Here is another review of the X-R update. This review also includes a video of a complete match between Arsenal FC (me) and Tottenham Hotspur.
Again, the CPU aggressiveness is tough, which is good. The CPU puts a LOT of pressure, so you really must be careful with your passes. I made a couple of stupid passes and the CPU got the ball right away. The ball physics are really good as well. The ball rolls really well.
The defense is once again really good. You really have to pass carefully. One small mistake in the pass and the CPU will get the ball. The goalkeepers are really good! In the previous review, I wrote that the keepers did not make any breath-taking saves, but in this match, the Tottenham keeper (Robinson) made an amazing save! I will write about this save later on in the review.
So, here is the other part of the review. In this part, I will talk about how the game went.
The match started out just with normal passing, but I had to be careful of the passes because, like I said earlier, the CPU could get the ball really easily off a mistake. After about 5 minutes, Arsenal had really good passing football and Henry almost got past the last defender, but unfortunately, the defender got the ball. At the 10th minute, I made a small mistake in the pass, and the CPU got the ball right away, and start pushing towards the goal to try to benefit from my mistake, but fortunately, my defense got the ball away. The crossing must be well-timed, because sometimes the crosses will go too far and sometimes, they will be too short. 31st minute, I received a free-kick after I was fouled, but unfortunately, the ball went over the net. Free kicks must also be well timed. You must be really careful, because if there is too much power, the ball will fly over the net. So, when up close, make sure you just tap the shoot button. 32nd minute I received another free kick behind the center line. I just passed it to a team-mate and with careful passing, I was able to get the ball to Eboue who went along the side and crossed the ball to Gilberto Silva who was waiting right outside of the area and shot the ball into the net! 1-0 for Arsenal!!!! After this goal, Tottenham got a chance at goal, but Lehmann was there to block it. Then, 41st minute, I received the ball and van Persie went along the sideline and passed to Rosicky who took a one-timer shot at goal, but Robinson made a really nice save! I got the rebound and Henry got the header, and the ball was rolling into the net. This is where Robinson made the spectacular save. The ball was rolling into the net and Robinson dived for the ball and got it! After this, nothing really happened after the first half!
Second half, not too much happened, but at the 82nd minute, I made a really big mistake right outside of my goal area, and Berbatov got the ball and made the equalizer!! Argh, so now it was 1-1! Nothing much happened for the rest of the game, and same thing with both extra times. The ball spent most of the time in midfield, due to good defense and sloppy passed every once in a while. So, the match went into penalties which was really tough! I just barely won 7-6!
So, here is the video.
Part 1
Part 2
You need both parts for the video to work. Once both are downloaded, just open one of the RAR's and extract the video and enjoy!
NOTE, the video seems a bit laggy sometimes, but when I play, it is really smooth, except when recording. Also, the quality is not the best, but it is watchable.
This match must have been the most exciting match that I have ever played! Thank you so much for your time and energy NK! You really make the best gameplay updates!