UEFA Dream Soccer

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UEFA Dream Soccer
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Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

UEFA Dream Soccer is a football video game developed by Silicon Dreams Studio and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in 2000.[1]

Gameplay

The game offers several game modes - Global Domination, Survival, Time Attack, Gender Challenge, Team Challenge, Versus and several leagues and tournaments - and features commentary from Alan Green and Barry Venison and pre-match introductions from Helen Chamberlain.[1][2] Female players are included for all national teams and players can pit male players against female players in the Gender Challenge mode.[3]

Development

The title was originally envisaged as another entry in the

Infogrames, the latter of which having already published UEFA Striker for the Dreamcast.[4]

The developers claimed to have captured 20,000 motions during development and used 2,500 polygons per player.[4]

It was among the first video games to feature playable female teams, releasing just a month after

Mia Hamm Soccer 64, which was also developed by Silicon Dreams Studio and is regarded as the first.[5]

Reception

Johnny Minkley gave the title 3/5 in

Sega Worldwide Soccer encouraged has gone forever", and giving a score of 6/10.[1] The game received a score of 5/10 in Official Dreamcast Magazine with reviewer Steve Key arguing that little had been changed from Silicon Dreams previous football titles on the console and criticising several gameplay aspects including poor player positioning, the tackling system and switching between controllable players.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hart, Lee (17 November 2000). "DC Review: UEFA Dream Soccer". DC-UK (17): 68โ€“69.
  2. ^ a b Key, Steve (4 January 2001). "Review: UEFA Dream Soccer". Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) (16): 78โ€“79.
  3. ^ a b Minkley, Johnny (13 December 2000). "Review: UEFA Dream Soccer". Computer and Video Games (230): 117.
  4. ^ a b c Warren, Alex (30 November 2000). "Review: UEFA Dream Soccer". Dreamcast Magazine (16). Paragon Publishing: 50โ€“51.
  5. ^ Rudin, David (21 July 2015). "FIFA 16 is slowly discovering the existence of women's soccer". Kill Screen. Retrieved 2022-08-14.