Sensi Soccer premieres on EG TV

By Johnny Minkley Published 18 April, 2006

See the new Sensi in action.

The revival of the much-loved Sensible Soccer series has caused considerable excitement amongst gamers of a certain age - and now you can see for yourselves how the 2006 version is coming along as Eurogamer TV exclusively premieres the first in-game footage.

The trailer shows off the game's top-down view, offering a range of action-packed snapshots that certainly suggest Sensible Soccer 2006 is hoping to retain the feel of the original 16-bit classic.

On the surface, New Sensi is not a game that takes itself too seriously - the preference of stylised caricatures over accurate likenesses and the outrageously camp Europop anthem accompanying the trailer ("You're a goal-scoring superstar hero!") bear testament to this.

But publisher Codemasters is insistent that its title is no mere pre-season friendly and reckons there is a gap in the market for another serious player, despite the clear hegemony of the PES and FIFA series. And if this sensibly mid-priced release captures the spectacular fun of its forebears, it could well be right.

Sensible Soccer 2006 is due for release on PS2, Xbox and PC this summer. You can check out the trailer on EGTV right now, and see our first impressions for more on how it plays.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • AHiFi #1 6 years ago

    After the video, I'm quite interested. =)

  • RedPanda #2 6 years ago

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  • Luigi #3 6 years ago

    Looks great!!

  • TheMoonRat #4 6 years ago

    hahah they had that song as the intro for SWOS: glad to see it making an updated return :D Loved the original video they made for it, in black and white.

  • Beano #5 6 years ago

    Looks very entertaining... quess I may have to get this one ;)

  • OnlyMe #6 6 years ago

    Sensible's design always had big heads. Their heads made out 1/3 of the entire body, which is a lot.

  • Tomo #7 6 years ago

    Looks awesome!

    As is EGTV now with comments threads!

  • ERG1008 #8 6 years ago

    Maybe it was just the clips but the keepers look terrible, positioning & that.
    Sensi always had good keepers in the olden days.

  • OnlyMe #9 6 years ago

    You don't see the big heads in that screenshot? From what I see that screenshot just proves my point.

    And have you ever seen a magnified version of the players? Their heads are actually quite large.

    ERG1008: Sensi always had good keepers? In that case, my 10-0 games against my brother must be pure luck then. The keepers sucked, and dribbling past them was as easy as spelling a one-letter word. Scoring from the midfield in 3/10 times would also imply their suckiness.

    EDIT: that said, the real challenge is on the actual field. If you're playing against a good team on the field, chances are you'll have trouble getting a shot at goal anyway. That's the nature of ping-pong soccer.
    Edited by 1 at 19/04/06 @ 09:15

  • OnlyMe #10 6 years ago

    Yeah, but it was intentionally. All of Sensible's character designs were like that, be it Mega Lo Mania, Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer or Sensible Golf (the most obvious of the bunch). Heck, even in Sensible's very early go at a soccer game, Microprose Soccer they had big heads.

    Besides, games like Manchester United: The Double managed to have normal sized heads, and their characters had even less pixels than Sensible's.

  • OnlyMe #11 6 years ago

    ...

    "The men who have sex with dolls"


    hmmm...

  • OnlyMe #12 6 years ago

    Personally I think the heads are a wee bit big there too, although not to the same degree. At least 90% of Sensible's game characters had at least a slightly unproportional head, so I'd still say big heads isn't particularly new from Sensi.

    Look at Cannon Fodder then or Sensible Golf. Better examples I think.

  • Darkedge #13 6 years ago

    looks great and I think one thing has been blown out of proportion here (here's a clue - some thing to do with the pratchet geek)

  • Beano #14 6 years ago

    "Don't like the character design at all, why have they all got enormous heads?"

    Who really cares if the game is fast and fun to play?

  • smelly #15 6 years ago

    Not every game needs to be photo realistic you know. I like the way it's done like that, they look like those big headed football players you used to get in garages.

    Also it helps push across the idea that it's a fun game, and seperates it from the other football games.

    But what would i know, i'm a nintendo fanboi, so im used to cutesy graphics ;-)

  • Beano #16 6 years ago

    "Cos it looks shit? For no reason? "

    Matter of taste... the oversized heads fits perfectly with arcadeish nature of the game, I like it :)
    Edited by 1 at 19/04/06 @ 11:31

  • Beano #17 6 years ago

    Bacause of the big heads :)

  • IronGiant #18 6 years ago

    The days of Sensi being a big seller are long gone..

  • Beano #19 6 years ago

    So what ?

    Let the sheep buy FIFA games, and the rest of us Sensible Soccer and PES :)

  • MrChuckles #20 6 years ago

    As long as defending against the opposition isn't a case of holding down a combination of 2 or 3 buttons on a joypad while the defensive AI runs after the attacker i'll be happy (My biggest gripe vs Fifa & PES).

    Happy days doing outrageous sensi sliding tackles that aren't an auto yellow/red card for teh w1n.