Ben Dutka from PSXextreme.com writes: Let's face it: just about every last video game based on the Olympics is absolutely dreadful. The best they've ever been able to accomplish is "mediocre," but the most recent effort - Beijing 2008 - was atrocious. Overall, these titles just aren't up to snuff and I've always believed it's because the developers have to realistically recreate dozens upon dozens of events; after all, some designers spend years just trying to get one sport down pat. But the other trait that always seems to be missing is the inclusion of immersion and intensity, as I've never really felt even the tiniest shred of the excitement and adrenaline an Olympic athlete must feel when he or she competes on the world's biggest stage. However, all this being said, it appears that Eurocom may have identified such shortcomings and as a direct result will deliver the very first quality, worthwhile Olympics-based video game in the form of Vancouver 2010: The Official Video Game Of the Olympic Winter Games. Yeah, that title is way too long so for the sake of brevity, we'll just shorten up that name for this preview, m'kay?
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.
