Sociable Soccer

Gregster · 13 Nov 2015 at 01:06

I loved Sensi Soccer and prior to that, Kick Off 2 but not sure I could play it now and probs best left in the memory bank.

shaf · 13 Nov 2015 at 06:45

I was only thinking about this the other day and why they'd not updated sensible soccer.

Freakbro · 13 Nov 2015 at 06:49

ossieclap said:
Sensi with a Zipstick joystick was the best thing around for the time.

Does anyone remember a demo disk that shipped with Amiga Power which loaded a one-off game between England and West Germany, with a bomb replacing the ball? It would periodically starting pulsating and flash red, explode, then take out all nearby players! Top stuff!

I remember that

oll3h · 13 Nov 2015 at 07:55

Spent so much of my youth playing SS and SWOS. Still gotta be my fav football game ever. Although there was a rip off of it where dogs would run onto the pitch and you would get the odd streaker which was also really fun.

For £12 quid I am hoping they get this right!

Jonny2284 · 13 Nov 2015 at 07:59

Looks alright but I think that magic is gone and you'll never get it back.

BlizzardX · 14 Nov 2015 at 00:14

I've backed :-)

$26NZD really isn't that much and I paid way more than that for the original version!

Karathez · 14 Nov 2015 at 00:57

Got to agree its a terrible name, still I hope it comes good, dont care much for fifa or pes these days & spent many happy hours playing custom leagues with friends who are now to settled with families to be having get togethers as much as we used to, a 10 min online game could be good for us.

Gimpymoo · 14 Nov 2015 at 01:05

Codemasters have done nothing but squat over the IP and drop steaming **** on it.

Sensi is this mans baby.

Lets see what he can do.

cheesyboy · 26 Nov 2015 at 14:27

Kickstarter cancelled, but development still going ahead;
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/26/sociable-soccer-kickstarter-cancelled/#more-331263

Apparently, there's some interest from publishers. Remain sceptical about this one.

Cavallino · 26 Nov 2015 at 18:38

Yep, received the email. Shame

But hopefully they will plough on with this.

m4cc45 · 26 Nov 2015 at 19:47

The one they released recently flopped massively because they tried to change so much with it. Stupid big heads and the gameplay just wasn't the same.

This still doesn't look right as it looks like they've gone over the top with effects rather than concentrating on the core gameplay. Make SWoS HD and I'm sure everyone would be happy.

M.

BlizzardX · 26 Nov 2015 at 20:03

m4cc45 said:
The one they released recently flopped massively because they tried to change so much with it. Stupid big heads and the gameplay just wasn't the same.

This still doesn't look right as it looks like they've gone over the top with effects rather than concentrating on the core gameplay. Make SWoS HD and I'm sure everyone would be happy.

M.

MAke it SWOS with some of the football manager league stuff and player improvement stuff but with the same small pixelated men and I would be a happy camper.

m4cc45 · 27 Nov 2015 at 10:07

I still play it on the Amiga. The football manager in SWoS I quite liked (though hated the players dropping price wise so quickly - even though they were scoring every game).

M.

cheesyboy · 27 Nov 2015 at 10:13

m4cc45 said:
I still play it on the Amiga. The football manager in SWoS I quite liked (though hated the players dropping price wise so quickly - even though they were scoring every game).

M.

Pro tip: you were playing them out of position.

You need to custom edit the formation so that they get a tick (or, at least, not a cross) for every one of the ball positions. There are some players who still lose value (fussy gits) but not many. Once you have the "perfect" formation, you can tweak it for different players, who might have slightly different preferences, but it doesn't need much maintenance.

Obviously, you have to balance all that with how you like your players to act when you're actually playing the matches, but there is usually decent room for positioning even within the need to get a tick.

lokiss · 27 Nov 2015 at 17:01

Wow.

Honestly thought that was always a bug, seriously depressing buying the likes of zola and bergkamp for mega bucks, then having them drop to a paltry million.

I remember well that coverdisk with the fixes, living in hope that it would solve that one... at last now I know why it didn't.

Cheers for that.

cheesyboy · 30 Nov 2015 at 09:02

lokiss said:
Wow.

Honestly thought that was always a bug, seriously depressing buying the likes of zola and bergkamp for mega bucks, then having them drop to a paltry million.

I remember well that coverdisk with the fixes, living in hope that it would solve that one... at last now I know why it didn't.

Cheers for that.

Ha, yeah it's bloody annoying when your star players degrade so badly. It's fair to say it's much more enjoyable when your players actually appreciate in value

Found the solution out myself by fiddling around back in the day. I guess these days you'd be able to get it all from online guides but you were pretty much on your own back then. One of my friends, who played it even more than I did, reckoned the players actually lost ability together with their reduced values - basically losing stars off their ratings. Can't say I was tuned in enough to notice, but I wouldn't rule it out.