PlayStation 2: Hard Rock Casino

Want to hone your online casino skills without breaking the bank?  Play Station 2: Hard Rock Casino offers just the perfect opportunity.

The real meat and potatoes of HR Casino is in the Adventure mode, writes William Usher of CinemaBlend.com.

Now If you’re heavy into creating your own character, you’ll find a very modest CAC available in Hard Rock Casino; on the plus side there are accessories and clothing options available as you progress through the game. But primarily you choose a body (from various male and female builds), a head, some pants, a shirt and the option of a hat. After you get done with your character it’s off to the main casino floor. In the main hall of the designated casino players can move the cursor around and select what sort of game they’d like to play, including: slots, poker, craps, roulette, blackjack and many others. Variety certainly isn’t lacking, as there’s 20 different games in all

To keep the game progressive, players are tasked with challenges that they must complete in order to earn bonuses, acquire more money or move on to one of the other three casinos in the game. The challenges are actually handled in Chapters, and each Chapter has a set amount of challenges that must be completed in order to progress. Hence, gamers who want to “gamble with a purpose” have Hard Rock Casino to grant them that much to go on.

For the seriously competitive gambler there’s also a series of tournaments and championships for players to put a handle on – and they at least add a measure of difficulty to the game. Difficulty, I might add, is a good way to distract from the rather bland graphics.

Usher issues a "WORTH IT" rating to PlayStation 2: Hard Rock Casino though he believes only the hardcore online casino player will really be able to get into the game. 

The single-player casino romp with numerous characters and nominal cutscenes that string together the player’s progress, is seemingly good enough to put across a designated purpose for the player. So if you’re really into casino gambling (and who would honestly buy a casino game that didn’t like casino gambling?) and want to hone your “luck”, you’ll probably find a decent enough gem in the budget-priced Hard Rock Casino.

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Originally published February 8, 2007 2:17 am ET