8.2 /10 2 Votes
7.3/10 IGN Initial release date 12 January 2010 Publishers Sega, Sega Europe Limited | 56% Metacritic Distributor(s) EA Games Developer Eurocom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Sports game (Olympic video games) Platforms PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows Modes Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game Similar Eurocom games, Olympic video games, Other games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vancouver 2010 is the official Olympic video game of the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver.
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Gameplay
Vancouver 2010 is a video game based on the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Many of the events in the real-world Olympics are playable. For a complete list of playable events, see below.
Disciplines
The following events are in the game:
In addition, the game includes 30 different challenges spread over all the events which can be unlocked on a one-by-one basis as the user completes the tasks (For example, the 'Landing Zone' challenge forces the individual to land a ski jump with 10m of 90m and another successive jump within 10m of 120m).
Reception
Vancouver 2010 has received generally mixed reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PC version a 57.25% and 57/100, the PlayStation 3 version a 56.09% and 56/100 and the Xbox 360 version a 54.85% and 54/100. IGN gave the game a 7.3/10 rating, claiming that "If only this game had some semblance of a career mode or anything that felt slightly like the real Olympics, then perhaps SEGA would have had a real winner on its hands." GameSpot gave the game a 5.5/10 rating, saying "The limited selection of events leaves these Olympic Games out in the cold."
