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Earlier today, I farted. It stank. The vile stench I was breathing in brought back familier memories. Then it clicked that I had been subjected to this same vulgarity playing Club Football for more than 10 minutes.
Yes, in the space of 2 weekends I've managed to buy not 1, but 2 titles of utter gutter dwelling, urine soaked filth. I would seriously rather have some homeless dog sit on my face and rub its crusty ring piece, surrounded with fur knotted from its own excrement, than play this game ever again. Unlike the last game, this WILL be going back to the shop.
Ok, where to begin. Lets start with the keepers - bloody invincible. You end up scoring more often from complete flukes than carefully crafted goals. Yet occasionally, they actually mess up the simplest of saves (more often than not you'll find this tends to be YOUR keeper of course).
I'm not going to bother whining about the presentation as its not important, despite it being nothing spectacular. Arsenal have changed their name to Highbury. It hardly feels like you have any real control over the players at times either as they seem to home onto the ball as directly as possible, often resulting in a really cack position to tackle the player in possession. And as for the "you can't run the length of the pitch and score" remark I've seen made about this game - lies. I ran up the pitch and scored with little challenge - its just about directing your run right, between the oppositions lines. The only thing that makes it difficult is the invincible keeper at the other end of the pitch.
Now, the worst part of the game - the tackling and bookings in the game. Now, its ok for the opposition to push you flat on your face, but any contact with them and your in for some severe bookings - more times than not, a straight red. I think I've had about 1 match out of 10, that I didn't have 2 or 3 players sent off and the worst part is, I didn't even press either tackle button. I ran alongside them - they then ran into me, fell over and that warranted red and yellow cards for my players.
I've even had moments where I've been booked when in possession - I'll be running with the ball, then a player will run at me, slam into me and come off worse - yet another red card for me.
Seriously, I'm not joking - you actually get penalised with fouls without ever touching a tackle button. I think there might be some "booking limit" in the game too, cause after having 3 players sent off, I decided "sod this" and thought I'd get everyone else sent in for an early shower. I was doing some disgusting tackles from behind and yet they were all suddenly being deemed fair.
My faith in the official mags reviews is plummeting rapidly. I read the review for Club Football and it had plenty of praise for the game. I don't see anything promising about this, its just cack. The only good thing about it is if you're a fan of one of the clubs in the various versions, cause then you gets stats, etc. But then lets face it, you wanna see pics, stats and goal vids ? Buy a book or a DVD. This game is beyond lame - Come back Fifa ! All is forgiven !
Yes, in the space of 2 weekends I've managed to buy not 1, but 2 titles of utter gutter dwelling, urine soaked filth. I would seriously rather have some homeless dog sit on my face and rub its crusty ring piece, surrounded with fur knotted from its own excrement, than play this game ever again. Unlike the last game, this WILL be going back to the shop.
Ok, where to begin. Lets start with the keepers - bloody invincible. You end up scoring more often from complete flukes than carefully crafted goals. Yet occasionally, they actually mess up the simplest of saves (more often than not you'll find this tends to be YOUR keeper of course).
I'm not going to bother whining about the presentation as its not important, despite it being nothing spectacular. Arsenal have changed their name to Highbury. It hardly feels like you have any real control over the players at times either as they seem to home onto the ball as directly as possible, often resulting in a really cack position to tackle the player in possession. And as for the "you can't run the length of the pitch and score" remark I've seen made about this game - lies. I ran up the pitch and scored with little challenge - its just about directing your run right, between the oppositions lines. The only thing that makes it difficult is the invincible keeper at the other end of the pitch.
Now, the worst part of the game - the tackling and bookings in the game. Now, its ok for the opposition to push you flat on your face, but any contact with them and your in for some severe bookings - more times than not, a straight red. I think I've had about 1 match out of 10, that I didn't have 2 or 3 players sent off and the worst part is, I didn't even press either tackle button. I ran alongside them - they then ran into me, fell over and that warranted red and yellow cards for my players.
I've even had moments where I've been booked when in possession - I'll be running with the ball, then a player will run at me, slam into me and come off worse - yet another red card for me.
Seriously, I'm not joking - you actually get penalised with fouls without ever touching a tackle button. I think there might be some "booking limit" in the game too, cause after having 3 players sent off, I decided "sod this" and thought I'd get everyone else sent in for an early shower. I was doing some disgusting tackles from behind and yet they were all suddenly being deemed fair.
My faith in the official mags reviews is plummeting rapidly. I read the review for Club Football and it had plenty of praise for the game. I don't see anything promising about this, its just cack. The only good thing about it is if you're a fan of one of the clubs in the various versions, cause then you gets stats, etc. But then lets face it, you wanna see pics, stats and goal vids ? Buy a book or a DVD. This game is beyond lame - Come back Fifa ! All is forgiven !
So, yet another football game fails to get anywhere near the required level of goodness. Why am I not surprised...
Newcastle didn't want to be sponsored for the game.
ISS2 is easily one of the worst games I have ever played.
So when I saw you and that homeless dog, you were choosing that over this game?
I see.......
Anything but ISS/Pro Evo sucks, and I only got ISS2 on Cube because it was summer and there was nothing else decent around to get.
And I hardly played on it.
I see.......
Anything but ISS/Pro Evo sucks, and I only got ISS2 on Cube because it was summer and there was nothing else decent around to get.
And I hardly played on it.
I may have a slightly negative view of the game, yes.
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Not too keen on it then, Savatt? :P
I think it's average.
I don't hate it to the extent you seem to, but it's not exactly my most liked football game.
As you said, amazing keepers that then make silly mistakes, a crappy fouling system in which your players are sent off for the silliest of fouls, crappy free kick system, rubbish sprinting system (I can't actually tell the difference between sprinting and running normally), and the game is just generally not that good.
The licensing is good for the big teams, but I find it strange that teams like Newcastle aren't sponsored, while some other crappy French team is. Players look very real, but they don't move in a realistic manner, which is quite disappointing.
I was expecting better.
I don't hate it to the extent you seem to, but it's not exactly my most liked football game.
As you said, amazing keepers that then make silly mistakes, a crappy fouling system in which your players are sent off for the silliest of fouls, crappy free kick system, rubbish sprinting system (I can't actually tell the difference between sprinting and running normally), and the game is just generally not that good.
The licensing is good for the big teams, but I find it strange that teams like Newcastle aren't sponsored, while some other crappy French team is. Players look very real, but they don't move in a realistic manner, which is quite disappointing.
I was expecting better.
Earlier today, I farted. It stank. The vile stench I was breathing in brought back familier memories. Then it clicked that I had been subjected to this same vulgarity playing Club Football for more than 10 minutes.
Yes, in the space of 2 weekends I've managed to buy not 1, but 2 titles of utter gutter dwelling, urine soaked filth. I would seriously rather have some homeless dog sit on my face and rub its crusty ring piece, surrounded with fur knotted from its own excrement, than play this game ever again. Unlike the last game, this WILL be going back to the shop.
Ok, where to begin. Lets start with the keepers - bloody invincible. You end up scoring more often from complete flukes than carefully crafted goals. Yet occasionally, they actually mess up the simplest of saves (more often than not you'll find this tends to be YOUR keeper of course).
I'm not going to bother whining about the presentation as its not important, despite it being nothing spectacular. Arsenal have changed their name to Highbury. It hardly feels like you have any real control over the players at times either as they seem to home onto the ball as directly as possible, often resulting in a really cack position to tackle the player in possession. And as for the "you can't run the length of the pitch and score" remark I've seen made about this game - lies. I ran up the pitch and scored with little challenge - its just about directing your run right, between the oppositions lines. The only thing that makes it difficult is the invincible keeper at the other end of the pitch.
Now, the worst part of the game - the tackling and bookings in the game. Now, its ok for the opposition to push you flat on your face, but any contact with them and your in for some severe bookings - more times than not, a straight red. I think I've had about 1 match out of 10, that I didn't have 2 or 3 players sent off and the worst part is, I didn't even press either tackle button. I ran alongside them - they then ran into me, fell over and that warranted red and yellow cards for my players.
I've even had moments where I've been booked when in possession - I'll be running with the ball, then a player will run at me, slam into me and come off worse - yet another red card for me.
Seriously, I'm not joking - you actually get penalised with fouls without ever touching a tackle button. I think there might be some "booking limit" in the game too, cause after having 3 players sent off, I decided "sod this" and thought I'd get everyone else sent in for an early shower. I was doing some disgusting tackles from behind and yet they were all suddenly being deemed fair.
My faith in the official mags reviews is plummeting rapidly. I read the review for Club Football and it had plenty of praise for the game. I don't see anything promising about this, its just cack. The only good thing about it is if you're a fan of one of the clubs in the various versions, cause then you gets stats, etc. But then lets face it, you wanna see pics, stats and goal vids ? Buy a book or a DVD. This game is beyond lame - Come back Fifa ! All is forgiven !
Yes, in the space of 2 weekends I've managed to buy not 1, but 2 titles of utter gutter dwelling, urine soaked filth. I would seriously rather have some homeless dog sit on my face and rub its crusty ring piece, surrounded with fur knotted from its own excrement, than play this game ever again. Unlike the last game, this WILL be going back to the shop.
Ok, where to begin. Lets start with the keepers - bloody invincible. You end up scoring more often from complete flukes than carefully crafted goals. Yet occasionally, they actually mess up the simplest of saves (more often than not you'll find this tends to be YOUR keeper of course).
I'm not going to bother whining about the presentation as its not important, despite it being nothing spectacular. Arsenal have changed their name to Highbury. It hardly feels like you have any real control over the players at times either as they seem to home onto the ball as directly as possible, often resulting in a really cack position to tackle the player in possession. And as for the "you can't run the length of the pitch and score" remark I've seen made about this game - lies. I ran up the pitch and scored with little challenge - its just about directing your run right, between the oppositions lines. The only thing that makes it difficult is the invincible keeper at the other end of the pitch.
Now, the worst part of the game - the tackling and bookings in the game. Now, its ok for the opposition to push you flat on your face, but any contact with them and your in for some severe bookings - more times than not, a straight red. I think I've had about 1 match out of 10, that I didn't have 2 or 3 players sent off and the worst part is, I didn't even press either tackle button. I ran alongside them - they then ran into me, fell over and that warranted red and yellow cards for my players.
I've even had moments where I've been booked when in possession - I'll be running with the ball, then a player will run at me, slam into me and come off worse - yet another red card for me.
Seriously, I'm not joking - you actually get penalised with fouls without ever touching a tackle button. I think there might be some "booking limit" in the game too, cause after having 3 players sent off, I decided "sod this" and thought I'd get everyone else sent in for an early shower. I was doing some disgusting tackles from behind and yet they were all suddenly being deemed fair.
My faith in the official mags reviews is plummeting rapidly. I read the review for Club Football and it had plenty of praise for the game. I don't see anything promising about this, its just cack. The only good thing about it is if you're a fan of one of the clubs in the various versions, cause then you gets stats, etc. But then lets face it, you wanna see pics, stats and goal vids ? Buy a book or a DVD. This game is beyond lame - Come back Fifa ! All is forgiven !