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World Snooker Championship 2007 (PS3) | 
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| From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5743
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: billiard-and-pool-games
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.5
EAN: 5060004768929
ASIN: B000GM2XPM
Release Date: March 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Although it's hard to make snooker seem terribly sexy (Sega try their best by making everyone on the box cover scowl like they're in a Steven Segal movie) the fact is it has an enormous fan base and it actually works really well as a video game. As with any yearly update this isn't massively different to the last game in the series: it features plenty of celebrity snooker players, (rubbish) commentary from John Parrot and John Virgo, plenty of game modes and online play on the Xbox. Although there is a tutorial mode, the game is intuitive enough for you to pick and play from the off, especially if you start the career mode and begin to slowly work your way up the ranks with your own custom character. The biggest challenge in the game though is having the will power to turn off all the control assists which initially help to make the game so easy to play. A new cue ball position zone marker makes things a lot easier than previous games, as does helpful aiming arrows indicating when and how hard you should hit a ball. Lining up shots still isn't quite as easy as it should be though and altering the strength of the shot on the right analogue stick also feels less accurate than it should do. There are a few bugs and glitches too, particularly around foul balls. Graphically the game won't win any awards, with poor animation and zombie like players, but that's really not what the game is about. Until next year at least this is the best, and only, next gen snooker game around.
HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 plays just like the real thing!! July 31, 2008
jlh (london)
the best snooker/pool game available on console so far in my view-the game looks and plays just like the real thing-not one,but two full career modes-full snooker and full pool tours to enjoy-high definition cueing has finally arrived!!
 world championship snooker 2007 PS3 July 25, 2008
Anthony Toohey (ireland)
just brought the game good game i've played most of the snooker games from the first ever snooker game on the ps1 the controls are nearly the same the graphics are cool (better than the ps1) well of course. one of the guys commented about missing a shot an you lose the frame thats what make's the game great when you see snooker matches on tv someone makes a mistake an 9/10 the game/frame is over. The only reason i didn't give this top marks is the commentary is a bit poor.
PS3 VERSION AND 360 VERSIONS ARE IDENTICALLY ANNOYING.. January 1, 2008
Tony Munchtuna (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ok lets chalk are cues :) World Snooker Championship is effectively two games in one, these days,thanks to the American audience's apparent aversion to the sombre and gentlemanly world of snooker, the pool championships (in all their many forms) have been built up over the years to the point where they are now more numerous and just as comprehensive as the snooker tournaments. Good news for pool players, I suppose, but as a snooker fan it just looks like more and more versions of the exact same thing to me, a pattern that has arguably come to define sports games these days. In most cases (snooker's in particular), we've been making them long enough now to have perfected the mechanics of the particular sport. For official licences, progress now lies in making them look and feel as authentic as they play.
Just like the last instalment, WCS2007 plays about as authentically as you could wish of a snooker game. New players can rely on the selection of tutorials to introduce them to the importance of spin and cue elevation, but anyone with a decent knowledge of a real-life snooker table can expect to jump right into the competitions. The career mode takes your customised protagonist through an enormous selection of tournaments and qualifiers before allowing him a crack at the World Championship itself. There is satisfying depth to the gameplay, and though the positional and directional indicators might seem a little over generous to more experienced players, they can be turned off. The computer players are well weighted, but still represent a challenge in even the most insignificant of qualifying matches, mistakes are harshly punished, and although the game can feel unfair at times, it's never any worse than real life snooker so take that into consideration and you wont be to disheartened by receiving a thrasing and trust me you will...
The indicators make things rather easy for non-beginners, unfortunately the only options are on or off, with no graded assists.
Accomplished though it is, however, WCS2007's simulation of pool and snooker is hardly an advancement over its predecessors' - the differences here are minimal, the chief ones being Xbox Live play (which requires a lot of patience) and the Golden Cue and Hybrid tournaments, which allow you to mix and match different cue sports over the course of a single tournament. But then, the series' core gameplay didn't need fixing. As with almost any sports franchise, you'd expect the chief improvements to lie in the presentation. It's here that WCS2007 is genuinely flawed,this would have looked dated three years ago. Its sombre presentation is appealing and befits the sport, but the confusing and unhelpful menu system and stiff, slightly frightening player models are very, very out of date, as is the repetitive commentary. Almost every annoyance can be turned off in the depths of some options menu or another, but even so the lack of polish is disappointing.
Really not up to standard, is it. The players' grimaces and celebratory smiles are near-indistinguishable from each other.
Especially in comparison with its sports-game contemporaries, this apparent laziness sours the experience of playing WSC2007. You'd expect the tables and balls, at least, to look nice and shiny and realistic, but the entire play environment is fuzzy and generally has the air of a cheapish 2003 PC game. The ambient noise is horrible, bad quality, tinny chuntering from the audience, which runs on a very short loop, as does the commentary - I'm used to jarringly general comments in sports games, but Blade could have recorded more than five of them. The menu system is the only thing about this game that's pretty, and it's extremely confusing - it took about ten minutes to figure out how to start a two player game. If you're a fan of snooker, and anyone who buys this almost certainly will be - it's extremely disappointing to see the game's 32 licensed pro players cueing the ball like someone's drunken old fart down your local pub, thanks to the poor motion-capture which trust me is truly awful, and hearing John Virgo say, "He's not left himself a lot of options here," for the sixteenth time in twenty minutes would lessen anyone's affection for the sport.
World Snooker Championship 2007 is a competent and comprehensive simulation of the actual sport, but there is no flair in its gameplay or presentation. It's snooker (and pool, and billiards) by numbers, with none of the realistic-looking players or visual authenticity or visible effort of its golf, table tennis or basketball compatriots on the Xbox 360. Really, we have now reached the stage where sports games should attempt to deliver as effectively in the presentation area as they do elsewhere, and this series appears to be making absolutely no progress on that front (or any other front, for that matter). WCS2007 is, as ever, a reliable a bet for snooker fans, and the Xbox 360's only realistic snooker simulation - next time, though, we expect a more up-to-date experience..
Hope this helps boys and girls... and if your thinking why is it im reviewing a 360game instead of a ps3 one is because i own both consoles and have played both and both are identical..
 Freeze! December 25, 2007
W. Slack
The graphics on the game, and the game itself are quite impressive but the game lets itself down in one way; it regularly freezes the whole console when trying to load a frame or rack. The only way to resolve this is to switch the whole thing off. Really, really irritating and not at all healthy I'm sure as far as the longevity of the console is concerned. I absolutely would not buy this game on that basis alone. Spend your money elsewhere.
 Great two-player game, but not perfect by any stretch... December 2, 2007
Touring Mars (London, UK)
This game does mostly what it says on the tin, but the graphics and sound are not great for a PS3 game. However, it's strength lies in multi-player mode, and it makes for a great 'jump right in' two-player game that anyone can pick up quickly, with easy to use controls. I haven't played it online yet, but the possibilities of playing real people is a plus point in a game where the AI can be challenging. You need to play through Championship Mode to open up venues, players, and other game modes, which is a bit of a daunting task having played a full 'season' in the Snooker tour without reaching a single tournament yet. However, as you win games, you get more skill points to develop your character in specific areas, like Potting, Positioning, Trick Shots etc.
Although the gameplay is realistic and challenging, the game isn't quite up to scratch in a few other respects. The incessant garble coming from the 'commentary box' makes me want to hunt down the real John Virgo and break a snooker cue over his head - fortunately, you can turn him off!. Also, the quiet murmur of the crowd sounds unrealistic and seems to disappear altogether when you take a shot. Visually the game is quite disappointing too. The aim guides are not particularly accurate and you can't get a proper 'behind the ball' view for most long shots where you need the view the most. This makes learning the game a bit trickier. One plus point is that you can create your own character and there is a detailed character editor. Unfortunately, the players just don't look that realistic when they are playing, and some of the facial expressions after a good shot or a bad miss are somewhat weird - although the idea was a good one...
All in, it's not the best game for dazzling graphics and action-packed gameplay - but it does offer a realistic snooker, pool and billiards simulation. As a two-player game, it's as addictive as anything and countless hours of fun.
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