Tour de France Game - xBox ??

[AngryScientist]

my son was flipping through the game store on his xbox last night and i spotted this one.

any input? i'm not much of a video game guy but it sparked my interest.

i wonder how you could play a cycling game with an xbox controller?

[cash05458]

Hey Angry, I had this game a few years ago...have to say, fairly boring...decent graphics...but dull...then again, I am not a game guy really...maybe I just didn't have enough patience...

[redir]

Hmmmm. I love bike racing but that seems to me like it would be pretty boring

[chengher87]

No it's boring. Might be good for a once in a while jaunt if you want to experience what a DS does or love micro-managing. However, most of the time, the riders don't do what you tell them to do anyway (not in a Chris Froome not helping Wiggins way, but in a I don't think it does anything because the programmers didn't do a great job way).

Not worth anything over $10. If you want a marginally better gameplay experience, get Pro Cycling Manager as that is the more complete game. But even still, I would not pay more than $5 for either game. I have the 2011 version and have read that there isn't much improvement in 7 years.

[AngryScientist]

good to know. i'll pass.

[bikinchris]

When we went to the TdF in the Pyrenees, there was a bicycle museum that had a game console. In the game, you were a rider and they would put you through a series of race situations and choices. You also sat in a booth almost surrounded by the video. I don't think I would play it everyday, but it was interesting at the time.

The ride down the famous climbs made my wife feel sick.

[benadrian]

Originally Posted by redir

Hmmmm. I love bike racing but that seems to me like it would be pretty boring

Press X 80-90 times per minute for five hours. DO it again the next day. Stop in three weeks.

[93KgBike]

Zwift is the best cycling video game.

[dieonthishill]

Originally Posted by 93KgBike

Zwift is the best cycling video game.

+1

No reason to play anything else.

[jruhlen1980]

There have been different iterations of this game for years and I've been tempted but the user feedback on all of them has been overwhelmingly that it is a boring, buggy game.

I mean let's be honest I generally only pay attention to the last 30 minutes of a stage anyway so it would take a really good game developer to make this interesting, and all the really good game developers are working on games that people are actually interested in.

[cash05458]

Originally Posted by aaronpass

+1

No reason to play anything else.

Very true...actually, it is hard to call it a "game"...I mean, it makes the xbox move or whatever it is called to get folks moving their arms seem silly...just yesterday I was busting my nuts on Zwift to keep up with Phillipe Gilbert...he dropped me of course eventually.

[Heisenberg]

I have the PC version and played it on the trainer before the advent of Zwift. It's slow/boring enough that you can get away with it.

In fact, I still play it on the trainer with Zwift running in the bg...