Pocket Lint writes: "It's difficult to start a football gaming review without mentioning the battle between EA's FIFA series and Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer titles. While the latter gained notoriety over the last decade as the "better" game, it sadly failed to claim the top spot in terms of sales. But all that changed last year as FIFA 08 thoroughly thrashed the terrible Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.
UEFA Euro 2008 then isn't the next step in the FIFA franchise. Instead it takes the solid base that all us football fans purchased last year, and offers quite a number of gameplay tweaks, and a few delightful additions to make this the best football gaming title available at the current time."
The good:
-Extended Be A Pro mode
-Tonnes of tweaks and fixes
-Looks gorgeous on a HD screen
The bad:
-Not a huge jump from FIFA 08
-Takes a while to get to grips with
EA Sports UEFA Euro 2012 first trailer
UEFA Euro 2008 does a great job of bringing together the technical preciseness and fun of a real soccer game like no soccer game before it. Being able to control almost all the action, and feeling like scoring a goal is a true accomplishment, comes across immediately. If you're a fan of the beautiful game, or even if you're not, you'll be in for real treat with this game.
Games Asylum writes: "The first thing to ask of any football game is: is it better than Pro Evolution Soccer? The answer in this case, is yes. Euro 2008 plays a slower, more realistic and more cultured version of the game. It relies far more on crossing, sensible defending and picking out the perfect pass, in contrast to Pro Evo's festival of dribbling.
It also plays a far better game online. I experienced hardly any lag, and when I did I found that the entire game slowed down to accommodate it. I never lost a goal or game due to lag, a huge difference to Pro Evo's nasty habit of making the ball disappear and then reappear in your own goal. There's also a wealth of online modes, including playing a Euro 2008 tournament online, playing in a league or just picking a single game. There's also an interesting feature called 'Play for your Country' where you choose your country and your scores both offline and online go into a ranking table to find out which country has the most obsessive citizens."
