Entries from September 2007

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Worldwide Soccer Manager demo: Serious MLS problems

I’ve spent a decent part of the afternoon playing the WWSM manager. There are a lot of positive improvements to the game, which I’ll post on later. However, if the demo reflects the final release regarding the MLS, at this point it is almost unplayable.
This is because of the problems with player salaries […]

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

NCAA 2008 - Option/run defense issues

I’m aware that most have put away NCAA 2008, and are busy playing Halo 3 or NHL 08. Being an college football junkie, I keep coming back to the game for online play, as it’s solid when playing against another human. However, offline play has serious problems. I’ve already posted on some […]

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

SEGA and OOTP part ways

Announcement after the jump. Note that along with the announcement, the OOTP team has set up a forum for suggestions for OOTP 2008, and a signup thread to become a beta tester.

Monday, September 24th, 2007

FIFA 2008 responsiveness

The FIFA Soccer blog has a final copy of FIFA 2008, and has answered quite a few questions regarding this year’s title. The first, and most important question is this:

Is the responsiveness of the players improved?
Response time is literally twice as fast in the retail version.

The major problem with the FIFA 2008 demo was […]

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Winning Eleven delayed release in N. America

According to the Winning Eleven Blog (not an official Konami blog, but still a great source of information), here are the release dates for Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer:
Europe: October 25th, 2007
Japan: November 22nd, 2007
North America: Spring 2008
Yes, Spring 2008. This is even later than the usual North American release date in February.
Why […]

Friday, September 14th, 2007

FIFA 08 impressions…second thoughts

OK. I’ve gone from not happy to somewhat intrigued after playing some more and noting the following things:
I’ve discovered the left trigger as the player run button (it would help me to actually read the instructions), and that’s helped a lot. I’ve also discovered the wonder of manual/semi passing settings. Tweaking these […]

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

NHL 2008 forum impressions

Some impressions from members of the DSP forums. I wasn’t planning on picking this up, but all of the positive impressions has me seriously considering getting a copy.
First, from sportdan30:

Well, I opened it. And I played it.
I’ve only played a quick two periods thus far. The framerate is noticeable, but it’s certainly not as […]

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

FIFA 2008 Demo impressions

I’m not too impressed.
The audio is great. I liked the German stadium announcer in the Allianz Arena.
On my first cross into the box, I had a player unmarked who (even though I was pressing the shoot button) decided to chest it in the air to the GK. I’ve seen a lot of this in […]