What makes Beach Spikers so playable is the over-simplified gameplay. The game could really be played by only using two buttons and your analog stick. Serving is simply a matter of timing the power-timing meter, and diving/bumping/spiking/setting is easily done with a combination of the three. Picking it up is Mickey Mouse simple, and the tutorial shows you the more "advanced" moves. With smooth control aspects, responsive controls and beautiful physics (wink-wink), the games playability is off the hook. The bottom line here is that the game is just plain fun.