On the plus side, Sociable Soccer is already looking better than that ill-judged release. ![]() It flopped pretty spectacularly with a Metacritic score of 34%. However while I’m cautiously optimistic at this stage, I can’t help but recall when the equally well-loved Kick Off franchise was brought back almost two years ago with Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival. Of course both those franchises have increasingly strived for realism while Sociable Soccer aims purely for retro, arcade simplicity so it can be argued they aren’t in direct competition. It was much more professional – apart from the sensationalist ‘Faster than F#’ tagline that was quickly discarded (I’m pretty sure the F word there is FIFA by the way).Īnd that brings up the main obstacle facing Sociable Soccer – the massive market share of the soccer market dominated by FIFA and PES. As part of this process they recruited a Community Manager and regularly updated their dedicated website. “It’s Faster than F#”Īt this point Combo Breaker and Jon Hare decided to pursue more conventional development channels for Sociable Soccer. Admittedly it seemed to work early on, but the campaign quickly stalled and only raised 10% of the £300,000 ($394,000) target. Back then the developers seemed to hope the spiritual successor to the much-loved 90s series Sensible Soccer would succeed on nostalgia alone. It’s all a long way from the failed Kickstarter, which was rushed and poorly run. I can’t help but feel they really should have pushed to have online play available from the start – it’s not really sociable otherwise is it? But credit where it’s due, the development team have been extremely active since launch with two patches in the first four days to address many of the issues raised by users so far. However that’s all to be expected with an Early Access title, and to be fair to developers Combo Breaker they were very up-front up about this prior to launch. The few negative reviews highlight several bugs, weak AI and numerous pending features such as online play. The Spiritual Successor to Sensible World of Soccer That’s not bad for an Early Access title that’s only been on sale for four days – and it’s worth noting that these are all from actual purchases as reviews who purchased with a gifted Steam key no longer count. Here’s the key features of Sociable Soccer: The fastest, most responsive gameplay you may ever experience Over 1,000 teams and 30,000 players from around the World, all with editable data. However that turned out to only be a temporary setback as the indie soccer title finally made its debut on October 20th.Īt the time of writing Sociable Soccer is currently boasting a ‘very positive’ rating on Steam with 55 reviews, of which 81% are positive. The highly anticipated console and PC versions of the game will offer the same great player experiences and. After a fairly dismal Kickstarter attempt in November 2015 there was more bad news for the developers of Sociable Soccer when its October 12th launch on Steam Early Access suffered a last minute-delay. Sociable Soccer was originally released in 2019 via Apple Arcade for iOS, where it has built up a huge following of fans for its fast, arcade-style, intuitive gameplay, complete with multiplayer head-to-heads and collectible player cards.
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