When I put summer games into my console, there was something that felt instantly familiar. Very awkward music. Horrible graphics particularly the strange looking sports men and women. A very European budget feel. Ah it's 49 games back with their old tricks of attempting a yearly athletics franchise. While the winter franchise was one of the only ways to get winter sports on the console. This summer variant is fairly pointless as we already have the much superior Beijing 08 to play with. Bundle this with the fact that they haven't included the most interesting part of the winter games, the mini challenge board, it's a bit of a disappointment. That being said, summer games does boast a huge number of sports to try, with 29 on offer. Of course there are the duds, mostly due to the difficulty of the controls. Swimming is an absolute chore which I still don't understand how to do. Others can be quite fun and have some nice tactical variance. Some of the cycling events require some tactics and understanding to defeat the computer opponents. Overall it just feels like a budget title. There's enough to keep you entertained, but some of the sports are so frustrating that it can really take the fun out of the game. Not horrible, but not good.