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One of my all-time favourite games is Sensible Soccer (aka SWOS), first released for the Amiga in the early 90s. My mates and I played Sensi to death, wearing out many TAC-2 and Konix SpeedKing joysticks in the process. The ultimate version was Sensible World of Soccer, which boasted thousands of real life players and teams from all over the world. It was recently announced that Sensible Soccer was included in a list of the ten most important video games of all time - a fair call I reckon.
So it was with great joy and anticipation that I downloaded Sensible World of Soccer on Xbox LIVE Arcade. First impressions are that Sensi looks and plays just like I remember from all those years ago. I swear that the goalkeepers seem much better in this version, but it's just as likely that my skills have diminished somewhat. But what have Codemasters done to the online play? - it's a mess! It is almost impossible to host or join an online game, and when selecting teams both players control the menu at the same time. Bizarre! And if you are fortunate to get an online game going, prepare for l-a-g because you are going to experience a ton of it. All in all a very disappointing experience. Fingers crossed that Codemasters rectify the problems soon.
(image from teamxbox.com)
1 comment:
What a pity that such a great game has been crippled in the online department. Ahhh, the hours of fun that SWOS provided. I can practically feel the nostalgia oozing from my eyeballs from the days of them being glued to the screen in a manic fake soccer frenzy.
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