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Backyard Soccer MLS Edition
I received this game and unwrapped it while my kids (I'm so fortunate to have three) was all over me just to get a glimpse of what this exiting package was (makes me think, hmmm, it's nearly Christmas again; Amazing right?!). The box (ever thought about how many booooring boxes exists in the world today =) was truly great and I hoped the game would be the same ... and then again: No! But only because I then would have to use the laptop =) ... The game as it turned out is brilliant; The box, the CD and the game is everything a kid fond of soccer ever wanted to have. It's probably the most thought through soccer game for kids ever (!) (not that I know of many others like this, but I truly doubt they'll come near this game). It almost smells of quality. It all seems very much thought through, from the easy menus (if you don't know where to click, you'll learn it fast) to the actual match. You don't feel this is a game that has been rushed through. It caught me thinking something like: Oh! Sure, of course there is this-and-that in the game and of-course you can do like this. So it is really nice, and I can only imagine what the kids think: Must be quite overwhelming. I quickly noticed the non-stressing atmosphere of the game, which is - of course - based on sound and visual input, - both of high quality. The drawings are really nice and so are the sound/speech/animations. I also like the non-competitive feel about it and that they have mixed both boys and girls in the game. I think its great that they have developed a game that has most of the features from the 'adult' game scene and turns it into something funny and understandable for the kids. Some great features include the 'Print Your Team Photo' function
(remember its a game for kids ... and printing this is a lot cheaper
than buying posters for 'em), that you can pick different places
to play, that you can name your own team, select its colours, pick
its players (my oldest liked the idea of this, seemingly picking
the ones he thought was coolest (needless to say, that he chose
only boys - he's in that age The only error I can come to think of is when you play the Indoor Invitational Games, the commentators _still_ sits on the same bench as they do when you play outside, with trees in the background etc. and the scoreboard's the same as it is when you play outside ... but this is really only a tiny drop in the great waters of the game. So I end this review now; I want a game of soccer with my kid =) Homepage: www.humongoussports.com A BIG thanks to Martin Benkerrou for some of the links! (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Daniel Henriksen
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