Customer Reviews

ESPN MLS Extra Time 2002

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MLS ExtraTime is a very solid game for those who don't take their soccer too seriously. The MLS mode is very good with the most up to date rosters found in any soccer game so far.ExtraTime's main flaw is that international rosters aren't the same as you are going to see in tournaments such as the world cup. This doesn't bother me much since I bought it for a good MLS game anyway. The only other flaw is semi-automatic player switching which can be a hassle and get VERY frustrating VERY fast with the computer switching you to player not even on the same half of the field as the ball. With better international rosters and no automatic player switching MLS ExtraTime would have been a GREAT soccer game for the Gamecube. The graphics are fairly good, although not quite as good as other games I've seen. I give this game a 4 out of 5.

MLS Extratime offers the most up to date rosters for the MLS and more than enough International teams. What I find annoying is that the World Cup is just around the corner and although having all the real MLS players is nice, I would have like to have all the real international players for the rest of the teams. I like the MLS and all but the World Cup is soccer's premiere event and not to have the international players not accurately represent is a big minus

One thing MLS Extratime does have is decent controls. The players feel pretty responsive when controling them. The through pass is also done very well, just like in ISS 98 for the N64. The coaching options are nice and the control of the set pieces is done well. Too bad all these nice features are completely overlooked due to the most annoying player switching I have ever seen in a sports game. I would like to say that no sports game should have automatic switching of your players. Combined with manual switching makes even more frustrating. It's really annoying with you shoot a shot and it's blocked and instead of retaining control of your player it switches to some player not even in the run of play.

Fortunately, this is an aspect of MLS Extratime 2002 that wasn't royally screwed up. Although the player models aren't as good as EA's FIFA, MLS's face models are much more superior. The players really look very similar to the real life counterparts. The animation of the character is done pretty well and the stadium environments are better the EA's FIFA.

The Compute AI stinks in this game. I'm beating the computer defenders like they were drugged up before the game. Also it's so easy to score on the computer goalie. Just do the same move over and over again, cut in out and shoot, works every time. Pretty soon I was crushing the computer 10 to 0. I swear there's more scoring in this game than there is in hockey, which is not realistic. The game feels very arcade like because of this.

MLS Extra time may be presented like a real ESPN TV soccer match but in no way does it accurately depicts what goes on in a real soccer game.

This game is great>> If you are in for graphics. Don't buy it. Is you love FIFA don't buy it. Is you are into the game play and strategy and know something about soccer then buy it. One time I played FIFA because people would keep talking about it, and I could not believe how unreal it was. I could not believe that I made all my goals from about half the yard, and whenever I got close to the goal the keeper would always stop it. In the real life is not like that, sorry to tell you. That's why I pick MLS extra time ten times over FIFA.

Being an Englishman I feel very well placed to rate soccer games as I have been playing them all my life. I was really looking forward to MLS extratime as Konami make the best soccer games and I thought with the GC it could only be a winner.
First impressions were bad as the game looks like an old PS one title and unfortunately when compared to the PS2 version it looks woeful.
Gameplay is simple and fun but compared to Pro Evolution on the PS2 this game will only ever be a subsitute and not in the starting eleven.

Like the other reviewer said wait for ISS(International Superstar Soccer) To come on gamecube.It will blow this game out of the water.

As a Brazilian, I don't believe I would buy this game if I had played it before. It's much worse than international superstar soccer of N64, Winning Eleven and even FIFA 2002 is better (I never liked Fifa series).

It doesn't even have a proper international tournament.

It's better to wait for International Superstar Soccer, which has already been released in Europe. Unfortunately, neither Nintendo website nor Konami websites give any information about this product and when it's gonna be released in USA.