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From: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
Subject: MINI-REVIEW: John Barnes European Football CD32
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games
Date: 26 Apr 1994 18:33:12 GMT
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Keywords: game, sports, soccer, football, CD-ROM, commercial
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John Barnes European Football
Software Company: Krisalis Software/Buzz cheapo label
Address: Teque House, Masons Yard, Downs Row, Moorgate,
Rotherham, United Kingdom
Phone: (0709) 372 290
Fax: ?
E-Mail: ?
List Price: 14.99
Review by Jukka O. Kauppinen (Finland) and Alan Buxey (England)
All prices are quoted in English Pounds.
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For any Americans out there, this is a game that plays English
football; i.e., soccer.
Jukka
----- (rev.2)
Puke flows when you play this game. It is just terrible. It's ages
since I've seen football game so full of bullshit. It looks bad, sounds a
bit good, and plays awfully. HOW anybody can make anything THIS BAD
any more??? No way I would touch this again.
Unlike Alan, I rather liked the old great football games. I always
remember how great C='s module-football game for C64 was, but that was
normal technical and graphical achievement of the day. This game drags a
couple years BEHIND ALL standards! It is not great for even this price.
Alan
----(rev. 2)
Is this a joke? Come on, April Fools Day was more than a few weeks
ago! Seriously, I had the same vomiting problems as Jukka when I played
this title. It really is CRAP. The graphics take me back to the old soccer
days (the days we'd rather forget now - hey! who said I didn't like Matchday
2 on my Spectrum?? ;))
The graphics don't even seem to use 8 colours, let alone 32! The
sound is the only saving grace here - some nice chants and effects, but the
control is awful! If you WANT a soccer game, but already have Sensi or don't
like Sensi, then wait for Krisalis to release "Man. Utd. Prem. Leag. Champ."
as it will be much better - even Easy AMOS experts can beat this!
RATINGS
-------
Jukka Alan
Graphics: ** *
Sound: *** ***
Playability: ** **
Lastability: * *
Overall: ** **
About the reviewers....
Freelance journalism by Mail: E-Mail:
Jukka O. Kauppinen Sankarinkatu 9A3 Grendel@Freenet.hut.fi
MikroBITTI 74100 IISALMI tel/fax +358-77-13192
FINLAND Amiga 500/1200(030),PC386,CD32,C64
Freelance journalism by Mail: E-Mail:
Alan L.M. Buxey 32 Tangier Road, Baffins kcci1@solx1.susx.ac.uk
P.A.U.G. Portsmouth, Hants tel/fax <not now...>
PO3 6JN England Amiga 500/1200, CD32, Spectrum+3 ;)
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