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Pool Paradise
GameCube
Released On: Jun 28, 2004
76
User Score
Mixed or Average
6.3
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
15 Reviews
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21% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
76
79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
21% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
There are other pool games out there but frankly there isn't one that is better - or as much fun.
Beyond the tropical setting and mini-games, you get a very solid digital replication of everyone’s favorite indoor activity, minus the booze and hustlers of course. A solid offering that will delight billiards fans for a few months.
Despite the oddities, the lackluster graphics, and the moronic character design, Pool Paradise is simply a great pool game that doesn’t disappoint.
The challenges offered in terms of beating your opponents were well tapered; the more you play the better you get and winning some dosh and opening the sub games, which were equally enjoyable, really topped the experience.
Its puzzlingly addictive nature simply cannot be reasoned with, yet at the same time, it helps solidify the game as one of the best games of pool to come out on a console platform in many years.
The novelty tables (L-shapes, triangular, etc.) aren't mental enough. The closest thing is the slippery ice hockey table. They built an amazing pool simulation, but surely the next step was to subvert that with crazy game stuff?
The controls are unwieldy, requiring you to go through individual steps to select a target ball, choose a target pocket and aim the shot, but it becomes easier with practice. [June 2004, p.121]
User Score
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Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
25% Positive
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Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
25% Positive
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75% Mixed
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Summary You arrive penniless on an idyllic South Pacific Desert Island, as it just so happens scattered around the beach an in varous huts (and some hidden locations) there are a variety of Pool tables and sub games to pass the time. On the beach sheltered under the palm trees there is a practice table where you can enhance your skills and what ...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 2
- Xbox
- GameCube
Initial Release Date: Jun 28, 2004
Developer:
- Awesome Developments
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
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