Pool Party is ok but let me outline the pros and cons of this game.
Pros:
- Nice graphics = Great colors and imagery
- Somewhat realistic gameplay
- As you win games you unlock new items such as pool tables, cue sticks, music, and environments
- Different types of pool games such as 8-ball, 9-ball, snooker, etc.
Cons:
- Lack of general options(this will be further discussed in my other points)
- Not a lot of characters to choose from
- Annoying sound effects = You can turn off the background sounds and/or general sound effects. But who wants a completely silent game? That's no fun. So I opt to leave the background sounds off but I keep the general sound effects on. However with that, you get irritating sounds such as, applause every time you hit a ball into a pocket, bells that sound when it's your turn and a buzzer sound when you lose a turn.
- The balls are not clearly marked = Depending on the positioning of the ball on the table sometimes you can't tell the difference between stripes and solids. I've hit my opponent's ball in by accident a few times because I thought his or her solid was my stripe.
- No continuous play = The game doesn't keep going after you win. You can save your win but you have to start over and choose your options all over again.
- No tournaments, championships, prizes to win besides unlocking items, or anything to make this a truly fun, challenging or realistic game
- When you have ball-in-hand, you have to go to the options to move the ball
- A large version of the character or player you chose very strangely stays at the lower left hand corner of the screen. There is no way to turn this off. I would say the character takes up about 25% or the screen. The character is not transparent so if you have to make a shot to the left corner pocket at the bottom of the screen, the character blocks your shot and you can't see the pocket you're shooting into. In order to make the character a little more transparent you have to press and hold a button on the nunchuk controller. While doing that you can sort of line up your shot but you have to let go of the button in order to shoot. When you let go, the transparency goes off and the character comes into full view blocking your shot again.
- Along with the character blocking your shot, the option to apply English on your ball is semi-transparent and stays on the lower right hand corner of the screen and also takes up about 25% of the screen. I can't turn this off either.
This game is poorly designed and not very user friendly. After waiting quite a while for Wii to come out with a good pool game, they've missed the mark here.
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