The soccer genre boasts many great games, including Football Manager and Winning Eleven. Real Madrid: The Game is designed with intentions to join that lineup, but the execution is less than stellar.
You play an upcoming star just roped in by the manager of Real Madrid. He spotted you playing with your pal, Nick, and decided to let the both of you play Team B. If you display greatness, you will get to play Team A.
So, the goal of the game is to best Nick in match fitness, skill, respect and star quality. I assume that you will go the “Open Palm” way and beat him in respect and star quality to get into Team A instead of the “Closed Fist” way of match fitness and skill. The game does not say the minimum requirements needed to pass the weekly goals.
Real Madrid has some mini-games. You have gym work to increase your skills; each week you have to complete a minimum number of exercises on certain machines.
You have practice training; you have to complete a minimum number of practice sessions to meet the week’s quota. You even get to practise match skills.
Probably the biggest mini-game is the match of the week where you get to put all that keyboard and mouse skills you have been training on in practice. Winning the game gives you a boost in skills and fame.
A good showing, even if you lose, still earns you points.
A “less important” mini-game is to impress your girl with fame, money, compassion and knowledge. If you are bored of that, you can buy objects to boost your ego such as things to decorate your new apartment or simply clothes and cars.
Real Madrid tries to show what it’s like to live like a soccer star: You have to balance love life and party life and still play well in matches. Unfortunately, most of the mini-games come off as annoying instead of entertaining.
The game controls are simple, but repetitive.
You either have to press two buttons or move your mouse to keep within the marker. If you can do that, you will complete the objective’s goal, no matter the outcome.
And during the actual match, you may get free movement, like in Winning Eleven, but most times you have to repeat the minigames in training.
Real Madrid is, at best, average. It may appeal to Real Madrid fans, players who want to know what it’s like to be a soccer star, and those who like the Nintendo Wii-type games.
Title: Real Madrid: The Game
Publisher: v.2 Play
Developer: Atomic Planet
Availability: New Era Interactive Software Sdn Bhd (03-77298777)
Price: RM149.90
Package: 1 game DVD
minimum requirements
• Windows XP/Vista
• Pentium 4 1GHz
• 256MB RAM
• 1.25GB hard drive space
• 64MB DirectX 9.0c graphics card
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