Considered, when it was released, the best football, [or soccer to you americans but the sport's real name is f-o-o-t-b-a-l-l] Winning Eleven 8 was praised by fans and highly acclaimed by critics yet all of that was just hype. I'll try to wright this as brief and direct as possible so let's go right to the point: the gameplay. I thought it was not bad, in fact it's quite enjoyable, but I did expect a lot better. Here's my big complain about the gameplay: you run for one nanosecond longer you lose the ball's possession, you make a slight wrong turn and you lose the ball again. Frustration, frustration and a controller thrown against the wall. Also the refereeing can get very frustrating [frustration is the word of order in sports games] specially when you play at a 5 or 6 stars difficulty level because most of the times when your opponents do some incredibly brutal tackles [yes tackles] it goes by like if nothing happened. Regarding the sound, you better turn off the commentators as it will only make you feel more frustrated and angry. Contrasting with the comments, we have the fantastic and very well arranged adept's chants that create a great atmosphere. Overall: Great for a while and good multiplayer yet by far not perfect [but certainly better than any FIFA ever made].
Gameplay: The beat soccer game has to have good gameplay. It's what makes the soccer games good. Like this game the feeling is smooth and one has much control over everything. It makes what I think is the best part of th... Read Full Review
I found that there are certain areas that the game needs some improvements. The commentary AI is not as realistic as it should be. I am hearing from the commentators "it was sooo close" even though the ball was 5 meter... Read Full Review
