PS2 does motion-sensitive gaming

RealPlay Pool
This pool simonly registers forward/backward motion and elevation, so you can't turn left and right to angle your cue. The elevation feature looks pretty impressive, but doesn't really affect the trajectory of the ball as topspin/screwback are handled with the d-pad on top of the cue. The game itself seems a solid enough simulation and features many variations of pool, along with snooker too. Using the cue to take a gentle shot resulted in a long delay, although when the shot did finally play out, it was accurate enough. Hard shots are pretty instant. We do feel that the cue could be longer, however - we couldn't use it like a real cue because it was too short. Children should be fine, though.

Above: Realplay Pool is a solid enough sim, but the cue seems to be more novelty than necessity

Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.