Soccer Story

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Game Informer
    Dec 15, 2022
    75
    While Soccer Story is a tale about the beautiful game, the soccer matches take a backseat to story and exploration. The adventure and role-playing aspect is a lot of fun, especially with soccer so integrated into the world, but the weak soccer matches keep it from truly being a great sports role-playing game. Buoyed by its charming and humorous premise, Soccer Story provides a satisfying adventure and a different type of soccer game, but one that doesn’t quite score a hat-trick.
  2. SpazioGames
    Dec 20, 2022
    63
    Despite some good ideas, Soccer Story fails to deliver in some of its design choices, feeling like a first but deeply improvable step.
  3. TheXboxHub
    Dec 19, 2022
    60
    Soccer Story is one of those rare soccer games where almost everything apart from the action on the pitch is pretty good. It manages to conjure up a lovely world filled with a host of creative tasks and activities to keep you busy, whilst telling a fun little story along the way. That’s why it’s a shame to see a myriad of technical problems chipping away at the overall enjoyment.
  5. Movies Games and Tech
    Dec 19, 2022
    55
    Soccer Story is an unusual football-based RPG. With zany characters and colourful backdrops, this is a strange game to play. However, its reliance on simple quests and too much back and forth undermine its potential.

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User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. ehtaco
    Mar 10, 2023
    6
    I really quite liked this game despite its flaws. The actual on-field gameplay is pretty boring. Intentionally simple and pretty barebones,I really quite liked this game despite its flaws. The actual on-field gameplay is pretty boring. Intentionally simple and pretty barebones, but after you've played a game or two, you've experienced just about everything there is to experience. I think the game is at its best when not actually playing soccer. The different areas look different and stand out from each other, but the actual sidequests you do get very bland and repetitive. A ton of guesswork with not a lot or care put into the actual structure of the way things work. More variety here would've helped the game massively. Overall, fun little game. Was pretty surprised with how much I enjoyed it, but I have to acknowledge how much better it could have been. It is very buggy. Things not loading until you've restarted the game multiple times, etc. Seemingly happens every 15 minutes. It is ridiculous.… Full Review »
  2. Gritwald
    Dec 22, 2022
    7
    I found this game relaxing and unique. This is a game to play why you wait for games to be released. I like the art style and the story is ok.I found this game relaxing and unique. This is a game to play why you wait for games to be released. I like the art style and the story is ok. Just don't expect anything ground breaking here and you will have fun.… Full Review »
  3. Robertinho123
    Dec 8, 2022
    4
    The fact that only .8% of the players completed this fairly short game says it all, avoid.

    Quite enjoyed this game until the hitting shark    The fact that only .8% of the players completed this fairly short game says it all, avoid.

    Quite enjoyed this game until the hitting shark game, the controls are just not made for something like that, and it wasn't fun, so I quit.

    Edit: finished it and I really wished I hadn't. The AI is so broken that on Medium difficulty the opponent's goalie is impossible to beat, but even a maxed out own goalie is still crap. The opponent keeps scoring from a long range, while I can't even score from closeby with a max-power. That's not fun and challenging, that's broken. On Easy it's so easy it's not fun, I lose 5-1 on medium, win 10-0 on easy, crappy balancing. Also, why the hell is a tie an automatic loss? Program in some extra time or golden goals.

    This is what you get when an American team thinks they can make a football game, they just don't get it. It has a lot going for it, and I really wanted to like it, but it comes up short in every area.    … Full Review »
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