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Virtua Pro Football

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Virtua Pro Football
PAL region cover art
Developer(s)Smilebit
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: June 1, 2006
  • EU: September 1, 2006
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

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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

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The former Italian footballer Roberto Baggio endorsed the Japanese version, having appeared in the TV commercial,[1] flyer and merchandising.[2][3]

Reception

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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

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References

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  1. ^ World Football Climax commercial at YouTube
  2. ^ World Football Climax Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine at Official site (in Japanese)
  3. ^ Roberto Baggio at Giant Bomb
  4. ^ Rositano, Joseph (24 January 2007). "Virtua Pro Football Review". PAL Gaming Network. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Recenzje Europa - Virtua Pro Football". PSX Extreme (in Polish). No. 111. November 2006. p. 58.
  6. ^ Roundell, Paul (February 2007). "Review PSP/PS2 - Straight to bargain bin". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. No. 2. Future plc. p. 119.
  7. ^ 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.
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