Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game
June 22, 2021
The Olympic Games are back, and this time it&s;s your chance for glory! Whether you play with friends, family, or go for gold on the global leaderboards, this is a party game that anyone can pick up and enjoy! Prepare to unleash the competitor within as you create your athlete, …
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"As one of the better Olympic Video Games, Tokyo 2020 provides a lot of fun whether you prefer playing solo, with a friend, or with folks online. Also, not all of its events may be gold medal worthy but its …"
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20.0
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10.0
"That&s;s really the biggest failing of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - it can&s;t stand up to its own Mario-themed competition. It&s;s difficult to see why anyone with a Nintendo Switch would lean towards this official game over its mascot-filled counterpart. …"
Read original review"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game is comprised of a very watered down collection of minigames that offer just a few fleeting moments of fun. Fans looking for something casual might as well pick up the Mario …"
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65.0
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75.0
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45.0
"I say this is a great game to have in your collection and I&s;d even recommend it for party game night or to just invite an online friend to so friendly competition. Create your own play by play and enjoy …"
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65.0
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80.0
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"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game is fine. It would&s;ve been nice to get some of the events from the Mario &a; Sonic series ported over to make this feel more robust compared to Sega&s;s older Olympics titles, …"
Read original review"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: The Official Video Game doesn’t have a lot going on. Progression boils down to earning points to unlocking costumes, different titles, earning medals, and not much else. That progression can be kind of a slog, though, …"
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70.0
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85.0
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40.0
"With an enjoyable selection of arcade sports minigames, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: Official Video Game is a gold medal effort."
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70.0
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"SEGA tried to give a fresh spin to the classic multievent Olympics game and mostly did. The mix of arcade vibes and quite unusual choices in terms of disciplines works well and the game is fun, but its structure is …"
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70.0
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"This Olympics compilation may be bare bones, but collects its medals by focusing on accessibility and solid gameplay."
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65.0
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68.0
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63.0
"Unfortunately, I would give a higher score to this game had I played it on any other platform. The online component has the potential to make this a wonderful sports addition, with ranked matches following a streaming schedule (mimicking the …"
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45.0
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65.0
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"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 …"
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68.0
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"It&s;s easy to see how a fan of past Olympics games could be put off by Tokyo 2020, but if you&s;re willing to lean into its arcade tendencies, you can have a lot of fun with it. The games are …"
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25.0
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"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is an accessible game with an impressive array of sporting events for all ages to enjoy. While it might not be the deep-dive some are looking for, it serves as an enjoyable title to pick up …"
Read original review"Olyimpic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Videogame doesn&s;t have many sports, but has enough gameplay variety to keep you entertained with the multiplayer, smashing buttons in atletism or playing arcade versions of football, basketball or baseball. If you&s;re playing …"
Read original review"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: The official video game does its homework half-heartedly: it deprives us of some essential Olympic sports and others do not have the necessary quality."
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"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 …"
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"The variety of disciplines is good enough for all of us to find more than one option that we like, and some like table tennis or judo have advanced controls that will take us quite a few hours to master …"
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"While the games were delayed by the global pandemic, now that the summer games are coming (well, perhaps not given the situation in Japan, but stick with me) there must be an inevitable video game form of the events..."
Read original review"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. …"
Read original review"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games fails to revive the glories of the multi-event classics of the past. The development team&s;s surprising choice in disciplines didn&s;t pay off, with so many events lacking in appeal and quickly becoming boring. There are definitely …"
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70.0
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"Although not the deepest diving pool, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is still entertaining enough to splash around in for a while. Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is considerably better than just a cash grab game tied to a singular cultural event, …"
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35.0
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"Comparing Tokyo 2020 to Mario &a; Sonic is not only unavoidable, it&s;s also just weird. Mario &a; Sonic released in November 2019, and while Tokyo 2020 was always going to release a little later it was delayed a full year …"
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"Fun at face-value with significant underlying depth, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game bursts off the blocks at lightning speed and doesn&s;t break stride, pushing for gold and delivering a fun experience along the way. With clean …"
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"As everyone knows, I love Japan. I&s;m also a die hard fan of the Olympics, and a person that sets up four or five screens as the Olympics runs in order to watch as many different events as possible. I&s;ve …"
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"Tokyo 2020 is one of the worst Olympic video games."
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"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is a mixture of sports events, some are fun and some are disappointing, but the competition with friends was somewhat fun, in my opinion, SEGA could have possibly done something better."
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"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is a good game that features a variety of good-to-decent events and a wonderful ability to play alongside friends. The inconsistency of the game&s;s design with controls and the difficulty arc that spikes hurt the game …"
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"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game is a collection of sport games that perfectly capture the essence of the old Track ‘n Field series, mixed with the easygoing sport games from 20 years ago. The game is not …"
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"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."
Read original review"We loved SEGA&s;s Olympic proposal: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The official video game is fun and enjoyable to play. We would have liked some more discipline and above all some whole new game modes (maybe a "historical" to relive some …"
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"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game is a good game for partying or co-op fun, but loners can quickly get bored with it."
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"In an era where arcade titles are few and far between, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game serves as a reminder that SEGA is still the champion of effervescent sports games. A varied selection of events, each with …"
Read original review"Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 goes for a family-friendly approach that works, but can&s;t compete with the fun of the Mario &a; Sonic titles."
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"All things considered, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is a great sports game but only a decent Olympics game. Nearly all of the 20 (or is it 16?) events offer an enjoyable enough time and only a few are bogged down …"
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