Virtua Pro Football
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| Developer(s) | Smilebit |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Football simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
Virtua Pro Football, known in Japan as World Football Climax (ワールド フットボール クライマックス), is a PlayStation 2 football simulation video game, released by Sega in 2006.
Gameplay
[edit]The game featured a rock-paper-scissors like system for both 1-on-1 situations, and set pieces. It also had a player career mode which allowed completed players to be exported to Let's Make a Soccer Team! for use as youth players, as well as importing teams from the game to use in games and custom competitions.
Trivia
[edit]The former Italian footballer Roberto Baggio endorsed the Japanese version, having appeared in the TV commercial,[1] flyer and merchandising.[2][3]
Reception
[edit]PALGN gave a score of 5.5 out of 10 and concluded that "[...] the game simply up can't match other titles available on the market."[4] PSX Extreme gave a score of 6+ out of 10 and complimented the quantity of available teams but said the game feels like a copy of Pro Evolution Soccer and the gameplay is too buggy.[5] PlayStation Official Magazine – UK called the game a "dated, derivative effort".[6] In a retrospective, Retro Hobby called it an "excellent football simulator".[7]
See also
[edit]- Let's Make a Soccer Team!, a sister title by Sega which used the same engine.
- Virtua Striker, similarly titled football series by Sega
References
[edit]- ^ World Football Climax commercial at YouTube
- ^ World Football Climax Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine at Official site (in Japanese)
- ^ Roberto Baggio at Giant Bomb
- ^ Rositano, Joseph (24 January 2007). "Virtua Pro Football Review". PAL Gaming Network. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Recenzje Europa - Virtua Pro Football". PSX Extreme (in Polish). No. 111. November 2006. p. 58.
- ^ Roundell, Paul (February 2007). "Review PSP/PS2 - Straight to bargain bin". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. No. 2. Future plc. p. 119.
- ^ Fernández, José Manuel (2018). "Reportaje - El Fútbol Que Quizás No Conozcas... ...Y Cue Deberías Probar - World Football Climax". Retro Hobby (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Axel Springer SE. p. 17.