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Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon

Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon

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Bruce Jenner's Decathlon is a decent sports game from Interactive Magic that will probably be a love-hate affair for most gamers.I was infuriated by the button-mashing (or mouse-mashing, to be more accurate) requirements of the game, but liked the RPG-style athlete creation and development too much to give up. The result is a strangely addictive and quite unique sports game that is not easily written off as just another game that tries to capitalize on the success of an athlete - in this case, decathlon gold medalist in the 1976 Olympics. In BJD, Interactive Magic introduced some of the best features yet seen in an olympics game. First of all, the game features all ten of the events featured in the real thing. In a unique approach, you handle the events in a two day series: the first five events comprise "Day One," while the last five occur on "Day Two." This may seem trivial at first, but it in fact gives the game a subtle level of strategy since your player has only a limited number of "endurance points" which you much ration through each of the five daily events. Use all that endurance too soon, and you won't have enough energy to finish the 1,500-meter race at dusk. Save too much, and you won't have the points to even finish at all. In this way, BJD adds a nice and authentic element of strategy that real-life athletes deal with. The most fun part of the game is "player creation," which is as detailed as some RPGs. You select the name, face, style for certain events, and allocate "skill points" across a number of categories such as sprinting and weight throwing, etc. Similarly, the difficulty level can be customized and fine-tuned by creating exactly the kind of opponents you want in each event. Another cool feature is the "Coach's Office," an archive of lengthy videos starring Bruce Jenner himself who reminisces on the different events and experiences of his career. ........ Description courtesy of http://www.hotud.org
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