505 Games is creating a game based on Olympic swimmer extraodinaire Michael Phelps, but can swimming carry a video game? Probably not. That’s where the pure action comes in.
Swimming is a the sort of sport that is extremely exciting…for swimmers. 505 Games realizes this, and while there will be a healthy dose of watersports in Phelps’ game, it won’t be confining the action to the swimming pool.
“Swimming will be a part of it, but it won’t be set in an Olympic pool going back and forth,” said Adam Kline, president of 505 Games, the company releasing the series. “This is a pure action game”
A pure action game? With Michael Phelps? What the hell could they be planning? “Michael Phelps: SwimSpy”? A remake of Ecco the Dolphin? I mean, pardon my lack of enthusiasm, but as G4’s Adam Sessler points out in the Daily News article, “Swimming — in even a Mario game — is a miserable experience”.
Despite skepticism on the part of just about everyone in the gaming industry, 505 games remains unperturbed about the title.
“We will spend a very pretty penny in marketing this project because it’s important to us,” Kline said. “We believe it’s the next Tiger Woods project. … It could be here for the next 10 years.”
Oh joy! “Michael Phelps: SwimSpy 5: Swim Harder”!
