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Brunswick Pro Bowling

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5.4 User Score:

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Based on 11 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Crave Entertainment

Developer: Point of View

Genre(s): Sports, Bowling

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: August 21, 2007

Summary

Real time changing lane conditions for the player to master during the course of a match. Work your way from an amateur to a true professional Brunswick Pro Champion. Authentic Brunswick bowling products to improve your character's performance. Ten different environments to choose from. [Crave]

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What The Critics Said

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Nintendo Power

The game is still fun with a group, and bowling is infinitely more entertaining with a Wii remote than with a standard controller; just don't expect the superior control of Wii Sports Bowling. [Sept 2007, p.86]

DailyGame

Poor presentation and a steep learning curve hinder what would have otherwise been a fun bowling sim.

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GameSpot

Brunswick Pro Bowling proffers dry simulation fare that only a big fan of professional bowling could love.

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Gaming Nexus

Brunswick Pro Bowling had the potential to be one of the best bowling games of all time; it has a deep single-player career mode, good graphics and enough locations to keep you from getting bored. Unfortunately this game is marred by the poor control and unforgiving difficulty level.

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Gaming Age

If you are just a casual fan, however, you may be turned off by the level of difficulty and realism the game provides. I'm happy to see the Brunswick series back, I just wish it was the version I played 10 years ago.

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IGN

Sure, getting another few people around the TV is infinitely more enjoyable than the single-player experience, but figuring out the precise hook patterns to overcome the dynamic lane conditions can be overly intimidating.

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NGamer UK

Whatever nuance there is to swing control is lost in the five-hour bowler animation. [Dec 2007, p.54]

PALGN

Brunswick Pro Bowling could have been an extension of the bowling found in Wii Sports. Unfortunately, by making the game too difficult most players are best left to playing the bowling game that came free with their Wii.

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GameShark

It’s not a good practice to ding a game on what’s not included, however in the case of Brunswick Pro Bowling, there’s so much missing that could make the game better that it’s hard to not think of what could have been.

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Eurogamer

It's too complex for a party game; you try explaining the importance of ball choice and oil patterns to small children or drunk people.

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Official Nintendo Magazine UK

Liked bowling in "Wii Sports"? Well, if you want some decent bowling action on Wii you'll just have to stick with it because Brunswick has no style, character or spirit. Dreadful. [Dec 2007, p.88]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes

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

Cherie C. gave it a7:
Compared to AMC bowling game, this one's pretty good although admittedly not as good as Wii Sports. It tries to simulate real bowling by changing lane conditions, making it more difficult to control the ball. We've enjoyed getting to know this game, you can't master it after only one play making it an enjoyable challenge. As with any game, rent it first. Clearly from the wide range of reviews this game is love it or hate it. We love it.

Colby S. gave it a0:
Very poor game. No ball control. The ball will roll without any movement other than pressing B and dropping arm to start swing. Looking for a refund! Company should be ashamed of putting out such trash.

Kevin J. gave it a9:
Fun Game - not great graphics but honestly, what the junk does it matter. If you want real graphics go bowl in real life.

[Anonymous] gave it a1:
Worse bowling game ever. I will try to return tomorrow. Hopefully AMF Bowling Pinbusters will be better.

Scott F. gave it a2:
They had a great model to base this product on, but they tried to reinvent the wheel and ended up with a brick. Not only did they not improve on some obvious deficiencies in wii sport, but it seems like they took what was good from it and did away with that as well. You can get used to the timing between your approach and the character being off, but I can't tell if anything I do with the wii remote does anything to affect the game play. Game play is boring and slow. I was playing wii sport within an hour of getting home with this game. I've even read some reviews here and decided to give it a second try...same result. SAVE YOURSELF $40.00 go buy yourself a pizza and a DVD (at least that way you will get a guaranteed 2 hours of entertainment).

Chad S. gave it a4:
This game can best be described as a missed opportunity. If they had only implemented the excellent (and approachable) control scheme from Wii Sports Bowling, they would have a great hit on their hands, despite the ugly characters. Instead the Wii control in this game feels very detached and, well... needless. The Wii control is totally out of sync with the bowlers motions, and you don't even know if what you're doing seems to have much of any effect on the bowling. There's no meter for feedback, or anything to help you figure this out either. I was able to bowl a fairly good game just by dropping my arm to my side each time, regardless of what my player was doing. This is a very technical bowling game, which is fine, but you don't even need the Wii controller to play it... in fact, it would control better without it. And that's just a shame, because it could have been so much more than just a controller-based game ported to the Wii with poorly tacked on Wii controls.

Billy gave it a6:
This will be typed in more of a freewrite style sp I hope it's understandable. At first play I hated this game. Hated it. I was in the middle of it and I was pissed at myself for buying a game that I never played before but I also hadn't read any reviews for either. But then something crazy happened, I started playing with someone else and the game started to grow on me. Don't get me wrong, the game is far from perfect but it's not THAT bad. I've gotten use to the controls and can bowl a pretty decent game (high 100s/low 200s) which is good and more realistic than Wii sports bowling where after a couple days I was consistently in the high 200s. The game does have it's flaws though, the animations all around are atrocious, the create a player mode is lacking considerably, and there is one sound effect that is a COMPLETELY different sounding effect when you bowl a strike. Even when pins are bouncing around you will know they will all eventually fall (or won't) based on the sound effect heard once the ball connects with the pins. It's a little annoying but I've gotten over it. And yes, it's not 1:1 but it's easy to get used to. I haven't gotten that far in career mode yet so I cant say how much depth this game has but I like being able to face off against someone even when you're playing by yourself. Overall this game could be worse but it could be a lot better.

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