I can't remember the last volleyball game that hit the PlayStation in North America, and perhaps that's because there never was one. There's a reason for that. Despite the growing popularity of volleyball worldwide, particularly beach volleyball, not that many people play it. But has at least gone out on a limb and brought us a game that no one has ever made.

Does that mean, just like Tony Hawk, we will have a bombardment of volleyball games thrust upon us? At least Power Spike Pro Volleyball is, at its core, a good game. It's the visuals that cause most of the problems. If this game were on the PlayStation 2 or even the Dreamcast it would instantly be a much better game. Normally, graphics follow gameplay in our list of priorities, but better animation, better character models, a decent frame rate, and well, a lot of other things, could have made this a more complete volleyball experience. As it is, Power Spike is a bare-bones volleyball game with a good game concept and little else. Gameplay I played a lot of beach volleyball while growing up; I took part in a six-man high school volleyball team as an outside hitter.

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I still like playing volleyball but I have never had the urge to play a videogame version of the sport. Perhaps it's because I have seen so few v-ball games, and the ones I have seen are really bad. But I do know that until I was forced into writing this review, I wasn't jumping at the chance to play it. Though I tried to avoid playing it, once I got the hang of the controls, turned out to be quite entertaining. The thing about it is that as a two-player game, the game controls are amazingly good. Volleyball is sort of simple that way -- you hit, pass, block, serve, and set.

You can hit strong, technical, or normal spikes, which bring a good amount of variety to the game, and the ability to aim your shots is especially key. To do this, aim a moving cursor around the opponent's side of the court before taking the shot. If the cursor were a little less jumpy, it would be even better. Power Spike does take a bit of practice. I spent at least a half-hour in practice and still didn't know what was going on. Not until I played an actual tournament, and read the loading screen 'tips' section, did I know what to frickin' do. For this game to really accessible, the practice mode could have been better conceived.