Path: news.uh.edu!barrett 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 Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett Lines: 80 Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2pjmp8$kq6@masala.cc.uh.edu> Reply-To: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey) NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Keywords: game, sports, soccer, football, CD-ROM, commercial Originator: barrett@karazm.math.uh.edu 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. All phone/fax numbers are in each country's native format. To call from abroad remember to add the country code and delete the first figure of the dialing code. For example '+ BRITAIN - 444 - XXX XXXX' 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 PO3 6JN England Amiga 500/1200, CD32, Spectrum+3 ;) --- Daniel Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews