Vancouver 2010

[AWPC]

Vancouver 2010
http://www.olympicvideogames.com/vancouver2010/

Very good winter sports game. Only 14 events but plenty to do & you can play any events at any time. You only need to unlock the challenge events in order. Game also allows you to practice forever & as the loading times are never more than a few seconds its very easy to get into. Takes up around 3.3GB HD space & any PC from the last 4 years will easily run it max everything @ 60FPS. Obviously it plays best with a 360 gamepad!! Also has a up to 4 player MP mode as well as local 4 player mode & can be played either over a LAN or GFWL if you want to earn Achievements & go onto the Leaderboards.

For the price its a solid offering & definately the best winter olympic game ever made. Graphics are pretty good in places for this type of game. It only cost me £19.85 delivered which is a bargain for the gameplay on offer I would not pay anymore for it (RRP is £29.99) & think that just under £20 is a pretty fair price.

More screenshots here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15742139#post15742139

 

[AWPC]

What sort of hardware does it need.

No CPU or GPU from the last 4 years would have trouble running it at all on max everything. As the game is only 14 events & high polygon count they can make it look better than usual for sports games because the locations & game setting are not the usual open space FPS level so they can increase the detail without any FPS issues.

You can also buy it digitally from MS now for only £24.99 (you may strugle to find the retail version much cheaper now as usually they do the preoders cheap then when they sell out its back to normal RRP until they decide to reduce the price again).

http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/games/pages/vancouver2010.aspx