Summer Games Challenge

There is no story in the usual sense here: the game is set up as summer competitions, where each tournament combines several events and is more serious than the previous one.

The atmosphere is that of a spirited home championship. The hero steps onto the track, to the throwing circle or to the shooting line and competes for gold, while nearby, in the neighboring spots, a group of friends waits for their turn.

Summer Games Challenge is a sports game about summer competitions, where you reach the podium not by sitting on the sofa but by getting up from it and warming up. It is a set of fourteen events grouped into five tournaments, and the difficulty grows from one tournament to the next. The program is as follows. In the water there are freestyle swims and a freestyle relay. At the stadium you get the 100 meters, the 400 meters with hurdles, the 800 meters and a relay. The technical events include javelin throw, hammer throw, shot put, long jump, high jump and pole vault. There are also archery and weightlifting. This makes for a fairly varied set: some events test reaction speed, others test accuracy and timing. The main strength of the project is that it is built for company. You can play alone and try to improve your own result, or you can gather up to four people on one screen and hold a local tournament. This setup suits an evening with friends or family: the rules are clear at once, and the competition builds up by itself. There is a player versus player mode on both a shared and a split screen, as well as Remote Play Together for those who are in different places. The controls are designed for a gamepad, although a keyboard is also allowed. The game has achievements, Family Sharing and Russian text. If you need a simple, quick sports game for several people, this option looks fitting.