PlayTM writes: "As you'd expect with a franchise game like this it is literally plastered with official logos and stylings. I suppose you must be paying for something. To give you a greater feel of participating all eight stadiums are lovingly recreated. It is obvious that a lot of time and attention has been paid to creating player likenesses and a first (for me) actual team manager likenesses, too. Miss a golden opportunity and you are now faced with rather sour looking Steve McClaren in a tracksuit, what a joy. Something new to the franchise is the Battle of the Nations tournament.
Beautifully described by the enigmatic Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend as you load up the game. Essentially this feature means that whenever you play a game in Euro 2008 as long as you are connected to the internet your scores with be added to an online leaderboard where the nations are battling it out until the end of the actual real world tournament. When you start you are asked to choose a country you would like to represent, this doesn't have to be your own country but once selected it cannot be changed. Then throughout playing the rest of the game you are awarded points for your performances, you do not need to play as your chosen country for these points to count. Play as a worse country against stiffer opposition and you will earn more points."
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."
