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Game Information
- Platform: Xbox
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Includes top professionals from the current world of snooker, plus up and coming players,
- All real locations from the 2004 / 2005 tour have been accurately modelled, including the Preston Guild Hall, Wembley Conference Centre and the legendary Crucible Theatre, home of the World Championships.
- Tournament structures are now modelled exactly on their real-life equivalents. Players can play in every event on the 2004 / 2005 tour - including the British Open, UK Championship, The Masters and the World Championship.
- Brand new "League of Champions" un-lockable mode that allows players (upon winning the world championship) to battle every major world champion since the tournament commenced in 1927.
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
World Snooker Championship 2005 offers gamers the ultimate simulation of the beloved game. As you might expect, this game has all the big names, but this time there's simply a lot more than any snooker game gone before. More features, options, game modes and faces to make this the ultimate must have snooker title for any serious fan.
Groundbreaking opponent AI and brand-new motion capture animations provided by Steve Davis offer a realistic look and feel to the proceedings. With over 100 professional Snooker players making it into World Snooker Championship 2005, the game is brimming with snooker stars.
Mode wise players will enjoy a range of new options; additional competitions within the game include a "League of Champions" event that allows winners of the World Championship to pit their skills against former World Champions. Plus there are additional modes such as Bar Billiards and Snooker Plus.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I purchased this after a review in Official Xbox Magazine which rated it as good.
I usually only play the likes of Rainbow Six Three, Halo etc so this I would have been the last game I thought would have enjoyed but I sometimes like to try a different game to see what it is like.
I have never played any of the previous snooker games so this was my first try at this sort of game.
I am astounded how enjoyable it is, without reading the instructions it is so simple to play and get in to.
You can quickly start to get small breaks and you soon realise you can play with as much or little skill as you want, it really has depth.
The graphics are fist class and really looks like you are watching the telly at times.
I am converted to Snooker, a really enjoyable aand easy to get into game that keeps me amused for hours on end.
Give it a go, you may just enjoy it also.
I usually only play the likes of Rainbow Six Three, Halo etc so this I would have been the last game I thought would have enjoyed but I sometimes like to try a different game to see what it is like.
I have never played any of the previous snooker games so this was my first try at this sort of game.
I am astounded how enjoyable it is, without reading the instructions it is so simple to play and get in to.
You can quickly start to get small breaks and you soon realise you can play with as much or little skill as you want, it really has depth.
The graphics are fist class and really looks like you are watching the telly at times.
I am converted to Snooker, a really enjoyable aand easy to get into game that keeps me amused for hours on end.
Give it a go, you may just enjoy it also.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
World Snooker Championship is visually, a great Snooker sim and a really achievement. I have grown up playing a fair amount of Snooker / Pool and have generally enjoyed Snooker sims - Virtua Snooker comes to mind.
When I started up WSC I did what I normally do with a new game - plunge straight into it. I started up the exhibition game and delved straight in. The first thing I noticed was that the aids used in the game don't make the game ludicrously easy as some other games once did, but does allow you to learn the basics of the game reasonable well. The aiming device gives you a broad impression of where the ball is going to go, without being too specific and doesn't give you too much indication where the cue ball is heading.
The revision for this game over the previous years example was the addition of the thumb stick control for power, now I still haven't gotten used to this although I really wish I could as adding this kind of "feel" into the game adds a real dimension of realism that increases both the playability and the enjoyability of the game. However, I found this control to be jerky and all to often either barely moved the cue ball or sent it speeding around the table at speeds more used to an F1 track.
The game itself is tough, and really takes some time to get used to. I found myself drifting off a lot of the time to play the excellent Pool sim side game. I found this really enjoyable and a lot easier to get to grips with. As with real life Pool is an easier game to pick up but no less difficult to master...
Overall this is a quality sim, worthy of your money, but do be aware it takes some commitment to get any good at it, don't expect to be knocking in centuries after a few hours...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is the first X Box snooker game which I have owned, having previously owned PS2 versions.
The graphics are fine and smooth, and the control is excellent. The computer opponents are easier than the PS2 versions but you cannot expect them to be push overs. The game prides itself on realism and so, the difficulty has to be realistic. You are initially ranked 104 in the world and cannot expect an opponent to regularly miss a 6 inch pot. On the PS2 versions I found that one mistake meant essentially end of frame. On the X Box it isn't the case, and you are generally given (against better ranked opponents) more "cracks at the whip" to win the frame. However, there are more qualifying rounds.
Within a few hours I found making 30+ breaks to be fairly frequent. However, practice makes perfect and I would urge you to do the learning section.
One of the "side" games is pool, which is excellent. My only critism here is that one mistake does mean end of frame, but hey, it's a smaller table and much much easier to score.
Overall, an excellent game
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Complaint
Terrible condition, game was completely scratched, didn't work at all. Utter waste of money, extremely disappointed.
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by J. W. D. Fallon
THE BEST !!
This game is so much better then all WSC's latest realeses in so many ways. IT has a more fun feel more honest graphics and most importantly nicer sensitivity e.t.c
Published on 7 July 2009 by Mr. J. J. Dallimore
Good sim
i bought this game quite a while ago...then i took it back to the store and bought another game, then three weeks ago i noticed it in the shop as preowned for only a tenner. Read more
Published on 10 April 2006 by Webz
not really a game
This is, to be honest, one of the best looking games available on the Xbox platform. There is a wealth of detail that leaves the viewer gasping, and the game itself is absorbing. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2006 by N. Martin
Brill
Im not even a Snooker fan but this game is very good. MUST BUY.
Published on 17 May 2005
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