PSM3 UK writes: "First off, don't worry - England's absence from this year's European Championships is rectifiable. UEFA Euro 2008 allows you to play through qualification, or just jump straight into the finals - with the correct team line-up or your own selection. So you can take JT, Lumpard and the rest to glory after all, until their egos are so gigantic they can't stand up under the weight. Then there's an international take on FIFA 08's Be a Pro mode called Captain Your Country, which allows you to take a created player from B International obscurity all the way to European glory. But despite all this, and no matter how many times they see their team lift the virtual trophy, England fans will no doubt experience pangs of sorrow playing Euro 2008."
You'll love:
-Increased speed
-Great player movement
-Beautiful animations
You'll hate:
-Distant feel
-Inconsistent passing
-FIFA clone
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."
i tried the demo, this game is getting close to beating PES in terms of gameplay and it's leaps and bounds ahead off it in terms of presentation. I'll skip buying it and wait for fifa 2009.