Active Soccer 2 DX

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  • Summary: Following the great success of the mobile version, the Active Soccer series is back and is now available on Xbox One!

    Active Soccer 2 DX is an exciting top-down arcade football game providing a fast-paced arcade experience, implementing amazing playability and responsive    Following the great success of the mobile version, the Active Soccer series is back and is now available on Xbox One!

    Active Soccer 2 DX is an exciting top-down arcade football game providing a fast-paced arcade experience, implementing amazing playability and responsive easy-to-learn/hard-to-master controls.

    With Active Soccer 2 DX you have full control of the game, no scripted goals, no CPU-driven decisions!

    Active Soccer 2 DX provides a complete career mode, implementing many international leagues, cups and championships. Imagine being the manager of a 5th division English team - you have a budget and your goal is to be promoted to higher divisions, by purchasing players, creating tactics, managing the team and playing real matches!

    - Multiplayer game, up to 8 local players
    - Career mode, supporting 850 teams (club and national) from all over the world and 22,000 players with individual skills
    - Classic teams and hundreds of legendary players included
    - Competition designer
    - Team editor
    - Varied weather conditions
    - Different camera views: you can play vertically, horizontally or with a diagonal view
    - Soundtrack created by Chris Huelsbeck
    - Amazing fun!    … Expand

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  1. PlayStation Country
    Jan 1, 2017
    30
    Active Soccer 2 DX is what happens if you copy a twenty year old game but forget to put in any pride, professionalism or playtesting. It’s better than Kick Off Revival though. And that’s what we in the business call the faintest of praise.

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  1. AFW
    Feb 28, 2019
    9
    I'm not a FIFA fan, and while I do love PES - actually, PES on the Wii is probably my favorite sports game of all time, just fantastic - atI'm not a FIFA fan, and while I do love PES - actually, PES on the Wii is probably my favorite sports game of all time, just fantastic - at times I long for the simpler controls of the good old days. Arcade sports games can be very fun if they're done right.

    Active Soccer is basically an updated Sensible Soccer, or Championship Soccer '94, as it was called on the SNES/Genesis.

    The controls are smooth, there are only 3 buttons to worry about, and overall it captures the right feel of the old SWOS games. Nothing is perfect, sometimes your players seem to avoid taking a pass more than receiving it, and goal keepers will sometimes seem to teleport a meter to the side to make a save.

    BUT: those are small issues that don't really detract from the game for me. It's fun and it's fast and there are plenty of options for the camera, zoom, difficulty of the AI, etc. and there are all the friendly, league and cup competition options you could want (and a Career mode). If you must have real players, you can edit teams to your heart's content. I don't have the patience for that, so I just play with the made up names.

    A game takes about 5 minutes - so you can breeze through a cup or season without it turning into a slog. This is exactly how I want my arcade-style sports games to work. This game is about fun and simple-but-deep controls. I think it's fantastic. I just came across this by chance on PSN and gave it a shot and it's more than worth the $10 being charged.    … Expand
  2. afwhigs
    Mar 1, 2019
    9
    Take this game for what it is, a $10 PSN arcade soccer game that is a modern take on Sensible Soccer, but with more features.

    Fast 3-button    Take this game for what it is, a $10 PSN arcade soccer game that is a modern take on Sensible Soccer, but with more features.

    Fast 3-button gameplay that is pick-up-and-play, but has plenty of depth is what this is about. You get access to all kinds of tournaments, cups, leagues, a Career mode, and teams that can be edited, if you feel the need.

    The game is fast and fun, games only take a few minutes and that feels about right. You can adjust a lot of things to your liking: AI difficulty, weather, ball, game length, camera, pitch view, etc.

    This game is everything I'd hoped it would be, and if I'd paid twice as much I would've been OK with it. Sports sims have gotten to the point that they can be more complicated than I want - or at least more complicated than I want ALL THE TIME. So having a fun, arcadey soccer game really hits the spot.    … Expand
  4. Freek
    Aug 17, 2017
    9
    This is a fantastic little football game and a real throwback to the good old days of Kick Off and Sensible Soccer. The simple and responsiveThis is a fantastic little football game and a real throwback to the good old days of Kick Off and Sensible Soccer. The simple and responsive controls make it a great pick up and play and it makes for a fun party game amongst friends.… Expand
  5. st3fano
    Sep 15, 2017
    6
    The best retro-football game on PS4, quite a good tribute to Kick Off & Sensible Soccer, crafted for old nostalgic players.
    Way better than    The best retro-football game on PS4, quite a good tribute to Kick Off & Sensible Soccer, crafted for old nostalgic players.
    Way better than other remakes made recently, it's an arcade football game so you can pick -up and play without the need to spens days only to start learning hoe to control the ball.    … Expand