Football superstars mmorpg game

There is a surprisingly compact yet rewarding amount of things to do in this familiar space, although as previously stated, the meat of the Football Superstars game comes through playing matches in an instanced stadium.

When players enter the game, they have to go through some rudimentary tutorials, showing them how to tackle, shoot, pass and do skills et al. After getting to level 10, the player is now forced to play for his club team of choice in Division 4, the lowest league currently in the game. These club matches directly influence the league table and where your chosen team ranks, using an ELO system to rate recent results, games become more regulated and start to be enjoyable because of players positional awareness.

After reaching level 25, the players then compete in Division 3 in 7-a-side matches, this occurs every 25 level upto 75 thereafter.

Once at 75, players will entertain a-side Division 1 matches, playing at the pinnacle of the Football Superstars game. This onus on teamwork is one of the key reasons Football Superstars is unique, insofar as Soccer or Football games go, with a guild like fashionability to the team system. In game, tackling and timing is often important, with shooting hard to master initially. Often newer players will find their shots sailing over the crossbar and into the sparse crowd behind.

Fortunately given time, the upgrading of attributes and general experience will yield some positive results, with players be able to score and tackle with aplomb. With attributes covering many different footballing mechanics, such as pass timing or hardiness, the need to map out some kind of character spec may be required.

With a welcome control scheme, well made graphical touches with steely animations and a teamwork based gameplay system, the Football Superstars game is a surprisingly enjoyable experience. Playing as one man may have been a staple of the last two editions of Pro Evolution Soccer and even FIFA , but the emphasis on development and playing with real people as opposed to some spotty AI, helps Football Superstars stand out.

It is important you start out playing with other novices because high level players will effortlessly run rings around you. To train up a skill it is as simple as finding a skills trainer ad paying for the new skill but they cost quite a lot of money.

Part of the game is about the wider world and you can explore and visit clubs, restaurants and pubs. Buying drinks will boost your fame and if you increase your talents you will become famous. Reporters will want to photograph and interview you and everyone will want to talk to you in the local night spots. There are 28 levels of fame in all from local newcomer up to superstar.

You can also buy new clothes for your character from various boutiques and there is a metro system for travelling around.

There are a number of features only available to premium subscribers. The biggest draw for subscribers is the ability to create your own club and manage other players to success. Graphically speaking Football Superstars is fairly attractive. Considering it is free to play I was impressed by the visuals. The character models are not especially detailed but there is a good variety and there are loads of fashion choices. The world is obviously based on the real world and the environments are well realised.

The animations on the pitch are the most important thing and you can pull off various nifty tricks and manoeuvres once you level up your character a bit. The animation is fluid and apart from the odd glitch there are passages of play that look smooth and convincing. The sound is fairly sparse. There is some introductory music which sets the scene nicely.

Once in the game there are some basic sound effects, feet striking the ball, whistles, and shouts. Wandering around the world the ambient sound is quite muted. Unfortunately during my second game there was a sound glitch which resulted in a constant shriek and whistle noise, eager to continue the game I had to turn the speakers off.

It righted itself at the end of the match. The game also supports microphones and this helps a great deal when communicating with team mates. For a free to play MMO game it really surpassed my expectations. Page content. Football Football Superstars is a completely free massively multiplayer online game set in a world obsessed with the greatest sport there is.