Big Beach Sports 2 for Wii Reviews by Gamers

I was disappointed with this game.

The controls for the games really don't take much advantage of the Wii remotes. For example, the disc golf game has you position the disc at the angle that you want to throw it at and then press B to lock it in place. So there is no reason to be careful of how the remote comes around as you "throw" the disc. It only measures power and release point after that. While this may be good for small children who can't keep the remote steady while they swing it, it makes it way to easy and boring for the rest of us. Nor does it give the game any sense of actually throwing a disc.

There are also two games that are driving like games, one is dune buggies and the other is wave-runners. They are basically the same game in different places. And while you do get to steer with the remote, the steering is plagued by unresponsiveness for the first 45 degrees or so followed by over-responsiveness after that. The effect is that you don't turn, don't turn, whoa turned 90 degrees and can't straighten out now.

Then there is the rugby game. The game is zoomed out so far that you can't hardly tell what is going on on the field. Nor do they give you very good instructions on how to play the game, making it almost impossible to win while figuring it out, then way too easy to win once you do start to grasp the rules.

The final downside to the game is that you don't get to use your own Mii characters. There are about 10 characters that you can choose from that are fairly well drawn, but since this is just a collection of mini-games, it would be much more fun to use your own.

In the end, the game was so bad that I couldn't bring myself to even try some of the games and blocked some of the others from my memory to stave off the nightmares. While some controls will be easier for young kids to use, others are so difficult and touchy that they will just get frustrated at them. I'm afraid I have to say "don't even bother renting" on this one.