Backyard Soccer 2001 MLS Edition
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PC BACKYARD SOCCER (BM)Amazon.com Review
There’s no sport like soccer for mud in your cleats, grit in your teeth, and the down-and-dirty thrill of competition. But, on those days between real sports meeting, Humongous Entertainment’s Backyard Soccer MLS Edition will satisfy your soccer cravings with a virtual game that nails soccer’s nuances while adding some fantasy twists that should score huge with both players and fans.
Players pick their team from a roster of 45: thirty are locality kids, ranging from Kenny Kawaguchi in his wheelchair (who’s like greased lightning on wheels, mind you) to bespectacled Lisa Crockett, a ball-control whiz. One of the fantasy twists is that kids can also appoint pint-sized versions of Major League Soccer players and U.S. Women’s National Team members to their own team. So Brandi Chastain and Carlos Valderrama mix it up with the Backyard gang and whoever is running the mouse.
Each player comes with a complete list of soccer skills and quirks that affect his or her performance on the field. Some have hot tempers, some have asthma, and some can’t stand to play with their small sister on the same team. All of this information is initially perplexing, but it gives the game depth and realism as players get to know each kid and learn how to place together a splendid team.
In addition to picking a team, players also choose a team name (all 12 Major League Soccer team names and logos are there for the picking, while nonconformists can name their own), playing surface, one of three levels of game difficulty, and duration. A head-to-head capability lets friends play friends. There are unadorned Friendly Match sports meeting that don’t get saved by the computer, and there’s Season Play with statistics, approach, and playoffs that send victors home with the Astonishingly Shiny Cup-of-All-Cups Cup.
During play, a mouse, keyboard, or game pad controls the action, and players use every member of their team. Potential-ups add a dimension not seen in real soccer play; kick an undergrounder or a homing ball and you’ll never look at that beat-up black-and-white ball in your garage the same way again. Stylistically, the folks at Humongous have it dialed in as well. All 45 players have distinct personalities, the play-by-play is both informative and amusing, and there’s even instant replay to watch that heinous foul close up, in slow motion.
Although a soccer neophyte can play this game, its vast array of choices, strategies, and rules is bound to be perplexing at first. But that same difficulty is what gives this virtual soccer game legs, complete with shin guards. Backyard Soccer truly shines in the hands of a kid who’s on a soccer team (and what kid isn’t nowadays?), stuck inside with a computer instead of outside with buddies and a ball. (Ages 5 to 10) –Anne Erickson Amazon.com Product Description
Backyard Soccer MLS Edition features the familiar cast of 30 locality kids as well as 15 pint-sized versions of Major League Soccer (MLS) and U.S. Women’s National Team players, including Cobi Jones, Carlos Valderrama, and Brandi Chastain. The release of Backyard Soccer MLS Edition marks the first time ever that children can cooperate and play alongside junior versions of their favorite qualified soccer heroes as kids! Backyard Soccer MLS Edition features the quick-paced action of adult soccer simulations with simple-to-use, mouse-driven controls that even the tiniest soccer star can master. (Ages 5 to 12)
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What is this? Junk. When i borrowed this game from my friend I leant it right back saying, this game is worthless. You do not anything. And the score ends up to be like 10, 11, which is unrealistik. Stupid and borring. For one thing, there’s someone playing soccer who’s in a wheelchair.
Maybe you can use potential ups, but those are dumb. If you want a excellent game i would reccomend FIfa 2001 by five stars.
Rating: 1 / 5
This game isn’t all that splendid. It has a time limit of 2 minutes per half. You can play over 10 sports meeting in a day. In backyard baseball you can barely get 1 game in. This is also a very simple game. Occasionaly you get a really excellent team that beat you in the shootout which is really hard.This game is like beep. Only not.
Rating: 2 / 5
I have played five different backyard sport sports meeting, and like them all! In Soccer, my favoret part is being able to pick your own team, most sports meeting have estableshed teams! I reflect that this is excellent pick for sports lovers.
Rating: 5 / 5
Splendid CD-ROM. My husband even enjoys playing with my daughters. Make sure you get the MLS version though. We’ve owned it for about 8 months and they still like it.
Rating: 5 / 5
This was a splendid game, its hard but fun, my favorite player has to be either henry gutierrez or carlos valadranos. Also, throughout the season they get tired and some get better some get worse. I had brandi chastain and she did well and then got worse, instead i played my goalie at midfield stephanie morgan who stinks except for goalie. She eventually got to be my kicker. Its a splendid game. Buy it.
Rating: 5 / 5