more you break the records the tougher the competiters get. BUY THIS GAME!!! this would be the best Athletics game until/if they come out with one in late 2008/ early 2009. I hope they improve into having real athletes on it by names and things, that would be tight!!

Track and Field is my heart. I've been sprinting the 100m, 200m, sometimes the 400m and did the Long Jump/Triple Jump as field events ever since I was around 8yrs old. Competed in track and field games such as Cafifta, and other island meets (I'm from the Caribbean) I always loved the sport.

I won over 60 medals (36 of them are gold) but all that ended when I was 18yrs old before a track meet. Got into incident that caused me a knee injury but I'm working my way back to running again and competing.

AMAZING

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game strictly for the equestrian and found myself playing every event! it's realistic and the controls make sense. Some events like shooting I find time consuming and not as fun as the other events. The weird thing is that I've played a lot of equestrian games and this one is the best and it's not even focused on it! This game is worth every penny of the price! A great party game too :)

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