World Snooker Championship 2005 (video game)

World Championship Snooker 2005
The PlayStation 2 release box art
Developer(s) Blade Interactive
Publisher(s) Sega
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Series World Snooker Championship
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PSP, PS3
Release
Genre(s) Sport simulation, snooker, Pool
Mode(s) Single-player, Multi-player

World Snooker Championship 2005 (Or, "WSC" 2005) is a sport simulation video game, released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC on Apr 15, 2005, and in September, 2005 for PSP.[2][lower-alpha 1] The game was also later released for the PlayStation 3 on July 25, 2012.[2] The game was the fifth entry of the World Snooker Championship video games series, which would run until 2011, and the first game to be named after the World Snooker Championship, changed from the World Championship Snooker series. The game featured player likenesses from the real world, including Stephen Hendry, Paul Hunter and Ronnie O'Sullivan.[3]

The game was developed by Blade Interactive and published by Sega and World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[4] It was followed by World Snooker Championship: Season 2007-08 in 2006.[5]

Overview

The Pool mode from WSC 2005, displaying an altered sized table

WSC2005 was the first game in the series to use the official World Snooker Championship moniker for the game. The game featured modes similar to the previous entry in the series, with a career mode, tournament mode, and online modes, as well as quickplay and training modes.[6] The game also features an unlockable "League of Champions" which allows you to replay past real-life events. The game featured additional modes to previous releases, with options to play games such as bar billiards.[6] WSC05 would feature a later PlayStation 3 release 7 years after it originally released as a part of the PlayStation Classics collection. The PSP version[lower-alpha 1] would be the first mobile release for the series.

Paul Hunter would feature on the game's cover, but would be diagnosed with cancer before the game's release,[7] but would continue to play the sport.[7] Hunter would die in 2006, from neuroendocrine tumours in the lining of his stomach.[8][9] With later releases of the game by Sold-out Software, his image and likeness remained on the cover and in the game but with a tribute on the back of the box "Paul Hunter 1978 - 2006".[10]

After meeting certain requirements, videos of real-life shots are played, showing professional players performing the same shots.[4] In "Free Play" mode, other variables can be edited, such as number of reds on the table, and even the dimensions of the table itself.[4]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankingsPS2:68%[1]
PC:64%[11]
xBox:75%[12]
PSP:75%[13]
Review score
PublicationScore
Eurogamerxbox:8/10[4]
PSP:6/10[14]

The game received mixed reviews by critics. Video game aggregator website GameRankings stated that reviewers were particularly happy with the Xbox version, soring 75%,[12] and also scored the game at 68% for the PlayStation 2 release.[1] However, they were also less pleased with the PC release (Similar to previous releases), scoring the game at only 64%.[11] For the first time, WSC05 saw a handheld release, and scored well at 75%, higher than the PlayStation 2 reviews.[13]

EuroGamer scored the console version highly with a 8/10 score, saying "it's a snooker game that gets pretty much everything spot on."[4] But would later rate the PSP version lower at 6/10.[14]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The PSP release was known as "World Snooker Challenge"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Championship Snooker 2005 for PS2 - GameRankings". GameRankings. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "World Snooker Championship 2005 Release info". MobyGames. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Calvert, Justin (March 18, 2004). "Codemasters announces World Championship Snooker 2004". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Bradwell, Tom. "World Snooker Championship 2005 (As good and complete a snooker game as we can recall. Cue debate)". EuroGamer. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ "World Championship Snooker series". MobyGames. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "World Snooker Challenge Review". Video Gamer. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Hunter has cancer but vows to play in Sheffield". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ Gray, Sadie (11 October 2006). "Paul Hunter". The Times. London. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "White pays tribute to Hunter". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "World Snooker Championship". Giant Bomb. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "World Championship Snooker 2005 for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "World Championship Snooker 2005 for xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  13. 1 2 "World Championship Snooker 2005 for PSP". GameRankings. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  14. 1 2 Bramwell, Tony. "World Snooker Challenge (You don't even have to find somewhere to balance your pint.)". EuroGamer. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
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