Blah. It’s Winning Eleven, so despite the pathetically small selection of teams and leagues, it’s got more depth than any other sports game available. Throw in multiplayer and you’ve got a game you’ll be playing for months to come.

Overall 90/100

Well, if you’ve read this far I have to give you my thanks. As for the game, well what more can I say? You know, a part of me wanted WE9 to be a bust – I was very happy with WE8:LE and would have preferred to have been writing a scathing diatribe about WE9 rather than the customary and shameless rim-job I give to new KCET’s games. Unfortunately (er….I mean fortunately), despite the relative lack of teams and leagues compared to Fifa, Winning Eleven 9 blew me away and KCET have once again raised the bar for realistic gameplay in a football title. More than ever you feel like you’re playing a simulation of the beautiful game rather than an interpretation of it.

Lavan Chandran

9/1/2005

Review Addendum

[Screenshots from a variety of sources and I’m too lazy to mention them]

[Special thanks to Fernando for his fantastic and timely Winning Eleven language patches – without which this review would not be possible]

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