Download Now. Developer's Description By Socceraccess Network. This unofficial utility makes it easy for soccer fans to follow the progress of the Euro tournament in Portugal, June July 4, It includes lots of information related to the tournament, including player photos, tournament history, and databases devoted to the tournament's referees and stadiums.
Full Specifications. What's new in version. Release November 7, Date Added June 14, Operating Systems. Total Downloads 44, Downloads Last Week 2. Report Software. Game speed is perfect and adjustable , the animation is fluid, and advanced moves are relatively easy to learn and intuitive. The computer Al also makes for a worthy match. But FIFA really shines in multiplayer, whether it's head-to-head or cooperative play.
That alone is great for U. Switching formation with a single button press is a simple yet ingenious feature. This year's game Is easily the best yet. The controls are supersmooth, the gameplay is tight the A! Even though it's just a tiny thing, I really like the dead ball Icon Attack feature they added. It makes corner kicks and throw-ins much more exciting.
The game's got a rockin' soundtrack, too. Good stuff. America's newly bom soccer league is reporting straight to the game arena with Major League Soccer. To stand out from the soccer crowd, MLS's developers arc focusing on game-play, striving to bring the real experience and tactics of soccer to life by attending to details like eliminating cheesy "hot spots" for shooting and creating CPU teammates who react like real players would.
As far as features go, MLS sports all ten big-league teams, along with all the real-life stadiums and players, including stars like Alexi Lalas. Offensively, players will find several types of passes and shots, while the defensive lineup includes pokes, tackles, and fouls. On-the-strategy lets gamers tune player positioning and tactics or mark star players for coverage. Visually, MLS already shines with impressive polygonal players who sport details like faces, logos, names, and numbers.
Although soccer's still struggling for respectability in the U. A licence to print money. EA's FIFA or in this case UEFA is a simple case of sketching in the relevant stadia, updating the kits, having an educated guess at the squads no Rio Ferdinand, naturally and cobbling together a game based on the tournament.
With UEFA Euro , you can cut straight to the chase in Portugal, or for the longer haul, take charge of your chosen nation from a total of 51 at the start of the qualifying stages. This means you're able to relive the last two years in a matter of hours, with the added advantage of not being surrounded by drunken men wearing polyester.
Thankfully you can skip through the meaningless friendlies, although they do provide an opportunity to try out some potential first-team candidates. Or at least they would if you could make more than three substitutions per game, as in the real-life version of the competition. Now, if I can spot this howler within 20 minutes, what have the game testers been up to?
Unless you gear things down to the pathetically easy to master Amateur skill setting, there's no point in bothering with the likes of Israel, Denmark, and, uh, Andorra. You might be able to squeeze into the final sixteen, but you won't win a game once you're there without the thumbs of a genetically modified fifteen-year-old. Another problem is that you can't step into the tournament without going through the qualification rounds; meaning that it's impossible to start the tournament itself with the same match-ups that will take place in the real Euro Not being able to re-enact matches and follow the event as it takes place will likely prove a real disappointment to buyers of the game.
It's a huge oversight. While still almost maddeningly fast, gameplay seems toned down a notch from that in FIFA Regardless, this isn't a sim. You need incredible hand-eye coordination and cramp-proof thumbs to truly compete here.
Winning at the Professional and World Class difficulty settings requires mastery of all the gamepad buttons and functions. Deking opponents and flipping the ball up over sliding tackles are necessities to avoid the miserly defenders and gain good shooting position. No other title asks the player to master all the intricacies of player control just to compete.
Which still astounds me. Am I the only one who can't understand why a soccer game is faster paced and more demanding of killer reflexes than hockey and basketball titles from the same company?
I realize that EA wants to jazz things up somewhat, but this is ridiculous. There are also a few holdover quirks in how matches play out. While the artificial intelligence is pretty good overall, the computer cheats in rather blatant fashion. When stripped of the ball by a computer-controlled opponent anywhere close to its goal, the human side player always loses his balance for a crucial second or two.
Of course, that brief moment allows the opposition to move the ball upfield and out of danger. This doesn't work in reverse. Taking the ball away from the CPU does nothing, and the ex-ballhandler often instantly regains possession. Computer players can also run down anyone. Even the likes of Michael Owen is easily run down and stripped of the ball, no matter what sort of lead he has.
It's still far too difficult to defend corner kicks. The lowliest opponent on the continent end up with possession and a great scoring chance on a routine basis. And taking them is often harder than it should be, particularly when facing a top keeper. No matter where I directed the ball in a recent game with Spain, for example, the ball always ended up safely in the goaltender's hands. Oh, and the computer also gains the benefit of a doubt on hard tackles.
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