ConsoleMonster: Do you know your Best’s from your Cruyffs and your Old Trafford’s from your San Siro’s? If yes is the answer then Football Genius: The Ultimate Quiz could be the perfect game for you. But for 800MS Points does this football based quiz game do enough to part you with your money.
Resolution's Steve Peacock writes: I am terrible at football. I think, on reflection, I am just lacking the genes to enjoy it. The weird part is I have no inclination to play or watch the real game, but stick it in a virtual setting and I feel strangely compelled to give it a go. It was this that made me think I’d have a modicum of a chance at Football Genius.
Oh what a fool I am.
Football Genius will be familiar to any of you that have braved a quiz machine in your local pub, although the risk/reward system of this particular version doesn’t quite have the same feel to it. It is simply a quiz about football; the players, the clubs, the history of the sport, the outcome of major tournaments and leagues, the whole shebang.
VGR: Are you a Football Genius? Test your football knowledge in Football Genius — The Ultimate Quiz! The game features six questions packs covering International, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish football with over 3500 questions about your favorite teams, players, and tournaments.
The fact the Microsoft has been keen to promote World Cup activities on the Xbox 360 has not been lost on some developers, with RTL Sports taking the initiative and offering their Xbox LIVE Arcade title, Football Genius – The Ultimate Quiz, as part of the current “Deal of the Week” promotion for Xbox LIVE Gold Subscribers. Available now at half-price, many fans awaiting England’s next challenge are likely to be interested in putting their own football skills to the test.
