Are you ready for some Football?
UEFA Euro 2008 is a great game and a even better sports game.But there are things that need to be talked about and that's why I'm here.Well it's a Soccer/Futbol game so the main thing about these type's of games are the gameplay,and this game delivers and it delivers in a big way.With loads of different game types that keep you playing for a weeks.It's one great sport's game experiance.Well now for the controls.They are very solid but I think it could have used some minor tweaks.Like when you are playing Captain Your Country(Or Be a Pro mode)you use X to call for the ball but the problem is that if they pass it when you are pressing X it makes your player pass the ball and you'll find that happeining frequently.And I still can't stand the whole automaticaly changing player's while the other team is running because you can be running after one person and then it'll change and you'll find yourself running the complete other way.And the other trouble with that is if somebody is trying to do a header and you want to swap player's so you can try to block that,you can press L1 but that will usally change to someone close by so you usally just have to settle for what your teamates do.Another thing that could have used another bit of tweaking is the graphics,They are beautiful at first but after awhile you'll notice the small things like the ball going in the net although it wasn't a goal,and there is points where the ball will go right through the players leg when you pass it.Now for the good things.It has some wonderful sound effects.The crowd is wonderful(Although they look crap),when I say that I mean they sound wonderful.The AI is amazing.They can give you a challenge on the easiest difficulty.The fields look great to you'll notice a sprinting trach around the field and if you watch close enough you can even notice some grass sometimes flies up when you are sprinting down the field.
Multiplayer:UEFA 2008 has local and online multiplayer.Neither one of them have major problems.But on the online I experianced countless numbers of games where I lagged out of the game.But they do kinda slow down the gameplay for when you are playing with lag,so you rarely have a bad laggy game that you don't lag out of I'm not for sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.The local multiplayer is fun and there is nothing like beating your brother in a penalty shootout.
Re-play value:Well with one great game modes you are sure to be playing for a while.You'll have a great time being a Captain of your Country and taking on the world and then winning that great UEFA Euro Cup.But you can also play in a leauge or just play ahainst some random guy in Australia that is so much better than you.
End It!All-in-all this is a buy for soccer fans and sports fans.But for anybody else this is a rent it just might get you into sports.You'll enjoy weeks of re-play value with this game.