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UEFA Euro 2008
UEFA EURO 2008 will feature stunning visual representations of the world's most famous football players, playing in a more accessible, faster paced and responsive version of the market-leading EA SPORTS football engine, and all of the teams and official stadiums that will be part of UEFA EURO 2008. The videogame will enable gamers to play as their ...
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The core gameplay has been tweaked enough to make FIFA 08 feel slightly dated, but chances are FIFA 09 will improve on this even further.
Take on the challenge of leading one of over 50 European national teams and play as your favorite country from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the European Soccer Championship tournament with UEFA EURO 2008.
At the end of the day, UEFA Euro 2008 feels a bit too much like the previous FIFA installation than most will probably appreciate. With no form of Captain Your Country included and a fairly paltry offering of new modes and features, UEFA 08 on PSP will likely be one of those titles that is only truly enjoyed by those who didn’t play this season’s FIFA. Otherwise, you may as well steer clear and hold out for ’09.
UEFA Euro 2008 is another step in the right direction for the EA brand of football. If you didn’t grab FIFA 08, or are heavily invested into this year’s tournament, then the game is well worth a shot. The refined on field play and the expansions to the Captain Your Country mode go a long way to make a good game better. If they can fix a few niggling AI and movement issues for FIFA 09, EA may well become the undisputed king of football.
Every four years, a momentus occasion occurs. Europe’s top footballing nations collide in a tournament to decide who are the kings of the world’s most popular sport. Electronic Arts have given us gamers the opportunity to guide our home nation to glory and take the crown of Europe’s elite, even if our real-life counterparts haven’t got a hope in Hell (England I’m looking at you!) So, can EA revel in the glory of producing the best Football game to date, or will they get knocked out ...