Cruel. Ranges from bizarrely unintuitive to extremely button mashy, so much so that I could just about never keep up. I only got a feel for the ski jumping events, the rest rendered me a sitting duck. Fuck that, man.
I've always been much more fascinated with the winter olympics than the summer olympics. I do partially attribute this to Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games being one of the first games I really owned myself instead of sharing with the siblings, and having a blast with it on and off for years. But also, the winter olympics themselves are just much more of a spectacle to me. I wouldn't give this game to a kid who was into the winter olympics. A kid would want to play a sports game where they could feel like an athlete, moving with the same grace as the people they see on TV. The tedium and frustration present here does not feel rewarding even when pulled off. I'd be mad if I was a kid and a video game effectively told me "fuck you pal, being an athlete is Bullshit Insanely Hard. Go be an accountant or something lol"
I've always been much more fascinated with the winter olympics than the summer olympics. I do partially attribute this to Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games being one of the first games I really owned myself instead of sharing with the siblings, and having a blast with it on and off for years. But also, the winter olympics themselves are just much more of a spectacle to me. I wouldn't give this game to a kid who was into the winter olympics. A kid would want to play a sports game where they could feel like an athlete, moving with the same grace as the people they see on TV. The tedium and frustration present here does not feel rewarding even when pulled off. I'd be mad if I was a kid and a video game effectively told me "fuck you pal, being an athlete is Bullshit Insanely Hard. Go be an accountant or something lol"