Underplayed Gems

Sensible Soccer 2006 (2006)

Sensible Soccer 2006 cover
Developer
Kuju Sheffield
Publisher
Codemasters, Buka Entertainment, Sold Out Sales & Marketing
Platforms
Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Genres
Sport
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How it feels

A breezy, fast arcade football game where pulling off curling, physics-bending shots feels exaggerated and fun rather than realistic.

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About

The all-new Sensible Soccer comes complete with lightning fast football action, mesmerising dribbling, physics defying sliding tackles and, most famously, a huge amount of unbelievable goals, that can go curling into the top corner, thanks to the outrageous levels of after-touch. Sensible Soccer 2006 returns with a modern take on its trademark zoomed out camera and truly intuitive control system, which delivers total 360-degree control over your players' kicks and movement. Visually, the game has a distinctive new graphical style, which includes cel-shaded players with the classic enlarged heads, designed to appeal both to fans of the series and appeal to a new generation of gamers. The trademark top-down view allows you to see the build up play better than you can in any current football game. This gives the player a huge degree of tactical awareness and control that has never been bettered.

Screenshots

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