Marcel
Desailly Pro Soccer by Gameloft,
Price: $18.95
Reviewed March 2003
If you are a big soccer fan looking for
a quick fix, then pick up Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer for
Palm OS. Even if you don’t wear Chelsea’s color,
worry not! You’ve got over 30 national teams to choose
from. Developed by Gameloft, MDPS can deliver short yet intense
soccer games to the palm of your hand.
You won’t see the finesse in passing
or beautiful footwork of international star Soccer players
in this top view game. What you will see in Marcel Desailly
Pro Soccer is a fast pace and power shooting. There are various
ways you can control the game, ranging from doing everything
manually to using auto-play. The hardware buttons on the
PDA are mapped to Turn Left, Turn Right, Power Pass, Pass/Change
Player and Shoot/Tackle. It feels very smooth using the control
buttons on the Palm.
Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer provides players
with three compete modes and two skill-training modes. The
competing formats include Exhibition, Cup and League where
two skill modes include Penalty shot training and field training.
Field training is a perfect way to get used to the controls,
and Penalty shots are just pure fun whether you like to play
the entire game or just perfect this specific skill. In the
competition games, you get to choose the teams and see each
player’s stats meter in Attack, Defense, Speed, Reaction,
Precision and Power. In the Exhibition games you can pair
up your favorite duel, while the Cup and League games, you
will be paired up with the usual rivals. You do have choice
of difficulty levels and the AI reflects it pretty well.
The graphics are quite sharp even with
top view of the Soccer field and players look quite small.
There are some animations to indicate special effects like
power shots or landing zone, as well as player’s movements.
You will enjoy the stadium atmosphere with large audience
background, photographer on the sidelines along with bench
areas.
There are quite a few midi sound
clips throughout the game. It doesn’t seem to support
the Clié hi res polyphonic sound on the NX or NZ.
The game supports all color Palm OS devices including OS
5 devices. The game developer does advise you to use a
minimum of Palm m505.
If you want to see your fancy slow motion
overhead shot replay, go play something else. But if you
want to display your quick reflexes, goal-shooting precision
and attacking power, then step on the field of Marcel Desailly
Pro Soccer! You will not be disappointed.
Playing Hint and Tips
Use the Training mode to perfect your button
control. In the heat of match, you will be glad that you
know where the buttons are. |
