Winning Eleven does a great job being a Soccer game.

User Rating: 9.1 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 PS2
I confess, I was an EA Fifa fan...
But as time goes by, things can also change.
Winning Eleven does a great job being a Soccer game. It simply puts you in the position of a "god coach" that can control many players moves and strategies. But at the same time it is a great Soccer Game ...
Unlike Fifa's series, this game is NOT linear. It's not about kicking the ball and scoring goals. All the strategy and gameplay that you can expect from a good REAL Soccer game, it's there !
If you're not familiar to Soccer rules or how this game works, but was afraid do ask someone ... Winning Eleven has some tutorials to teach many great aspects of this game, and also how to play it and Master.
It may take some time to master many aspects of this game, like how to play, how to train, position, dribbling. But that doesn't compromise the gameplay ... Even if you don't want all that, you can also have a great time playing this game ... Unlike many other games, you'll won't be facing the same challenges all over and over again, every mach is unique.
Another great point in this game is customization ... You can customize every aspect in this game, from the players names, appearance, look, and skills.
The on-line support is good, it's easy to log in and finding matches. It goes direct to the point.
The only flaw in this game, is in the graphics department. It's not because the game has ugly graphics ... It may be because Konami is too attached to PS2 and because of this old hardware the game suffers too. They just look old ... The crowd looks too fake and also the field ... Hope that with the new gen consoles transition the graphics can get a huge boost.

Thumbs up for Konami, for improving this game so much !