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User Rating: 10 | Sega Soccer Slam XBOX
There are four tiers of games. Games you haven't heard of. Games you loathe. Games you admire but whose memory is smeared with cheap bosses and wonky A.I. Sega Soccer Slam doesn't belong to any of these tiers. It is in the ultimate tier: Games destined to be remembered for their nostalgiac value. Hallmark gameplay experiences. There is no denying the appeal of Sega Soccer Slam. Even the victim of a British Hooligan assault would enjoy the character designs, the humor-filled taunts. And the music is etched forever in my brain. (Dante's goal theme plays in my head whenever I do any particulary cool maneuver like back-flipping into the pool or scoring with a hot babe.) This game is the next generation of NBA Jam, Pigskin Footbrawl, Ice Hockey, Wayne Gretzky's 3-D Hockey or Tecmo Bowl. You know, sports games with personality. Simulation sports games can kiss my pucker. But these games, when done right, are the bees knees. SSS really takes these old ideas to the next level in terms of art and character design. Add to that some tight controls & unlockables and you'll have a recipe for rock 'n roll. You remember characters by name in this game! I haven't played the game for at least a year, and I still remember character's names or at least their blue spiky hair and cool red beards. I really can't explain how excited I get when I just see the spine of the Sega Soccer Slam case on my DVD rack. No other game this generation of consoles is as thoroughly awesome and tubular as Sega Soccer Slam. Somebody, somewhere, PLEASE make a sequel!
