Dig, Set, Spike

Outlaw Volleyball - Remixed for PS2

Take the challenge: The characters in Outlaw Volleyball – Remixed don’t like losing.

Outlaw Volleyball - Remixed
PS2 MA15+

The game: A volleyball game filled with odd characters and scantily clad women that break into fights at the drop of your hat.

The play: The mechanics of the game involves a simple oscillating power meter to gauge your serves, using targets on the court surface to show where the ball is heading and giving your spikes more power the longer you hold the button.

It is an easy game to pick up and play, but hard spikes are too easy to return and it’s unusual that you can’t return a ball (providing you’re in the right place) which makes for lengthy rallies.

The drill mode is a series of minigames designed to improve specific skills, such as serving, spiking, bumping and blocking – despite the sound of it, if you want to progress then you’ll need to complete them and they can be both challenging and entertaining.

There are 12 game courts and a fair amount of unlockable content. If things aren’t going your way then simply challenge your opponent to a bit of fisticuffs to swing the game your way – unfortunately the fighting is simple consisting of a single punch, a kick and a block.

The terrain: The environments are unrefined with very straight edges and they’re covered with blurry textures.

Unfortunately all of the characters share the same canned animations out on the court.
The default camera angle for the game is annoying as it struggles to keep the action in the centre of the screen.

The experience: After a couple of games (I’m being generous) this title will either lose your interest or you’ll turn the sound off to cease the annoying commentary.


– SQNLDR Nick Hogan.