Man, sensible soccer on the genesis yɛ saa agodie no mu baako a ɛte nka sɛ ɛteɛ wɔ nea ɛto so abien a wobɔ no so no mu biako. Nea ɛwɔ soro no hwɛ wo tẽẽ kɔ adeyɛ no mu —ɛnyɛ cutscenes a ɛyɛ fɛ, paw kuw bi kɛkɛ na kɔ. Mfiase no, ɛkame ayɛ sɛ nea wɔde di dwuma no yɛ mmerɛw dodo: pass, shoot, sprint. Nanso afei wuhu sɛnea finesse pii wɔ hɔ wɔ saa tenten, arcing through-balls anaa ɔkwan a wubetumi curve a shot a ɛdɔɔso ara kwa a ebetumi awia no atwam keeper no.

Nkonimdi yɛ ntɛmntɛm na ɛyɛ basabasa wɔ ɔkwan a eye sen biara so. Wobɛhwere bɔɔl no wɔ scramble no mu ɛtɔ da bi a, nanso ɛno yɛ charm no fã. Na nkyerɛkyerɛmu no nso ɛ? Classic 16-bit quips a ɔkwan bi so no ɛnnyin da. Ɛyɛ game a wobɛka ntam sɛ wobɛbɔ "just one more match" wɔ 1 am, na mpofirim ara ɛyɛ 3.

Sɛ wopaa eyi wɔ bere no mu a, ɛda so ara yɛ basabasayɛ — kɛkɛ nhwɛ kwan sɛ FIFA realism. Eyi yɛ bɔɔlbɔ a ɛho tew a wɔmfa nsu ngu mu a wɔde nostalgia afã bi. Goalkeepers no yɛ psychic anaa comically bad, na nokwarem no, ɛno yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.