Gamestyle struggles to recall an Olympic Games title they've enjoyed playing for more than a few hours. They are usually a collection of button mashing, D-Pad jiggling, and finger-aching affairs that are fun while the novelty is there, but once this disappears there's little incentive to replay. There are so many events to include that a scatter-gun approach is taken to them all, and you're left with a shallow game without depth or longevity. With 13 less games to cover than Beijing, Gamestyle hoped that this would lead to a better representation of each discipline, and a more enjoyable game. This is not the case, however, and although Eurocom have chosen to put just over half of the 13 games into Vancouver 2010, most are a disappointment.
PSX Extreme writes: "It seems that every time they try to do a game based on the Olympics, everything falls to pieces. The last attempt – centered on the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing – failed miserably due to ridiculous mechanics, clunky and sometimes impossible control, lackluster technicals and an almost complete lack of pageantry and theatricality. The latter is part of what makes the Olympics great, if we've already forgotten, and while Vancouver 2010 still lacks that, Eurocom made good strides in righting many of the past wrongs."
3djuegos: In an effort to recoup the mediocre Beijing 2008, SEGA revitalizes its Olympic franchise with a much greater Vancouver 2010. We are not in the final title of Olympic sports, but to a very serious leap forward and before a title is not negligible.
Mondoxbox: Vancouver 2010 offers fourteen disciplines including Downhill, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, Skating, Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton. These are playable in four different ways, Olympic Games, Training, Challenges and local and online multiplayer.
