Videogames that simulate something are generally there for a reason: simulating football, for example, is important. Gathering 22 people, a referee and a crowd that is more than just a lamppost and your mum is impossible, but with pool you can just about pull it off.

Join a snooker club, for instance, and every kind of baize game you could ever want is available at about 50p a go. Paying £25 for World Of Pool, then, is a wasted investment. There’s no ambition, no drive, no difficulty; this is a simulation that has lost all of its best elements in the transition from real life, and the result is just tedious. At least it has billiards and snooker too, but the overall simplicity of the design and gameplay is just underwhelming.

We beat a competitor on ‘Champion’ difficulty in our third go, for example. The mapping of each shot practically forces you to win every frame, and the extra features are tacked-on nonsense. Enabling us to create a character, we created a man that looked a like a black Richard Gere, and were naturally tickled by the results.

You can also create a crib, but this feature is a poor opportunity to fill your room with tacky trash. With the actual game offering no more than your basic baize experiences, your money would be wasted on World Of Pool. It’s too safe, mundane and uncreative. Hopefully, Ghostlight will continue publishing great RPGs instead.

Samuel Roberts