Empire Soccer PC

Empire Soccer is a program that wants to present the reality of sport called football in a typically arcade view. A player trying their luck on Empire's pitches will have the opportunity to see how one of the national eleven is doing in the fight for the world's highest trophies.

There are twenty-four teams to choose from, both those in the world football recognized (Brazil) and more exotic (Côte d'Ivoire). Unfortunately, Poland was not found out. You can play alone as well as in two people, in a control training match, friendly match and a full tournament (division into six groups of four teams each). Empire Soccer offers a view from above, pleasant, drawing silhouettes of the players and a good animation of them. Players who like to carefully control the ball should not have any reason to complain - you can dribble, simulate a shot, there are also spectacular games available: headstroke or derailleur. Unfortunately, this is where the advantages and disadvantages begin. The game is definitely too fast to effectively control the situation on the green pitch, in addition, the section of the pitch seen from above is not the largest, so you often do not know to whom to address the application. The authors clearly exaggerated with the size of the players. From the visual point of view it looks very nice, but in practice it has little use.

In this product, the authors have clearly limited themselves to the number of options, probably wanting to simplify the gameplay as much as possible. If someone gets used to a small section of the pitch and the cartoon image of the game, he or she can take the Empire Soccer full of positive impressions. Enthusiasts of more sophisticated simulations should reach for twin products, such as Sensible World of Soccer.

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Last updated on 10 December 2007