Craig Nye writes:
''Straight away from the fairly lengthy opening video, the game's underlying objective is made very apparent: to find the best gaming nation in Europe. Players are asked to choose a country to represent throughout their time playing UEFA Euro 2008, and from then on every ball kicked, tackle made and goal scored goes towards a greater collective effort in the form of a daily leaderboard specific to your country. Regardless of whether you decide to use one of the five star teams or guide the mighty Albania to glory, it all goes towards the overall total of your chosen nation. This is a shrewd move on EA's part because the lower the rank of the team you play as, the more points that are up for grabs - so theoretically, it encourages players to go with the less star studded filled teams. Emphasis on the word theoretically.''
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."
