![]() Should you find that the career is becoming a bit too much of a tedium bringer, then these do suffice.įor those few good things though, much of Spike Volleyball comes across as nothing more than average at best. This is accompanied by both Friendly match and Tournament options, with the latter delivering national, international and world championships, cups and leagues. There are also weekly challenges which rotate in and out of play, rewarding you with V-Credits should you be able to take down the opposing team, or hit a variety of simple plays, like taking home 3 points direct from serves. This career mode is a great way of utilising the variety of different in-game tactical plays that the game allows too, and whilst I’m not overly sure that sending agents out to discover new talent between matches is necessarily worth bothering with, the option to take on more of a management role will appeal to some. It’s also good to see a fairly decent career mode in play, and whilst you will struggle to find anything overly exciting about working through a bog standard calendar system, taking a team from zeroes to heroes and being given the chance to build a squad of better players as you go is a decent addition which will ensure that your time with Spike Volleyball isn’t over in a flash. Perhaps that is because of the way volleyball scoring works, and with the opportunity to run between 15 and 25 points for a win, and a number of set takedowns required, the odd missed point rarely troubles. When the timing of button presses is key to the outcome of any shot that is made, this is obviously hugely frustrating, but strangely never enough for me to take umbrage. ![]() These mechanics don’t seem to work every time though, and throughout the single player campaign that is in place, button lag is a real thing that constantly raises its head. It saves Spike Volleyball from getting overly messy and allows the player to focus on ball placements and tactics instead. ![]() It has been a rather inspired choice by the development team to remove all the worry about having to control players positions on the court, leaving the AI behind it to place your team in relevant positions, with you then being left to decide on who is best placed to action every individual shot instead. ![]() This means that the teamwork side of things is present and correct, and by utilising a variety of face button pushes (with a tad of trigger work in order to pull off the odd net block), you’ll easily find yourself pinging the ball around the court with ease, delicately placing it in order to find the required smash or dropshot that will see success be had. In fact, from the first serve, to every spike and then all the smashes, Spike Volleyball does, at times, manage to deliver an experience that many a volleyball fan would be after. Playing out in a 6v6 match-up, and with 50 national teams that cover both the men’s and women’s games, the mechanics behind it all work reasonably well. I will however start with the positives and for the most part you may well find a reasonably enjoyable volleyball experience within Spike. ![]()
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