What up Undertoads and toadettes, if I haven’t mentioned it yet, I’m a huge fan of gaming
nights with your friends, and this game is right up there in my personal favorites when
it comes to playing with a roomful of people looking for bragging rights.
I am totally in love with games where you partner up with someone and ride out the night
with he or she in a gaming tournament for better or for worse.
And if you’re on my team in this game, its for the better.
This is Summer Heat Beach Volleyball for the PlayStation 2.
During you journey across the country in your Summer Heat U.S. Tour, or simply against a
friend in an exhibition, you’ll find that the movements of the players are one of the
best qualities of the game.
It’s not a real stiff motion, but overall your players handle well when going for a
spike on offense or for a diving save on defense.
Mainly, what I love about this volleyball game is being able to change the direction
of a spike at the last minute while airborne by hitting the triangle button, but watch
it!
If someone expects your change in direction close to the net they can block it, and since
your still somewhat in the air during the block, the timing is perfect for your opponent
since you’re going to be out of position.
In other words, you’re ****!
Music tracks in the game are very appropriate given the beach scene of the game.
You can sit back and just let them play through since they’re mostly all enjoyable.
What I like with the music is they allowed you to pick whatever song you want whenever
you want by hitting pause to change it.
Some of the tracks, however, are really irritating to the point where I have to change the song
immediately!
But if you’re having a gaming night, you can really just hit mute and put on your own
tunes.
I’m not talking down the creators playlist for the game, I’m just saying that a little
Bob Marley suits this game perfectly!
So for now, I guess I have to settle for Sum 41…
The unlockable characters are a little extreme, but hey, as long as its fun I really don’t
care!
My favorite hidden player is the Enigma since he looks like the matrix screen that they
watch in the real world.
But if you’re going to play this with your friends I’d establish first whether or not
a person is allowed to be one of these unlockable characters because if a player on a team plays
as one of these characters and someone on the other team doesn’t, to put it lightly,
the team that simply chose characters that are given to you at the start of the game,
are going to get their asses kicked.
Plain and simple.
The unlocked characters are just too good.
I found that if one person plays as one, everyone should to keep it fair.
If came down to it, I think Incognito could take two people at once.
I mean, her stats are just through the roof!
My friends and I have a rule, if you’re going to be incognito or the Enigma, then
your partner has to be Tia since she straight up sucks!
Sorry, Tia…
And if I haven’t mentioned it yet, I’m all about the bonus mini games.
Just as long as they’re fun obviously.
I mean, if the mini game sucks they why even put it in the game?
Seriously!
I’ve seen mini games that are worth less than an autograph from Corey Feldman.
But that’s not the case here.
This game is a party time game to the fullest!
Not only is the volleyball gameplay sweet, but you can also play three other games as
well.
From my experience, the most fun is the Beach Bowls game, which is actually Bocce ball but
played with beach balls.
It’s a game of determination against your friends to get that damn ball as close to
the jack as you can.
So if you’re a fan of multiplayer games and unlockable content that allows you to
do more than just what the game was intended, then this game was made for you.
So in honor of the design of the Enigma, I’ll wrap this up in Matrix terms, when it comes
to summer heat beach volleyball, without question or hesitation, I recommend that you take the
red pill.