Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker
I spent many hours playing first Cue Club and I was sure it’s the best pool&snooker simulator we can find. But later I found this one on Steam.
What else can I say? Graphics is very nice. Music is cool too. I think that the physics is one of the strongest points of the game. We can feel like we were potting balls on the real table, with full control of the cue ball. We have a possibility to adjust the gameplay, in almost every aspect. Snooker on the blue table? Why not. Balls are too fast? You can try changing table speed. Every match can be different, if we want. And maybe the most important point - the game is dynamically changing. We have regular updates, which means we have more and more content, some bugs or errors quickly disappears. Bulldog Interactive makes really great work.
– Real player with 914.7 hrs in game
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I have probably spent a few hundred hours playing its predecessor Cue Club, but that was almost 15 years ago and that too on a CRT monitor.
I only got like 12 hours here so far but so far it has been quite nice.
A brief comparison vis-a-vis its predecessor is present below for reference.
Better in Cue Club 2 - Game dynamics, game types, improved graphics, multiplayer, music
Better in Cue Club (older) - Cue and ball varieties, Bar system, smoke on the table
I think I will give the older one a go if I can find my iso collection. Hopefully it will run in compatibility mode.
– Real player with 317.0 hrs in game
Brunswick Pro Billiards
VERY AUTHENTIC, GREAT GRAPHICS, I WOULD LIKE TO TO KNOW A FEW THINGS ON THE GAME LIKE HOW MANY “SOHO POINTS” CAN YOU ACQUIRE, HOW TO FIND MORE ONLINE GAMES. OVER ALL I THINK IT IS A GREAT GAME.
– Real player with 350.9 hrs in game
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I really enjoy playing this game. What I like the most about it is the fact you can play it with a controller and it is rather intuitive to use. I am a long time pocket billiards enthusiast, and in the late 90’s I actually owned a billiard hall for several years. Brunswick tables in my opinion are the best tables made, and I find that this game does them justice as well. Currently as of writing this there is not a ton of online players but still there is plenty to do in the game like getting Brunswick bucks toward other in-game purchases. Personally I am very impressed!
– Real player with 35.8 hrs in game
Pool Nation FX Lite
I think the most important answer hidden in reviews
of Early Access games is the answer to the question:
“Is this game worth of buying at this stage of
development?” In my Early Access review of
Pool Nation FX I’ll try to convince you that in this
case the choice is easier like never before in the
whole Early Access games history.
LOVE POOL…
The pool love story all begun in the biblical Garden
of Eden where Adam and Eve were happily potting
under a cherry tree very first balls. Yes, it was all
– Real player with 95.8 hrs in game
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Lazy Dev, Broken Game, Broken Promises
Don’t bother with leagues. You get 1 loss recorded for every game you enter and 3 losses per loss. It’s completely unplayable. The dev doesn’t care and won’t admit anything.
Don’t bother with snooker. The physics are broken, and the shot guide doesn’t work. Again, the dev doesn’t care.
Don’t bother reading the forums. Every bug somebody posts is taken down and replaced with praise from brand new accounts.
Don’t bother playing the “for cash” games. The game takes your currency, then doesn’t pay out when you win. The dev won’t admit this issue, even though it’s all over the forums.
– Real player with 37.3 hrs in game
Pool Nation
- All Racked Up -
I quite enjoy Pool Nation.
I find something soothing about it.
Of course, I’m an avowed novice (I just loves my crutches), who would rather chat and play, in a more languid sorta way, than be champ. (Though, if by some miracle, I were to become champ, it would be sooo cool.)
I mean, there’s something very gratifying about being on a 6 ball streak, while carrying on a casual conversation, with friends, about the stupid decisions the characters on Walking Dead make.
But, play on any other setting and I’d have to put on my ugly old game face and actually concentrate on each shot, and…well, I don’t wanna.
– Real player with 82.4 hrs in game
Right off the bat, one thing that will catch your attention is the variety of game types. Most billiards games like to focus only on either 8- or 9-ball. Those games are here, but they do not stop at that. Along the game, other games like Rotation and Golf are in the mix. With nine different ways currently available with Snooker and Trick coming soon, there are plenty of ways to play.
Another strong point about the game is the controls. Like in any other pool game, being able to control the cue ball is important. Most games simply allow you to aim the ball and adjust the power. Even though most games stop at this, there are more options to offer. By being able to adjust the angle of the cue stick as well as where on the cue ball to aim, it gives the option of doing jump and swerve shots, something most billiard games leave out. Additionally, with a full tutorial teaching how to do all of these moves, it does not take long before they become second nature.
– Real player with 63.0 hrs in game
Pure Pool
I’ve played this quite a lot. It’s a good pool game with problems. Mainly unreliable online play, frequent crashes (although not for everyone) and poor mouse controls. I recommend using a controller.
I wrote this review in August. Since then, nothing has changed. It still has many annoying problems. The developers don’t provide any info on when things will be fixed or even if they’re making any progess. They didn’t even seem aware of their own game’s problems.
Multiplayer:
Finding a match is currently difficult. There isn’t a lobby to speak of. Instead, you challenge another player and wait for them to accept or ignore. There’s a Quick Match option but I’ve never found a game this way. If you get into a game, it might play fine. More likely, you’ll experience one of the many possible bugs or server issues. You can’t mute mics. There is no in-game chat.
– Real player with 85.5 hrs in game
This is a really fun game that oozes quality in every aspect and imo the best pool game that is currently available on Steam. It also has a strong focus on online multiplayer and it’s quick and easy to find a game against someone. [EDIT: Online is pretty dead at the moment, so beware of that before buying]
It has FANTASTIC graphics, easily the best out of any pool game I’ve ever seen. The depth of field effect in particular is excellent and very visually pleasing. There’s real time ball reflections and incredibly detailed textures so much so I swear you can almost feel and smell that fresh pool table cloth ahhhh.
– Real player with 36.8 hrs in game
Real Pool 3D - Poolians
The owners of this game are very greedy. I have stopped playing this now. It is quite a lot of money each month to play it after your short free trial at the start. I did pay for it for a while when you could pay monthly, but now the greedy owners have taken away the monthly option and you can only pay in 6 month or yearly installments now so they receive more money. This is far too much for me to be paying now so I will no longer be playing it. Shame that the greedy owners have had to ruin it for those who can only afford to pay monthly. Shame on them !! it’s expensive enough as it is :(
– Real player with 704.8 hrs in game
This game is not really “Free to play” as advertised.
After 300-500 games, you lose the ability to join almost all of the game channels and your account is basically useless. You can only join the “Play For Coins” channel, check the comments for the rundown on that, or 2D pool, which as an experience is very inferior to the 3d version.
You must purchase premium [$24.95] for 6 months or [$34.95] for a year.
As you can see, for a game this basic, those above prices are absolutely disguisting. Also did I mention without a premium account you can have about 8 friends on your friends list, 70% of the modes are locked to you and you cannot play more than 1v1?
– Real player with 74.5 hrs in game
International Snooker
I have been playing the game International Snooker 2012 for the past 3 months. This game is really so close to the real thing that is unbelievable. Unfortunately, a lot of flaws still exists in the game. I have found the AI players to lack vision in certain respects, some are programmed to be over 100% which makes them impossible to beat. They can also sometimes make the strangest shot selections and are very limited when snookered close behind another ball.
My biggest criticism of this game lays in the multiplayer. It does not show all the names of players entering and also tend to lose connection at awkard times.
– Real player with 331.7 hrs in game
It’s not quite a simulation but it’s lots of fun. Having said that I’m getting breaks just above the 50 mark which is exactly how I fare in the real game. I like the career mode with the easy early rounds and then tough opponents later on. The AI is OK. Let’s face it the computer could play a perfect game every time so it has to be dumbed down, mostly you don’t notice. Sometimes it reminds me of early games with my Dad, when he would throw a few shots so I could get some table time. Cue ball action is a little unpredictable but you can mostly get the position you were aiming for.
– Real player with 45.5 hrs in game
Snooker 19
After 600+ hrs of game play, I’ve decided to change my review of Snooker19. I couldn’t possibly recommend this game at its current price.
The game was released early to coincide with the World Championship 2019 with a ton of bugs.
To date there has been 18 patches released and each time one is released its somehow is released with new AND old bugs. One step forward and 2 steps back.
After only a few months the game was a wasteland (on pc) and there were incredibly long waits for an online match. Outside of peak hrs it it was virtually impossible to get an online match. (I’m sure at least 100 hrs of my total gameplay was just waiting).
– Real player with 761.4 hrs in game
I feel now is the time to revise this review, initially it was a big negative due to the game being rushed as a full release, should have been early access with a price to reflect.
After numerous updates this game is very close to being superb, if you can get quite good at the game the challenge you get from Hard A.I. playing either pro + or master + is possibly the best Human Vs A.I. experience of any computer sports game, you seriously could be playing a real person who is also good at the game, it’s just great.
– Real player with 411.0 hrs in game
Tube Tussle
Solid game!
I’ve seen a review that called this a childrens' game. To that, I say “so what?”
This game has enjoyable elements regardless of being an adult, adolescent or child.
This is going to be somewhat of a comprehensive review so bear with me-
Soundtrack:
Great! I think that it very much fits the style of the game.
Interface:
Fantastic. A little goes a long way. All of the options are easily accessible and easy to change- unlike other indie games like phasmophobia, which I also love. Personally, I just like that ability to access the menu whenever needed.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
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– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Blastboard
I’m playing this now with 3 friends and I have to say…I’m very surprised! This is actually a real fun game to play in a group and a great time killer when solo. I run 3 screens and it works fine. More features/DLC would be cool or even Workshop. For the price you can’t lose IMHO.
– Real player with 116.1 hrs in game
Blastboard Impressed my friends and I We are always looking for multiplayer games that are fun! This just made the list. For the price you can’t go wrong, hours of fun with friends. Do i recommend Blastboard… Hell Yes if you have friends and a pulse this is worth checking out. …….what are you waiting for ;-)
– Real player with 79.1 hrs in game