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Winning Eleven 9: Hands-On Online Preview. January 26, 2006 - It's been a long time coming, but today will go down as a historic day in the IGN offices: we finally took Winning Eleven soccer.

For soccer fans, there is still no play in videogames more satisfying than a goal in Winning Eleven. No touchdown in Madden, no dunk in NBA 2K6, no one-timer in a hockey game will cause you to jump out of your seat and scream like a crafty goal in Konami's outstanding soccer franchise. That same -- and I mean, exact same -- outstanding gameplay returns in, and scores again with the best playing soccer title on the market. Still, that doesn't mean that WE9 can't be better. Online play is the key new addition this year, but aside from a few new licensed teams and some reordered menus, WE9 looks, feels and plays just like WE8.

It's almost as if Konami is resting on the laurels of WE8 instead of using current technology to brush up the sights and sounds of WE9. As this current generation winds down, we hope to see some serious improvement from Winning Eleven. The competition from EA is closing the gap each season and Winning Eleven is in danger of losing the crown of best-soccer game if the graphics and sound don't show more improvement. No license, no Champions League for AC Milan. On the pitch, WE9 is vintage Winning Eleven.

The sublime control is simple to pick up and play and the very definition of intuitive. As you improve in the game and open the instruction manual, you will be pleasantly surprised with the incredible depth of the moves list. Halo 3 pc iso torrent.

From set pieces to dribbling to crosses to shots, there is a tremendous variety of different ways to move the ball and put it in the net, utilizing a number of different button combinations. Each year as the series evolves, Konami keeps the core gameplay intact because, if it aint broke&#Array;Just as in WE8, gameplay changes in WE9 are very subtle.

There's a bit more jostling and physical play off the ball. There are a lot more dinky fouls this year. It's more difficult to score from the wings and you can't rely on headers from a corner cross. That's not to say you can't score on a cross, but you'll need to utilize different attack methods, like through balls, chip shots and shots from distance, in order to score consistently.

Again, these are subtle changes that further refine the best-playing soccer game out there. Of course, subtle refining is really where the series has always shined through the years. Dot matrix font microsoft word. A great way to learn the long list of dribbles, passes, shots and traps is to go through the different training modes offered, which are set up very well. The moves are explained in depth and you are taught the best situations in which to use them. As always with Winning Eleven, it will take you a while to learn all the moves in the game and be able to use them intuitively.

Soon, many moves will become invaluable to your attack, like taking control of a player on a through pass that is about to be intercepted and cutting in front to receive the pass. Unfortunately, Winning Eleven makes very small steps forward in terms of presentation, sound and graphics. Presentation has traditionally been the weak spot of the franchise, and that holds true with WE9. The menu system has been cleaned up a bit from WE8 -- especially the very clunky team select menu -- but overall the menus are a bit confusing and aren't intuitive at all -- the exact opposite of the gameplay. Of course, you can't talk about a Winning Eleven title without mentioning the lack of licenses, which hurts on a few levels.