By: D.C. Cutler, U.S.A.
After I bought “FC25,” I played about ten matches in a row, and it made me miss a game I played on my Super Nintendo called “Super Soccer.”
“Super Soccer’s” graphics were crude, but it was almost as entertaining as any current EA Sports soccer game. The view of the pitch was goal line to goal line, from behind the goal. It was a curious angle that I never understood. You could lose track of the action if players played exceptional defense. Dribbling was harder than it is in current soccer games like “FC25.” The tiny, early-1990s shorts that the players wore were comical.
I’m an avid Premier League viewer. I’m an Arsenal and Manchester City fan; but I’ll pretty much watch any Premier League match that is on. The crude graphics of “Super Soccer” don’t compare to what the game looks like now by light-years, although, the crudeness doesn’t get in the way of how fast paced action the game has. Anytime you dribble down the sideline, an opposing player, like clockwork, would kick the ball out of bounds. It was frustrating. The more you played the easier it got to break down the sideline. I found the numbering of the players distracting. I get why they did it, but the numbering sometimes got in the way of the speedy play.
The corner kicks were odd because you were seeing the pitch from behind the goal. You couldn’t put the soccer ball where you wanted it when you kicked it. You would kick it and merely hope that it somehow landed by one of your teammates and not an opposing player. I also found it difficult to control my goalie. They would often leap on the oncoming ball when I wasn’t ready, and the ball would skirt by and into the goal.
If I have one complaint about soccer video games over the years, it’s why doesn’t the game covers have more female stars of the sport? When I play “FC25,” I often play with the women’s Manchester City team and Lauren Hemp and Khadija Shaw are stars on the squad. Why aren’t they on the cover of any new releases. How about the cover of “FC26”? There are dozens of female soccer stars around the world; has one of them ever been considered for a game cover?
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