THE FOX SOFTWARE / SELF-PUBLISHED
XBOX ONE
Despite being the most popular sport in the world, there haven’t been many football games released on consoles for a while.
Indeed, outside of the annual FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer instalments (and their tournament-based spin-offs), you’d be hard pushed to think of another football game released on an Xbox or PlayStation system in the last five years.
Active Soccer 2 DX, developed by Roman studio The Fox Software, changes this for Microsoft’s console at least, offering not just a new footy game but one that harks back to the simple days of Sensible Soccer, Kick Off, or…
Well, okay, just Sensible Soccer. Let’s not piss around and pretend this is trying to be any other arcade-style football game.
This one was clearly ‘inspired’ by Sensible Software’s 1992 gem, from obvious things like the menu interface (which is more or less lifted from Sensi) to more subtle things like the way yellow cards appear above players’ heads when they commit a foul. Continue reading “Active Soccer 2 DX (Xbox One) review”
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