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Outlaw Volleyball Remixed Review - PS2

Outlaw Volleyball hit's the PS2 with a blast. There aren't any other volleyball games on the Playstation 2 apart from the early Summer Heat Beach Volleyball which was quite successful. Volleyball has never gone 'outlaw' on the PS2 until now though, and Xbox fans of the game will be very disappointed to hear that it's got even more packed into the game. Read on to find out about the new courts, online play, skimpy outfit's, half-naked characters, and how the game has had a complete makeover to be able to be known as Outlaw Volleyball Remixed.

Gameplay

Trixie and her friends hit the PS2 and so might you if you're not a fan of the outlaw games. Outlaw Volleyball Remixed is an enjoyable interesting sports game that puts you in charge of yourself and your team mate as you battle it out against other outlaws, upgrading your abilities as you go. The game starts off simply enough, but once you get in to the full groove of Outlaw Volleyball Remixed, you'll find it hard to quit. Unlocking new characters, arenas, and more, Outlaw Volleyball Remixed offers hours upon hours of gameplay. If only the game was more compelling to play.

For those unfamiliar with Volleyball, you basically hit the ball over the net, and you're able to knock it between you and your partner twice before hitting the ball over. You can reject your opponents shots, and usually winners involve jumping in the air to pound it down hard. In Outlaw Volleyball, these sorts of moves are taken to the extreme. If you power up your jump by timing it well, your character often jumps two – three meters in the air doing flips before hitting the ball over the net. Of course, it's not all that hard to return those big hit's as long as you're in the right place, and the ball tracker allows you to know roughly where the ball is going to land with each hit. When setting the ball up for your teammate, you can view where you want to hit it and move it around to set it up better, all in the middle of a rally!

There are several different game modes and they're not really worth rambling about in great depths. If you're interested in finding out more about the mainstream gameplay, check out our Xbox review of Outlaw Volleyball as all the goodies are in there. The only differences with respect to gameplay modes are a couple of 'Remixed' game modes, which are actually just new game modes, known as Baseball and Ping Pong. Baseball mode follows the rules of a Baseball game, only on the Volleyball court. it's really quite ingenious how Hypnotix have put this together. You have innings, and in order to get your men to bases you have to rally the ball. The (continued next page)