Virtua Athlete 2K | |
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Developer(s) | Hitmaker |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Director(s) | Shinichi Ogasawara |
Platform(s) | Dreamcast, Arcade game, PlayStation 2 |
Release | |
Genre(s) | sports game |
Virtua Athlete 2K (バーチャ アスリート 2K, Bācha Asurīto 2K), known as Virtua Athlete 2000 in North America, is a Sega Dreamcast track and field sports game developed by Hitmaker. The 2002 arcade game Virtua Athlete is based on the Dreamcast version. Virtua Athlete 2K supports up to four local players simultaneously as to compete for the top score through all seven of its events. The game was combined with other Sega track and field games and was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan as DecAthlete Collection.[2] It was included along with DecAthlete and Winter Heat in volume 15 of the Sega Ages series.
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 61/100[3] |
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | [4] |
Edge | 5/10[5] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5.67/10[6] |
Eurogamer | 3/10[7] |
Famitsu | 31/40[8] |
Game Informer | 7/10[10] |
GameFan | 68%[9] |
GamePro | [11] |
GameSpot | 7.7/10[12] |
IGN | (JP) 5.9/10[13] (US) 4/10[1] |
Next Generation | [14] |
Kevin Rice reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "Already limited by only having seven events, this game falls flat on the Olympic track with frustrating controls and disappointing gameplay."[14]
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40.[8]
An IGN review published following the game's release in North America read, "Best described as an interactive movie about the Olympics, Virtua Athlete is as basic a game as you can get [...] It's just too bad that the game play doesn't match their respective graphical accomplishment."[1]