After many delays and one aborted launch, Sensible World of Soccer has finally made it to Xbox Live to reach a new generation of football fanatics.
First appearing on the Amiga in the early 1990s, Sensible Soccer is widely agreed to be the first truly great football game. With its simple, fast, intuitive gameplay, Sensi and its sequels -- most notably Sensible World of Soccer, which incorporated longer-term management options -- are still held up by some as examples of football gaming at its very best.
Just after Christmas, GameSpot spoke to Jon Hare, who founded Sensible Software and was the creative director behind Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder, and other titles. GameSpot spoke to Hare about SWOS coming to XBLA, how development has changed since the time of Sensi, and what he makes of the games industry today.
"Sensible World of Soccer, GRID Autosport and Fable Heroes are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today"
Fingers crossed I get an Xbox one s for my birthday. I've already started getting a few BC games already like lost oddeaey
I remember playing Sensible Soccer on the Amiga back in the 90's. That game was legendary for its time. Couldn't play it now though, can't deal with the graphics.
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GamePointsNow takes a look at just why couch co-op could soon be a thing of the past thanks to our new shiny consoles.
I just hope somewhere somehow it doesn't. Last gen started it and its so frustrating really. It should be standard requirment for a co-op game
Couch co op is the first thing i look at when a game says "multiplayer" on the box lol. I feel like couch co op is coming back strong actually. You just need to know where to look.
-Double dragon neon (beat this with my gf. Fantastic game i loved it)
-Dead nation (co op at its best in my opinion)
-Resident evil 5/6 (they kinda suck but still fun with friends)
-CoD (yeah i know its CoD but its still fun with friends too)
-Uncharted 3 (fun as hell to play with a friend)
-Diablo 3 (havent played it yet but i know i'll like it)
-Borderlands series
- Gears of War (not big on the series but people love it)
- Dragons Crown
- PS All stars battle royal
- Donkey Kong
- Mario
- LittleBigPlanet
- Guacamelee
Maybe, but it won't stay down. Just look at the way board games are resurging - people want to play together, and videogames need to remember that.
its a great single player game but it's terrible over Live.
Would love to see Cannon Fodder released!