Beijing 2008
Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event and represent your country as you compete for the highest honor - the Gold.
Beijing 2008 is a sport developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software, released 26 June 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Beijing 2008 is
Beijing 2008 is a sport game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software and released in 2008. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game delivers a far more entertaining and immersive Olympic experience with superior graphics capturing the fine emotional detail of each event where a fraction of a second means the difference between winning and losing. With brand new gameplay mechanics challenging your time, speed, and coordination, you will strive to break records alone or with up to seven friends online as you lead your team to victory in 38 authentic Olympic events.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Beijing 2008 holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or Equivalent, 1 GB of RAM and 6600 Nvidia graphics card or ATI equivalent with support for Pixel Shader 3. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Beijing 2008 launched on 26 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Battlefield: Bad Company and Secret Agent Clank. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Battlefield: Bad Company, Secret Agent Clank.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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