Team
Atari ST version
Feels like a school project attempt at a <moby game="Sensible Soccer">Sensi</moby> clone
The Good
There are plenty of formations and players available for each team. It has a couple of options that were relatively unusual for the time, such as variable referee strictness and different pitch effects which have a clear difference.
The Bad
The controls are unresponsive and unneccessarily awkward. Having to push in the direction of a pass as you tap the fire button robs it of the one-touch feel of Sensi. Tackling without conceding a foul seems to difficult, and the goalkeepers are a bit error prone.
The menus and option screens are shamelessly similar to Sensi and Goal!, which seems to typify the lack of any kind of original thought. Close clones of games which weren't converted to a system, or were done badly, are forgiveable, but this is shameless, or perhaps talentless.
Only the 22 English Premiership teams of the time are featured, as opposed to the 168 teams in Sensi, and around 100 in Goal.
The Bottom Line
A desperate attempt to cash in on a popular game on a dying system. It's no surprise that Impact were never heard of again, as they got virtually nothing right in this one.
by Martin Smith (81752) on January 5, 2007