Winning Eleven 7 International - PS2 Game (Retro Fam)

I think it's the best soccer game which is much better than FIFA!

Ive always only played two soccer franchises: Fifa & ISS/WE. I was a HUGE fan of the ISS series until it disappeared, so i had to move to Fifa. At first it wasn't thaaaat bad. I really LIKED Fifa until a couple of versions ago, when i got bored of stupid AI and waaaaaay too easy gameplay. Luckily, ISS is back, renamed and with incredible features that place it over of FIFA in every single aspect....well, almost.WE6 has everything. Great AI, simple -yet complex- moves and controls, and awesome animations. The only aspect on which Fifa is better is in the fact that WE6 doesnt have a license. This, however, can be fixed if you have enough patience to download the rosters and pluck one by one the correct names. Besides that, I see no other flaw on WE6. Well, maybe that it is KINDA hard to fully master. This is only a problem if you have never played a soccer game before, or if you have very little experienceSo, in conclusion, WE6 is the best soccer game on the market right now.

For years, I have believed that FIFA would be the most excited footie game on Earth, until I played the very fisrt version of Winning Eleven on my old PSone console: the Winning Eleven 3 -Road to World Cup .It was the fisrt game I played on PSone, and it was such a wonderful experience: good image quality, ease of control and a wonderful gameplay that even FIFA 2003 can't have. And one more important thing: tatics, could you imagine a soccer game that we can't edit the team's tatics? I could, that's FIFA. Now, with this WE6, I can give my FIFA 2004 to my friends, cause I don't need it any more, WE6 is enough, FIFA is just a waste that should be in the trash can.

I salivated over the reviews I could find about this came until it actually came out in the States. When I finally got it I was not dissapointed, but I WAS discouraged. I tried to play it on 3/5 difficulty thinking it wouldn't be too bad and I became sooo frustrated. This game is not for the casual soccer gamer, it is very hard to play. But WOW ! This is one game that will only grow in your admiration for it. Most other games start out "pretty" but once you beat it (the first or second day) its all "old news". But this game is soo deep, so rewarding (you earn your goals and are fully responsible for your losses too)so realistic, so beautiful, and soooooo worth it. Don't buy it if you are not willing to challenge yourself (extremely) but I tell you, that if you do stick with it, you will be fulfilled beyong satisfaction. You will feel and know that you are the champion (if you ever make it!). Low scoring games, like real soccer, players favor their left or right foot accordingly,free kicks are sooooooo hard but amazing.Cannot say enough about this game. Although there are technicalities that aren't that great about it(commentary is sub-par but at least they have 5 different languages which is great)(graphics are nice but not the best) (you will have to edit player names to get it just right) and a few other MINOR details... because they take LITTLE or NOTHING off of the overall 10 STARS of the game. This game values gameplay over aesthetics and MAN DOES IT PAY OFF !!!EXCE.