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MLS ExtraTime 2002

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Holesinswiss

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So I'm finally going out to get my Xbox tonight. I've got several games on order, but I'm going to pick up a couple tonight so I have something to play in the meantime. One of the games I'm considering is MLS ExtraTime 2002.

I've found a few postings here and the usual watered-down magazine reviews on the game, but I'm looking for a full, in-depth review of the game by one of our in-house experts or someone equally competent at reviewing soccer games.

Does any such review exist?

At the risk of my own health and well-being, I admit I'm a FIFA fan, so I'm looking to get some good perspective on the MLS ExtraTime game (I am already familiar with all of the FIFA vs. ISS arguments, so no need for a recap of those, thanks :-) ).

Thanks for any words of wisdom...

- Holesinswiss
 
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Holesinswiss

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Thanks - I had seen both of those. I scoured all the references I could find with Google as well as other places. I was just hoping one of the good fellows from here or SGN might have had a review of the game brewed up.

- Holesinswiss
 
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Holesinswiss

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I picked it up over the weekend and I've probably played for about 6 hours now. It's been quite a while since I've spent any length of time with a Konami soccer game since I'm primarily a PC gamer and I've long preferred FIFA anyway (I really believe that EA is slowly but surely filling the gaps that it's critics pound them about, especially in the last two editions).

It's fun in some ways and frustrating in others. I think my biggest complaint probably matches what I've read elsewhere - the engine seems antiquated by now and the silliness of "octadirectional" play seems prehistoric by today's standards. The camera angles are pretty limited as well - you have to do a lot of passing on blind faith it seems.

If you're in love with previous editions of ISS, you'll probably like this - it's basically a stepwise refinement.

I know some of this is non-specific stuff that I'm saying, but unfortunately I'm too busy otherwise to really dig into a full review like I was hoping was out there somewhere already.

Here's the closest thing I found in the forums... a "hands-on" ad hoc type of review that slowly changes it tone toward the game as it goes on. And personally, I would strongly disagree with this statement, "the core gameplay is still worlds better than FIFA".

http://www.soccergaming.tv/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36379

Maybe when PES comes to Xbox... (I'm not holding my breath).

- Holesinswiss
 
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