World Cup Italia '90 / Super Futebol II - review by Mean Machines Sega magazine Lookback - Reviews

There's not really much we can say about this one. It's a game, it scrolls vertically and it's cock. So there you are.

What we said then

Presentation: 83%
The starting screen is fair, and the team selection screen is rather jolly. Throughout the game the standard remains high.
Graphics: 62%
Nice presentation screens, but the in-game graphics are gaudy and confusing.
Sound: 56%
Whistles, cheers, and other spot effects - but they're very tinny indeed.
Playability: 53%
Don't expect to play this long into the night - it's irritatingly difficult to control.
Lastability: 39%
The frustrating controls and naff payability result in this quickly being relegated to the software shelf.
Overall: 51%
A very poor effort that's disappointing in the extreme - get World Cup Soccer instead.

JAZ: The graphics are all out of scale (the men are nearly as big as the goal!), the ball movement is utterly unrealistic and the sound is dreadful.
MATT: A football game that does not reward skill easily is no football game at all - and sadly that's the case here.

JAZ: A veritable stained lavatory pan of a football game with dreadful graphics, dire sound and playability from Satan's school of gaming. Presentation should stay the same, but the rest of the ratings down by 20%.
RICH: Pathetic. World Cup Italia '90 was awful then and it's even worse now. A footballing debacle even more forlorn and shabby than England's simpering performance in the European championships. Take 10% off each rating.
Rating: 41
Reviewer: Mean Machines Sega magazine Lookback
Region: UK
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