The main problem with Pool Party is the controls, which is the only factor that really matters when you are playing pool.
Power is almost impossible to control. The power meter flies up and down with the most subtle movements.
The ball physics are not even close to real. Wii Play has better ball physics in their billiards game.
Don't worry about bottom english, your cue ball almost stops when it hits other balls.
Left and right english cause the ball to curve wildly rather than causing the cue ball to spin and imparts spin to other balls.
If a ball comes vaguely close to a hole, it drops in. Don't worry about the fact that the ball is going way too fast and should have bounced off and out of the pocket.
Getting an overhead view of the table requires going to a menu and cycling through camera angles.
And, to add insult to injury, when you scratch, it actually gives you the same message it does when a normal ball goes in, as if it were a good thing that you scratched.
The simple fact that this game is unplayable as pool is enough to give it a very poor rating, but the horrid music and the exceedingly annoying background noises that persist when the music is off really hammer home the lowest possible rating.
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