The game hits the stores on the 30th october 2010, so ladies start looking for a hobby. Gents…click here for the demo.
The demo comes in two version:
Vanilla version
This is English language only, featuring English and Scottish leagues but no player photos or logos to reduce the size of the download.
• Minimal Assets
• English language only
• Quickstarts: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Strawberry version
This includes all player pictures and logos with quickstarts for the world’s biggest leagues, giving players a chance to try out their skills in leagues from multiple countries.
• Full Assets
• In-game languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
• Quickstarts: England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia
While the debate between FIFA and Pro evo fanatics over the more superior gaming platform continues, we could not help but look back to a time when the likes of Sensible soccer monopolised the football video game market. Back then, there were no debates about gameplay, realism, players faces or having the official team kits. Most of us were happy enough to be able to control our fleet of 2mega pixels men to world cup glory.
So join us on the journey from the imaginatively named unlicenced world beaters like Italy’s Raberta Beggio to modern day licence to thrill agents such as Cristiano Ronaldo.
1990: Italia 90 on SEGA
Many of us may have been too young to remember this game, but this title was the first of the football titles that tied itself up to a major tournament. No matter what your opinion is of this game, Italia 90 definately put the bird eyes view gaming on the map, and we applaud their attempt to make the ball look 3D by inflating its size when a long ball is played. NICE!
Ratings: 3.5/5
1992-1995: SNES Sensible Soccer
The forgotten son and probably the most popular football video game of the early 1990’s, the Sensible Soccer franchise was first released in 1992 through on AMIGA and PC gaming platform. Latter releases such as the popular title ”Sensible World Of Soccer European Championship Edition” (below) on the SNES plaform, put the franchise on the map.
Ratings: 4/5
1995-1997: International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
November 1995, saw the birth of a game which pushed the boundary so far that all major footballing game developers had to take note. This game was International Superstar Soccer Deluxe on the SNES. EA got alot of praise for the FIFA Soccer 94 game, which moved from the bird eyes view into the side view gaming, but it was Konami’s introduction on 360 degree control and all round gameplay that many of us fell in love with. And who can forget the scenario options, which allowed you to replay famous tence minutes of past football classic games like 10 men Brazil in the 1994 World Cup vs the USA, giving the player 2 minutes to take the Samba boys to glory. GENUIS!
Ratings: 5/5
1997-1998: FIFA 97-99/ ISS 98
The FIFA years cannot be disputed even by the biggest Pro Evo enthusiast. FIFA 97 was the first of footballing game platform which used the motion capture technology and even had the indoor option for the 5 a side lovers. FIFA 98: Road to the World Cup had improved AI and was the first series to feature a licenced soundtrack, Blur’s Song 2. But during that same period Konami released ISS Pro and ISS Pro 98 on the N64 and PS1 platform, which was called an instant classic by many for its realistic game play and difficulty in scoring. While on FIFA a good player could batter his mates 12-0, on ISS, you would struggle to get a 3-0 win over your 10 year old brother. The FIFA 99 game saw the indoor option get kicked off the series aswell as massive improvement in fluidicity and overall AI of the game.
FIFA Ratings: 4/5 ISS 98 ratings: 4.5/5
ISS 98
FIFA 97-99
2001-2007: Pro Evolution Soccer 1-7
2000 saw some poor titles from both Konami and EA, with FIFA 200 and ISS 64 not living up to their previous successes. Then in 2001 Konami decided to merge the Winning Eleven platform with the ISS franchise to bring to the market the Pro Evolution Soccer titles. The franchise controlled the football gaming market for an impressive 6 years and dubbed ‘the greatest football game’ for half a decade.
2008-2009: FIFA revival 08 and 09
Complacency is detrimental to sustaining success in any industry, and over the last two years Konami have shown a level of complacency that has enabled FIFA to overtake the crown, by improving its gameplay and AI once more.
After going through all these classic games, I guess the question is WHAT IS NEXT?
Has I am sure many of you are aware that EA had announced late last month that a FIFA 10 demo will be released on 10th September for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. But I am sure many of you -like myself- could not wait but see some in game action in order to begin to formulate your own opinions. So we managed to track down possibly the only video on the net that really gives you enough action for you to even begin to judge for yourself.
FIFA 2010 Gameplay
FIFA 10 will be released on the 2nd October, and introduces 360-degree dribbling, as well as a few little bad boys. If any improvement is even made on the current title, then Konami will have a hard time trying to claim back the title of the ‘Best football game’ for another 12 months.
PES 2010
It comes as no surprise that Konami would also release a few trailers of their own on the net, so peep the game play for the new Pro evolution soccer 2010.
Pro evolution soccer 2010 is due to be released in the UK on the 23rd Oct 2009, a good three weeks after the FIFA title-as usual- hoping to get all the real football gamers to trade in their FIFA for the Konami franchise.
Verdict
To be honest there does not seem to be much difference in the Pro evo gameplay, with the sudden sharp turns still evident and the unrealistic crossing and finishing from the likes of Messi and Henry, who happen to always perform like Gods against men. Meanwhile the FIFA 10 gameplay seems smooth and EA seemed to have improved on the minor details such as players body movements.
From these Trailers it looks like another FIFA > Pro EVo for the third year running. But I will hold on until the actual games are out.
Arguably the greatest boxing game franchise -’Fight Night’-, has taken another step towards certifying that title with Fight Night Round 4. The game is due to hit the stores on Friday 26th June, and would be available both on the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Sony PS3 platforms.
Having played the demo on Xbox 360, the majority of the barbershop staff were more than pleased with the results. The graphics as expected is a lot more smoother with lifelike motion of the boxers shorts when maneuvering in the ring. A full review will be carried out as soon as soon as we are able to get our hands on the full version.
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While the debate between FIFA and Pro evo fanatics over the more superior gaming platform continues, we could not help but look back to a time when the likes of Sensible soccer monopolised the football video game market. Back then, there were no debates about gameplay, realism, players faces or having the official team kits. Most of us were happy enough to be able to control our fleet of 2mega pixels men to world cup glory.
