Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game Reviews
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With an enjoyable selection of arcade sports minigames, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: Official Video Game is a gold medal effort.
An extremely entertaining handful of sports themed mini games with just a few duffers to be found amongst their number, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game distils the longest running athletic spectacle on the planet into a great party game with charming visuals and immediate accessibility. Right now, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game is one of the better party games of the year.
Republished on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021: It’s been nearly two years since we first reviewed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game, and a lot has happened since then. SEGA’s decision to release this tie-in title several months prior to the intended start of the event in host nation Japan always struck us as strange, but seeing as the summer games are still yet to take place it feels even weirder. Of course, the Japanese publisher could never have predicted that a global pandemic would delay the athletic fiesta by 12 months.
It would have been nice to see some form of career or story mode – the Olympics also being all about telling great stories of athletics – but given the budgetary constraints that Tokyo 2020 was likely developed under, the focus on simply getting the events right is probably the right decision. I also would have liked to see the developers take the opportunity to teach audiences a little about Japan, given that one of the big benefits of the Olympics is that it exports the host nation’s culture, and this year around the game developer and the culture come from the same nation. But, given…
The Olympic Games are about to kick off so let's enjoy some virtual events in the meantime with The Official Tokyo 2020 Video Game.
Summer Olympics Tokyo 2020 is fun with a group of friends and family, but there is very little reason to pick up the controller if you are going to be playing alone. Fun customization options allow a great deal of weirdness, and the wide variety of minigames offer breezy fun without a ton of depth. Lower your expectations, invite some buddies over, and you'll likely have a good time.
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game is fun, especially when played with a friend. While some events aren’t as engaging as others, there’s enough variety here that everyone will find something they can enjoy or excel at. The huge range of outfits available to unlock gives completionists a reason to keep going back, but most players will find this best enjoyed in short bursts.
Taken for what it is, Tokyo 2020 works well enough to carve a niche for itself as a surprisingly fun and easy to pick-up multiplayer game for families and parties.
A fun-filled sports action game where you can create your own avatar and compete in Olympic Games events with people around the world.
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game, like most titles focusing on so many completely different gameplay loops and styles, falls short on truly delivering in any of them. The sheer variety of the twenty different sports presented, the rush of adrenaline of some of the shorter modes, solid online performance, and good presentation makes it a pleasant enough title for fans of the world’s most famous torch. On the other hand, many of the sports at players’ disposal feel rushed, unpolished, and frankly not very fun, making me feel that the developers should have focused on perfecting fewer sports, rather than delivering so many half-baked ones. In short, quantity won over quality.
This Olympics compilation may be bare bones, but collects its medals by focusing on accessibility and solid gameplay.
If you’ve got a friend or two — or the itch to take this thing online — you’re still bound to have fun, but I doubt it’ll keep most folks interested for very long.
Comparing Tokyo 2020 to Mario & Sonic is not only unavoidable, it’s also just weird. Mario & Sonic released in November 2019, and while Tokyo 2020 was always going to release a little later it was delayed a full year due to the real life Olympics being postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than a year and half gap between the two video games, it’s bizarre that the one that had so much longer to be worked on ends up feeling more rushed and lacking in comparison to its counterpart. Tokyo 2020 would be tough to recommend on its own merits, but placed next to Mario & Sonic…