Real Pool

This is one of those rare games that keeps you so involved that hours go by in seemingly minutes.

Go out and play pool. Some games are meant to be played in real life -- bowling, pinball, and especially pool.

As for gameplay, the controls are well defined, but it does not give the sense of holding the pool stick. It feels more like you are controlling a science project because of the stiffness, but they are precise.

Real Pool offers most of the same elements as "Q-Ball Billiards Master," but it goes about it in a bare-bones way.

It's not a horrible game, but the one other pool game available at launch, "Q-Ball: Billiards Master," is just a tad bit better.

Paying full price for "Real Pool" would be an insult to every other good PS2/DC/PSX/N64/GBC title that you haven't played yet.

One of the more annoying aspects of Real Pool is the control system, which is extremely unintuitive.