Here's a General Breakdown of the Game:

(I've got Gold in every category against the super scaling AI)

EVENTS:

- 100m Race: Awsum, very straight forward and progression of difficulty is perfect. Made me feel like Usain Bolt.

- Boxing: Hot Pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in terms of progression of difficulty. First two fights I basically fought toddlers. I'm talking absolute smack down and then in the finals I fight the enemy from Rocky except my training before the fight is two Pilates classes and a DVD set of beginners boxing I never opened. Took me a good 30 minutes of slamming my desk until I won.

- Table Tennis: Same steaming hot pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. What kind of freak of nature do they make the AI in half these things?

- Hammer Throw: Satisfying and to the point. Me throw rock far, very rewarding.

- Tennis: Same as Table Tennis, Finals take forever and in doubles I keep hitting my woman partner and losing points.
It's pretty much a 3v1. My thumb was completely indented, near blistered and bleeding by the time I finally won.

- Soccer: Fifa's inbred baby meets that one Mario Soccer Game that was really good. Janky controls. Not that difficult.

- Long Jump: A good level of difficult but satisfying when you time everything. Requires a lot of practice.

- 110m Hurdles: Controls could've been way better for this event, Gameplay suffers because of it.

- Basketball: I am Steven Curry in this game-mode. Not Stephen, Steven.

- Volleyball: Actually pretty aight, difficulty progression is pretty great.

- BMX: No. Just no. Best I got was a bronze medal, half the time it wouldn't recognize what I was trying to do. AI just push you everywhere. Terrible.

Edit: after retrying it for 5 minutes I got gold. I still find the controls janky and the AI annoying though. Not as hard as I remembered to get gold though.

- Judo: I didn't understand the game that much mostly because I have never seen it before but it's probably one of the easiest events in the game.

- Baseball: Very fun and satisfying, yet the Finals are very frustrating. Once you get the hang of the controls its awesome though.

- Rugby: Once you get the hang of the controls, it's a cakewalk. Even in the finals.

- Sport Climbing: Once of the most difficult ones. I needed to cheese the AI by pausing every move and then adjusting to make sure each move was perfect. Took about 15 minutes.

- 4x100m Relay: Should've done the 100m controls because this one is janky af. Best medal I got was bronze.

Edit: I worked on this one and after reading some of the guides that I did miss, I found it quite easy to achieve to gold medal. I was wrong on my first impression. However, I do believe the gamemode would have been much more fun if they incorporated the 100m dash controls along with the same baton pass controls.

- 100m Freestyle: Controls are meh, gratification is meh.

- 200m Individual Medley: Take's some practice, kinda rewarding, kinda not.

CUSTOMIZATION:

- Sanic "haha funny" if you are Redditor who is stuck in 2015.
- Some costumes are alright and can be funny if you use your imagination.
- There are speed/strength/technique abilities to choose from for your athlete. I just chose full speed, honestly never saw a difference in performance. Could just be me though.

GRAPHICS:

- Kinda nice tho

PRICE:

- Definitely too much for what it contains.


TLDR; I spent 8 1/2 hours (maybe I'll spend more) slamming my desk over the unnecessarily challenging AI and all I got was some virtual yellow medals.
Strong 6.5/10

Don't buy unless you got bread or it's on sale.

Edit:

Thank you for the awards, idk what they do but it feels like a reddit moment. I now have my avatar banned and it seems I have upset the sonic fandom, I do not apologize.

This game is a mix between the more realistic London Olympics game and the Mario/Sonic Olympic games. The game style is made for party play. Some of the new sports are a nice addition, but there are sports in the London game that I wish made a return. Nothing extraordinary, not worth $40, wait for sale.

The AI needs a rebalance. Qualifiers? AI is a baby. Semifinals? AI is a baby. Finals? The AI literally summons a God down in Human form, uses a few cheats to max every skill and sends them into the game. Its okay for some events that are hard but manageable. On the otherhand, events such as table tennis and sports climbing make me wanna throw my controller across the room

fun but not worth 40€

good if free don't buy

If you are looking for a sequel to the London 2012 then I wouldn't recommend this game. Not as realistic and doesn't have nearly as many games as the London 2012 game had. No cycling, shooting, archery, discus, etc.

it is good for a game i can try for free wouldnt pay $5 for this

If you are looking for something similar to the London 2012 game this isnt it. Very boring games. Very badly optimized for pc. Don't give them money please.

I picked up the game and I'm really enjoying it. Here's some comparisons vs. London 2012:

1. Excellent character customization. You can edit each individual part of your body. Tons of hairstyles and about 60 voices. Lipstick, facial hair and nose length.. It's all here. You can also customize your whole country's team. There are even character codes you can share to allow other people to use your creations.
2. The graphics are gorgeous. Highly detailed real Japanese stadiums. The engine seems a bit glitchy though, it crashes windows explorer and locks your mouse cursor. I can't use Discord on my 2nd monitor because of it.
3. 80 countries vs. 37 in London. Kenya will rise.
4. The selection of games will either be a positive or a negative for you. There's no Javelin, 200m, 400m, high jump, discus, shot put, triple jump, diving etc. But they've added Hammer Toss, Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Judo, Sports Climbing, BMX and Rugby Sevens. The game design & controls I feel are much improved to London. Easier to play but harder to master. Games are shorter than London besides the team ones.
5. Online is great. There's 3 rotating games on a ranked schedule every 30 minutes. This restriction keeps lobbies full. You can also play any of the other games online any time, but you won't earn ranks. I've had no games DCed but I found Baseball very laggy. No single player only games like in London.
6. Replayability is superb. You earn points by winning events, and can spend them on outfits and lateral ability upgrades (power/speed/technique). Ranked mode is a huge motivator too. There's no DLC or microtransactions.
7. No licensed music from Afrojack, Avicii, Gorillaz, Pitbull, Bieber etc like London had. It's all generic. Probably an improvement if you're an egg boi streamer.
8. London 2012 was $60 at release, this is $40. However PC codes of London 2012 now cost hundreds of dollars due to their rarity. I think it's fair to say Tokyo 2020 is much better value.


I recommend this game 100%, and I'm only playing solo. If you have some mates it is a no-brainer, excellent party game. Buy it now while the community is still learning how to play the games and you'll have the best time.

Free ✔️
Paying ❌