WOW! is this my Saturn? or do i have an Arcade board hooked to my TV?! my
first impression on this game by watching the Demo was......This blow
Track and Field on the Playstation to bits and pieces! don't get me
wrong, i'm not saying that T&F is no good. T & F is one is one the best
games on the Playstation in my opinion, and this happens to be better!
GRAPHICS: I swear that the characters in this game have better
texure-mapping and more polygons than Virtua Fighter 2!!!!! the
characters move at 60 fps in high resolution. If this is what the Saturn
can accomplish in graphics....i can't wait to see what it holds for us in
the future! If the characters in VF3 Saturn look at least as good as the
characters in Decathelete, i will be one helluva HAPPY person! not to
mention that the Stadium has "Sega Sport" written everywhere on the floor
which looks beautifull.
Lemme add and say that the characters in Decathelete flex their muscles
and jump around(warming up) before the even starts! :) In case you didn't
know, in the arcades Decathelete uses Sega's ST-V Titan board which is
Sega Saturn compatible. I also heard that this game is done by AM3, but
there is no sign of them anywhere! anyhow, this game is flawless in the
Graphic department.
SOUND: The music and sound FX are very well done! do i hear the japanese
guy say "Kuso"? BTW, i love the announcers voice!
PLAYABILITY: As an Athletic game, i'm sure everybody knows how this games
works, the faster you tap the buttons, the faster you're character will
run. You compete in 10 athletic events, and they are...
- 100-METER DASH
- LONG-JUMP
- SHOT PUT
- HIGH JUMP
- 400-METER RACE
- 110 METER RACE
- DISCUS THROW
- POLE VAULT
- JAVELIN THROW
- 1500-METER RACE
For some reason i feel that taping the buttons in this game is less
tiresome than in Track and Field, i dunno, it could be the the
controller! anyway, Decathelete and T&F are both great games that are a
must buy if you're a sports fan. Oh guys.....you should check the afro
hair style on the british guy, i dig it soooooooo much!
This game also supports 2 players, which really gives it a great reply
value, it's one of those games that you play over and over with friends
till you drop! like i did oops i forgot, after choosing an event, you
get prompted to a screen that shows you how to play the game, that's
which button to use, and how it works(like in the neo geo games)! i
personally think that this is a great feature, since in T&F you have to
read the instruction in the manual on the hard events like the discuss
and the pole vault on when you should press a button and let go of it.
LOADING: huh? no such thing! it takes a couple of seconds to start the
game up(when you insert the CD), after that everything seems to load so
fast, it's almost like playing it froma cartridge.
OTHERS: As a bigginer in reading japanese, i didn't have a hard time
reading some of the options, such as Arcade mode, Sound more......and so
on, the only thing was those nasty Kanji's that kept on getting in the
way, yet; i still figured them out! :P. If you don't know how to read
japanese the game won't give you a hard time, the only time you get
japanese text is when you start the game(choosing the mode), but after
that, everything is in english, the announcer talks in english too!
What are you waiting for?! go get this game now! and it's not expensive
compared to other imports, it's only *$56* from Tronix! :) HURRY UP! but
then again i hear that the american version will be out in two weeks!
it's you're choice.
Graphics................9/10 (need i say more! it's VF2 in Atlanta! )
Sound......................8.5/10 (the announcer again! !)
Controll.......................10/10 (the controll is right on the spot)
Reply value...................9/10 (great with two players)
Overall...........................9.1\10