Pool Nation is a pool game that features eleven game modes, including career options and multiplayer.
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sexual 9 ball
Sinuca Frutiger Aero
decent physics, fun endurance mode
I use to love playing this game and the music was a jam, than they changed the matchmaking in an update that completely ruined the servers :(
Was my comfort game for a time. Best iteration of any Pool game ive played
Was my comfort game for a time. Best iteration of any Pool game ive played
sinuca
And here I was thinking that pool was some dumb game for people who go to bars. Yakuza 5 then made me actually play and ho boy, I like it.
The best way I can describe it is that pool is like a non-discrete version of chess. You still have positioning and all that stuff, but the mathematical continuity of the playing field makes it much more enjoyable. There is a high amount of mechanical beauty and strategic depth that one can find in pool. I mostly play 8-ball, but for example, the opening move of a frame can be done in two different ways, one that spreads the balls across the table or one that keeps it to the top side. The topside strategy is what I prefer, it gets rid of the second player's advantage to almost always choose solids or stripes by cluttering both groups at the top, but at the cost of a less advantageous third turn position.
(I don't follow professional pool so maybe everything I just said was nonsense, but it's great that the game let's you experiment with such play styles)
Additionally, the game is fairly easy to get the hang of even without knowing the rules of pool due to great visual cues and a generous but not overpowered aim assist (which can be later turned off).
My only big complaint is that the game falls into the trap of having alternative objectives in matches to unlock skins, such as doing a specific type of shot or getting a certain number of balls in the hole in a row. I feel systems like this promote artificial play-styles by encouraging the use of strategies regardless of whether or not using such strategies is advantageous. Luckily, this is completely optional.
I've never played any other dedicated pool game so I don't know how this stacks up, but as a first go, it is far more than serviceable. It's a great way to get into pool if you don't like the bar atmosphere.
The best way I can describe it is that pool is like a non-discrete version of chess. You still have positioning and all that stuff, but the mathematical continuity of the playing field makes it much more enjoyable. There is a high amount of mechanical beauty and strategic depth that one can find in pool. I mostly play 8-ball, but for example, the opening move of a frame can be done in two different ways, one that spreads the balls across the table or one that keeps it to the top side. The topside strategy is what I prefer, it gets rid of the second player's advantage to almost always choose solids or stripes by cluttering both groups at the top, but at the cost of a less advantageous third turn position.
(I don't follow professional pool so maybe everything I just said was nonsense, but it's great that the game let's you experiment with such play styles)
Additionally, the game is fairly easy to get the hang of even without knowing the rules of pool due to great visual cues and a generous but not overpowered aim assist (which can be later turned off).
My only big complaint is that the game falls into the trap of having alternative objectives in matches to unlock skins, such as doing a specific type of shot or getting a certain number of balls in the hole in a row. I feel systems like this promote artificial play-styles by encouraging the use of strategies regardless of whether or not using such strategies is advantageous. Luckily, this is completely optional.
I've never played any other dedicated pool game so I don't know how this stacks up, but as a first go, it is far more than serviceable. It's a great way to get into pool if you don't like the bar atmosphere.