Virtual Pool 2

by Interplay

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001QEQF
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,987 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Playing pool on the computer used to seem a little silly. Much like casino games and poker simulations, there was just no comparison to leaving the house and playing for real. Then along came Virtual Pool 2, and spending long hours honing our skills in a crowded, smoky pool hall suddenly lost much of its appeal.

The game's developers guarantee that Virtual Pool 2 will improve a player's real-world shooting skills. That claim seemed ridiculous until we saw the simulation's incredible physics model in action. The way the cue interacts with the balls (and the balls interact with one another) truly must be seen to be appreciated. One of the best aspects of the game is that we could try felt-shredding stunts we would have been hesitant to practice on a real table, like massé tricks and jump shots.

The most convincing test of the game's ability to accurately model the physical complexities of a pool table comes from watching one of the included trick-shot videos. The game gives you the chance to attempt the trick once you've seen it, and when properly executed the balls react exactly as they did in the video. Everything is rendered in clean, crisp 3-D, making it easy to line up shots and to see the effects of english, because the spin given to each ball is displayed in great detail.

Players can test their skills against computer opponents or play a multiplayer game using many variations of pool, including eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, one pocket, and three ball. Virtual Pool 2 may not improve your real-life game (it did help ours), but it makes learning the rules of unfamiliar variations painless, and the video tutorials can help the overall strategy of all but the most experienced pool sharks. Best of all, you get all this for less than the cost of a few hours of table time in a real pool hall. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Believable physics
• Learn trick shots from the masters
• 3-D environment lets you infinitely fine-tune your view

Cons:

• Cuing with the mouse can be a little awkward

Product Description

This software is BRAND NEW. Packaging may differ slightly from the stock photo above. Please click on our logo above to see over 15,000 titles in stock.

See all Product Description

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, June 10, 2000

By 

"djorinjjoos" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtual Pool 2 (CD-ROM)

This game could have been so much better if it had more animation and more...incentive to play. as it is, you get no reward for winning a tourney, you don't see anyone when you play...VP2 can get quite boring at times. It does have excellent graphics (for pool) and the physics are eerily accurate. If you're a Johnny No-Mates (like me, sadly), it gets boring. Perhaps if you had someone sitting next to you, playing the game with you, it'd be more fun.

Another note: Virtual Pool 2 can be extremely difficult. If a little kid or someone w/ little patience were to pick this up, things could get broken due to missed shots.