The one thing you can guarantee about snooker players is that they’re pretty damned good at pool as well. I mean, look at Steve Davis for example. Sure, he may be getting on a bit compared to some of the “kids in waistcoats” but he has been known to take part in some of the major tournaments of the 8-ball and 9-ball variety. It’s just a good job for the rest of us that we can get some practice in with the help of Sony’s latest downloadable cue game, Hustle Kings.
I may as well get this part out of the way quickly; this looks stunning for a PSN title. Everything is really crisp and stylish in hi-res and really sets your eyes off on a trip of delirium as they see the bright and varied locales, with some of these fancy bars even having water features, most probably stolen from Alan Titchmarch’s back garden, but just don’t tell anyone. Even the balls and tables have a reassuring gloss and sharpness that is pleasing to see, and this gets even more luxurious when you begin to unlock other stuff, like neon lit pool balls. Ok, perhaps Premiership footballers and Peter Stringfellow may have them for real, but it’s a cool thing for us normal people. It is a really impressive title, visually. It may not have the crowd or players of something like the WSC series, but when all you’re there to do is pot hard, small spherical objects into 6 equally shaped pockets, you’re not really all that bothered. I know I’m not.
