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World Snooker Championship 2005

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World Snooker Championship 2005
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5.4 User Score:

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Based on 11 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Sega Europe

Developer: Blade Interactive

Genre(s): Sports, Billiards

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)

Release Date: April 15, 2005

Summary

(Currently available in the UK/EU only) World Snooker Championship 2005 features all of the top 96 players in the world, perfectly recreated in great detail, each with completely different playing styles which will make every game a different experience. Play in the Tour exactly as it is played in real life. Through proper qualifying events to the finals of all the major tournaments including the new China Open. Win the World Championship and unlock the new Champions’ Trophy and play some of the most famous World Champions in history such as Ray Reardon and Fred Davis. If you fancy a break from snooker try one of the new games such as Bar Billiards, Billiards, Snooker Plus as well as 8 and 9 Ball Pool, and get some friends together and play Doubles with up to 4 players. Online play is also much improved with online rankings on all formats and a new Sportsmanship rating system to stop cheating and make the games fairer. [Blade Interactive]

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

92

IC-Games

Personally the differences between the older Codemasters version and the new Sega version are not enough to warrant the extra price tag.

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84

BBC Sport

As close as you can get to playing the real thing, it's an excellent game and the graphics and animations are superb. But, it requires a lot of playing time to succeed at the highest level and this may put a few people off.

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80

Sydney Morning Herald

Beginners are assisted by simple controls and cueing aids, although it can be frustrating when opponents pounce on a mistake to clean up the table.

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77

Jolt Online Gaming UK

WSC 2005 is an updated version of last year’s WSC 2004, and if you do own the previous version, then I’m not really sure that this year’s outing brings anything especially new to the table (sorry) for casual fans, but what it does offer is an entertaining snooker game with a variety of play modes.

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70

AltGaming

It’s fluid and entertaining to play, and feels scarily realistic at times. Like in real life, perfecting the game takes some time.

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60

Gamers Europe

Those who have little to no interest in snooker won’t be converted, and even fans will probably wish the game had a little more luck built into its structure.

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60

RewiredMind

I can't recommend this year's edition over last year's, because in my opinion, last year's is smoother and simply more fun to play.

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60

Thunderbolt

It may not be the fastest or most attractive game around, but in terms of accuracy and coverage of snooker, you won't find better.

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50

AceGamez

Well, the developer forgot to put any of that all-important spin on the ball, or never took a risk and tilted the cue. It's a shame really.

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50

Loaded Inc

Perhaps the next generation of consoles will be graced with an innovative, graphically smooth and easy-to-engage-with snooker sim. For those of us stuck in PS2-land, however, we are left with another stultifyingly slow round of digital-snooker.

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50

Pelaaja (Finland)

In its genre, World Snooker Championship 2005 is a quality product. It’s only real problem is, that snooker just does not translate into a videogame. With the same money, you could play for hours at the local pool house for real. [June 2005, p.63]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jem gave it a9:
As close as snooker gets, without having a huge table in your games room.

Michael R. gave it a9:
Very good game.best snooker game i have played.the best thing is u can play pool and other games cheers michael.

Tom L. gave it a10:
It's a great game and not only snooker fans like my self will enjoy it but everyone will.

Shane D. gave it an8:
No way, its a lot more smoother, better graphics, and gameplay, just compltely better, what the hell you on , 2005>2004!!!!

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