Games
Sony
Microsoft
Nintendo
Other Platforms
Upcoming &
Recent Releases
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed games.
World Poker Tour
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 3 votes
Read user comments
Rate this game >
Game Info
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Coresoft Games
Genre(s): Card Games
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Summary
Exclusive World Poker Tour Presentation - Including real WPT venues such as Commerce Casino and the Aviation Club, broadcast style overlays and commentary featuring Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. Compete against the virtual equivalents of Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, Lyle Berman, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi, and Phil "Unabomber" Laak, that play each situation just like their real-life counterparts. Go "all in" against players across the country with WPT's robust online functionality. Compete in tournaments, set up poker nights with your friends, manage buddy lists, and chat. Improve your poker playing skills by utilizing in-game tutorials and an in-depth stat tracking system that outlines your playing tendencies in numerous situations. Create a player, launch a career, and strive to become a WPT World Champion as you build your character's experience and boost your career earnings by competing in multiple game modes including Quick Play, Satellite Tour Play and WPT Season Play. Flaunt your success by using your earnings to deck out your player with hundreds of accessories. Create custom poker games by setting rules and limits with the poker game editor, or choose from 14 different community poker games including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Pineapple, Double Flop Hold'em, Super Hold'em, Billabong, Tahoe and Shanghai. [2K Games]
Also On The Web: Official Website
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...
Operation Sports
If you have great group of online buddies or real-world friends who are on Xbox Live, this game is the next best thing to the Friday night poker-fest in your pal’s basement.
Read Full Review >Next Level Gaming
"WSOP" has a better Career mode than this game, and faster gameplay. But WPT has a better online mode, and slightly better computer AI.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
Fortunately you can also go online and play against humans in what is definitely one of the Xbox's better poker offerings. [Holiday 2005, p.73]
Console Gameworld
A great entry point for fans of the sport and those looking to learn the ropes. At a bargain price of $20, it’s worth checking out.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Currently the best poker game currently in the market, but I would still hold out for something better (Hopefully "Stacked").
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The addition of the WPT license has given the game a level of focus and direction that the developer's previous effort lacked.
Read Full Review >IGN
World Poker Tour isn't a huge step above "World Championship Poker," but the career mode is at least more engaging and the AI is less aggravating. The multiplayer game also doesn't appear to be as broken, though it's still clunky.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
Despite the amount of complaints on the table, I still think World Poker Tour should be given a chance if you plan to take it online, because as far as I know, this is the only poker videogame that offers such an extensive online mode.
Read Full Review >TeamXbox
The online options are a worthy addition, but the game’s sound and graphical abilities are severely lacking even if some of the presentation is borrowed from the television series.
Read Full Review >Computer and Video Games
But if you don't have Live, World Poker Tour is little more than a glorified game of cards against the computer. It does put a lot of effort into catering for the single player, with a full career mode and several real-life players to challenge, but it won't take long for any half-decent player to figure out how to exploit the somewhat basic AI. [Official UK Xbox Magazine]
Read Full Review >DarkStation
This budget game serves up some basic and ordinary poker action, with decent Xbox Live support.
Read Full Review >GamerFeed
Something could've been done to spice up the presentation, and the AI could've used tightening to the point that it could barely breathe.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
Large improvements need to be made to the AI to make the game challenging and enjoyable, and more time needs to be spent on improving the character models and announcing work.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
Comparing World Poker Tour to "World Series of Poker" is like asking if you’d rather be short & fat or ugly & stupid. The generally competent A.I. and career mode make this one the better choice, but your best bet is to leave both flops on the table and find a new game altogether.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
If this whole review sounds a little down on what appears to be a competent video poker game, it’s because in this reviewer’s opinion, World Poker Tour is missing the two key ingredients in any good poker game. Money and intimacy.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
All in all, WPT is not a bad title, but $20 can get you into a couple of real tournaments online. Tournaments where you could actually make money.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Blue Falcon gave it a6:
I was expecting a lot better, but this is maybe the best poker game on xbox. It's strange how the graphics are so poor in all poker games when they only have to make a bunch of people sitting around a table, relatively motionless. This game has some of the ugliest player models and animations i've seen in any xbox game. If it didn't have the theme of one of my favorite shows, it would be a throw away game.
Herb R. gave it a9:
Great Poker, best one so far. Graphics are hot and the AI is really very very good. Get this one !
