Little remains for Euro this year

Little remains for Euro this year and EA Sports game could not pass up the opportunity to offer a new football game.

Uefa Euro 2008 is that game. If one considers FIFA 08, does not improve too much the gameplay in the football field, but introduces a number of new interesting game modes.

Captain Your
ads and small text on the back of the box have a common theme: captaining your selection. This motto is the new game mode of UEFA Euro 2008. The other modes we find are playing with a pick the final part of the competition, friendly or even recreate the entire process, ie, from the initial stage to the final of the European Championship.

All this plus so can be played online and have the Battle of the Nations mode. A simple "statistical" so to speak, which is basically going non-stop playing this game for points that are sent to a server automatically. The more you play, the more points you get and the selection is better placed to represent. The downside is that this mode is finished once you start the tournament. After quite useless.

The most interesting game mode called Captain Your Selection. The first step is to create your own player, thanks to a complete editor allows you to change facial features like eyebrows, teeth or eye color, and in the case of the body, height, complexion or even the width of chest.

You can also adjust the technical characteristics of the player. For example, we can decide to attack their accuracy has headers in placement or with leg power. In case you want a midfielder, you can define your vision of the game and also its ability to withstand the pressure in the field. These points are limited and we can keep improving the features of the player, just playing games.

From here, we begin our journey with the selection. First with a B team in some games in which, interestingly, is Raul in the case of the Spanish. If we make sufficient merit, the real start to play team matches.

In the field of play: FIFA 08 evolves
Like any EA football game, always end up on the pitch, and in the case of Uefa Euro 2008, when compared to FIFA 08, only two real innovations have to do with the gameplay Captain Your Country.

Being a multiplayer mode designed for four people to play solo, the other three players are handled by the computer. Fortunately, the artificial intelligence of the players is quite high, behave quite similar to that seen on a real football field.

Another change in this game mode is that there is a new indicator: an assessment that changes depending on the player's performance. These valuations are not just a number. If the figure is very low, our team-mates did not pass the ball and if, on the contrary, the valuation is high, we will have more chances to lucirnos.

Apart from these changes, the simulator is not too evolved over FIFA 08. It is a game that offers a perfect placement of defenses, some goalkeepers coming out for the ball at the right time and a sports game that forces you to think each move before doing it.

The only really remarkable thing is that if we score a goal, we celebrate the goal manually, using combinations with the buttons to raise the arms, to the Christ or even get up the shirt.

Graphics and sound
in UEFA Euro 2008 have used a slight evolution of FIFA 08 graphics engine. The hardest job for graphic designers was to show all stages of Euro, which have achieved a surprisingly good.

The animations are still fluid and players like Henry, Fabregas, Puyol and Xavi are perfectly recognizable. Moreover, as in FIFA 08, many of these players have custom celebrations or unique movements like Henry spur control ..

Now focusing on the sound, the best is being able to listen to each fans cheer their team, with the hype as main protagonist in the case of Spain. Although there is a catch, specifically paragraph of comments. For some reason we do not understand, occasionally disappear, not activated, or simply do not even begin ..

Our opinion
Uefa Euro 2008 is a good football game, provided you do not have FIFA 08 already. It certainly brings some interesting developments, as the gameplay Captain your team or to celebrate goals for ourselves, but other than being a game focused on the Euro, it is almost the same game as FIFA 08. That is, apart from the original, we see a very good game of football.

Best
The new game modes
Buena graphing
Personal Goal Celebration

Worst
Euro and priced just like FIFA
Problems with comments
The Battle of the Nations is a temporary way.