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Not as good as FIFA

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: March 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I rented this to see how it compared to FIFA. I think FIFA is a lot better. Defenetly rent this before you buy it. Also FIFA world cup is coming out in april.

One of the best "extreme" sports games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I typically shy away from "extreme" sports games because, well, they often replace the depth and subtlety of the sporting contests with over the top violence and wacky power-ups. Soccer Slam doesn't break this trend, but it doesn't completely divorce itself from being a really fine soccer game. In terms of "extremeness" it falls somewhere between NFL Blitz and NBA Street - and I enjoy Soccer Slam more than either of those titles.

Soccer Slam is played on a tiny field with 4 players per side - 3 character players and a generic goalie. The small field constantly pumps Soccer Slams with the electric feel that you get from watching soccer highlights - when the ball is perilously close to the goal and it is going to take a miracle to prevent a goal. While the size of the field and pacing that allow for these "highlights" to happen almost every 30 seconds has the potential for growing stale, it takes a while to tire of players doing huge acrobatic kicks and goalies leaping at the last moment to save the ball. The action is very fast, high energy, and keeps the player involved the entire time.

The main play mode, called "Quest", follows the season for one of the six teams from the opening matches, to the All Star game, and if they play well enough, to the championship. Quest mode is clearly inspired by Virtua Tennis's World Mode - complete with a map of the globe and mini-games between the matches. You can buy power-ups (often wacky clothing for already over-the-top characters) with the money earned from winning matches and completing challenges that help boost the character's attributes, like stealing ability or speed. Its a nice touch to see your players sport their new garb on the field, but the feature overall doesn't feel well integrated into the game - much like the ability increases in the original Tony Hawk game.

Soccer Slam is a great game to pick up in the drought of Cube games. It isn't an epic 70 hour quest or have millions of secrets to unlock like Smash Brothers, but it is a very solid multiplayer game that is the best extreme sports title I've played. If they make a sequel, I'll be first in line.

Very Unique

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

He's driving up the sidelines, quickly traps the ball in his feet and jumps over the defender, sends the ball like a bullet over to his teammate, the player heads into a stadium spotlight, OH MY GOD is this guy casting for "The Matrix"? Anyway he's doing flips in the air, he rears back to shoot, AND HE'S SUCKER-PUNCHED WHILE IN THE AIR! He goes down hard, with the other team in control of the ball, and goes on fire! He charges up the field and tackles some skinny guy that has sparks of electricity coming out his ears. A wrestler from Mexico gets control and shoots from midfield...HE SCORES!
End Score: 16 El Fuego, 14 Electra.

A normal "Sega Soccer Slam" match.

If you didn't get a clue from what you just read, this game is out of whack. In a good way. With six three-man one woman teams. Actually you can't tell what the frigg the goalies are because they have heavy body armor on. As I said before, this is one messed (but cool) game. It provides with more fun then some bestselling games that I will not speak of or everyone on earth will be out to get me. This game is almost like NHL HITZ 20-02 because of the three player action. (The goalies can't be controlled, but they're good enough.) And to clear things up the guy that went on fire was really a skinny girl with strange hair. And fire is El Fuego's natural power. Electra uses bolts of electicity. A team which its name escapes me has poison. Overall, this game is new and exciting.

And1homerun's Rating: A+
Anyone will like this game. Buy it for all ages.

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH.....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When my brother first got this game I took one look at it and said why bother? It is just a simple game with weird moves and kung foo fighting punching soccer matches. But when I actually tried it I was sucked in with the powerups here and there, and the cool movies after each character scored. Which gets annoying after awhile especially when its my brothers characters dancing around after they catch up to me. But what I like about the most in this game is how tough it is. When I first started playing a game against my brother it was 6-2 me at the end of the first quarter. I had used the same manuver: dribble the ball up the middle and when I was in front of the net pass it to the guy at the side who would score for my team. But in the whole second half the strategy did not work because the goalie covered the SIDES! The game had learned from what I had done in the previous half! My brother did not learn because you can't control your own goalie and my players on the sides of the nets were always open. I ended up losing to my brother 10-9 in the second half GRRRRRRRRRRRRR! SO keep this in mind and that the thin players usually score the most (beats me why). WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GETS GOING!

fun but not enough to unlock

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun but when you win the season all you get is the stadium you've played in the championship.

multiplayer is where it's at!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: March 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't even like soccer, and I probably wouldn't ever buy a "real" soccer simulation, but this game is a blast. Or more specifically, the multiplayer game is a blast! I've only played solo a few times, and it can be entertaining-- but nothing compares to the 4 player slug fest that ensues when you get all of the controllers going. The rivalries that we've created in a mere 48 hours are as formidable as those of the Bears/Packers or Knicks/Pacers. And nothing will enrage your opponent more than forcing him to watch the replay of you taking him to school-- all the way through!

I had to throw people out of my house at 4am this morning so I could sleep, and I look forward to doing it again tonight. I mean, I can't say "No" when my friends call up tonight wanting to redeem El Diablo, or kick Lola in the teeth one more time.

Bottom Line- If you've been staring at the Gamecube and your 4 controllers thinking, "Smash Bros. Melee and Monkey Ball are fun, but did I really need all of the extra controllers?", then this is the game for you. I've played SSBM extensively, and I have to say that this is definitely #1 when it comes to multi-player on the Cube-- definitely!

Great Multiplayer Action!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: March 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Today I received a copy of Sega Soccer Slam. Here are my impressions...

Wow!

What a great job Black Box/Visual Concepts have done.

The graphics are pleasant to the eye, while not breath-taking. The most impressive aspect graphic wise to me are the characters themselves, especially while using the L button to power up.

The sound on this puppy is excellent. The first time you hear the fast "bagpipe jingle" while playing with the Volta, you can't help but smile. Some catchy tunes are found everywhere. Great one liners, btw.

I guess my only real complaint about the game is number of teams/courses. It would have been nice to have about twice as much of both, but it's doesn't hurt the overall quality of the game much. Also, the control system can be quirky at times, but nothing too annoying.

Bottom Line: This game is fun. If you have 1, 2, or 3 friends, this game is a must buy. If there ever is a Soccer Slam 2 (and there should be), I'll make sure I'm first in line to pick it up.

Visual Concepts puts a new twist on soccer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: February 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Visual Concepts has been and is renowned for the amazing Sega Sports franchises. Now, they're pulling away from the norm of Sega Sports to create Soccer Slam. An innovative twist, the game shows awesome character design, flashy particle effects, and a whole lot of fun. This Gamecube exclusive, three-on-three, no rules game of soccer should be fun for everyone when it's released at the end of March.

sweet game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

soccor a fun game but now sega has a taken it up a notch its like what SSX did for snowboarding it was fun but they put a new twist on it thats exactly what you've got with sega soccor slam kick a$$ game play and awsome characters and teams.

comparison to Fifa

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Many have wanted to compare this to Fifa 2002. I will give the true comparison that all you soccer game fans want to here. First in graphics Fifa wins. That is my opinion all though it is fairly arguable. Fifa has detailed player animations and realistic fields (the grass in my opinion is jaw dropping). Yet in soccer slam you will see bright cartoonish graphics. No, this is not aa bad thing it actually brings a nice fun tone to the game. Sound goes to Soccer slam in my opinion. Why the announcer is a weird cowboy guy who makes you laugh with his wild antics. The music is lacking but the players make up with it with their insults that leave you laughing to the point where it hurts. Fifa's sound is also great. The thing i disliked was the monotonous announcers. The thing that was good was the in-game souns and soundtrack featuring songs by the guerriliz. In fun soccer slam wins. The players are original and cool. From a scottish boxer to an african medicine man. There are three players and a goalie per team. There are cool kicks and exiting passes. Yes, you can hit your opponent without being charged with a foul. Fifa too is fun but lacks character originality and a fast paced game. The final category is replay value. I believe Fifa has more replay value. In soccer slam once you have beaten the continental cup you feel like you are done. Soccer slam features 6 teams and 9 feilds. Fifa has countless teams, challenges, and goals. Which leaves you coming back for more. A few last notes are the multiplayer is very fun ...
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