0 to Z of Playstation 1 Games - Adidas Power Soccer 2

         

Adidas Power Soccer 2 is a football based sports game developed by French based developer Shen Technologies, the game was published by former development company Psygnosis, and was released Exclusively in Europe in 1997

Adidas Power Soccer 2 is the second main line game of the Adidas Power Soccer franchise and would be the last main line game in the series, Overall the new development studio didn’t make too many changes to the formula that world well in the first game, with updated player and team rosters for the 97/98 season including many real teams, and additionally 56 national teams were added, the crazy arcade mode returns as well with new special moves added.

The games features commentary from Brain Moore for the UK version, Yves Lecoq commentates on the French version of the game and Marcel Reif is the commentator for the German edition of the game, multiplayer was also available for up to four players with a multitap.

Football game no story present

Reviews for this 1997 release are had to come by so are user ratings of the game with GameFAQs having just one a 2.5/5, critic reviews are fairly hard to come by as well, with just three to choose from, a couple of these reviews are positive though, German publication Video Games giving the game a solid 83/100 again like the previous version however they did criticize the repetitive and often unrelated commentary in the game.

French review outlet Consoles Plus did not have too much to say in their 81/100 review they are quoted as saying, If you have ISS, keep it. Regarding the purchase of Power Soccer 2, think a little more.

The only English review is could find comes from NowGamer, who also awarded the game the lowest score from the three reviews available, with NowGamer quoted as saying, Power soccer was hugely overrated the first time around and is now getting its just desserts. Two years ago this could have passed for entertainment, but in the face of superior competition, it hides sheepishly in the dugout. Go for Actua 2 or FIFA ’98 instead.

The game was on for an average rating of 82% however that NowGamer review has brought down the games average rating to a 75.6%, decent but is starting to show its cracks as a series, and clearly the gimmick is not keeping up with other football games.

This is the part of 0 to Z where is visit five online retailers and see what the availability of the title is, and what price you would be looking at if you wanted to pick this title up, the sites that I will be using for this are Amazon.com,  eStarland.com, retrogames.co.uk and Gamedude.com I know the last one is very location specific, but from a podcast I listen to I’ve heard they have a huge stock of older games, I will also be including Ebay.com as well

So lets get down to business with Gamedude, who along with eStarland.com and Retrogames.co.uk don’t stock this game in any form disc, complete, used or new so we move onto Amazon.com who as well to no surprise don’t stock this European only release.

So we switch to the co.uk version of Amazon where the game is available but definitely not as abundant as previous versions, with just seven copies of the game on sale with a starting price for a copy of the game sitting at £8.87 +£4.08 for shipping, so a total of £12.95 this is for a complete, very good quality copy of the game, this price converts to $16.65 in the US, in the Euro region it will set you back €14.22, while in Uzbekistan it will cost you 69330.7 Uzbekistani Som, please also be aware you need a PAL console to play this game.

A slightly cheaper copy is available however this is only an acceptable quality copy of the game, at the other end of the price spectrum, a used like new copy of the game will set you back around the £20 mark, while if you are in the market for a new copy you are looking at a minimum of £40, currently there is only one new copy available on Amazon.co.uk, this price converts to, 214148.9 Uzbekistani Som, in the Euro region it will cost €44.03 and in the US you will be looking at an outlay of around $51.

Ebay.com is slightly cheaper than Amazon for a used copy of Adidas Power Soccer 2 with two copies currently available for a price of $5.13 this comes with free international shipping as well, this price converts to £3.99 in the UK, in Euro countries you will be looking at €4.39, while in Uzbekistan it will cost you 21311.8 Uzbekistani Som.

This is the cheapest you will find a used copy of the game for on Ebay.com with other copies being hammered by the shipping costs, a new copy of the game is available however , this as well comes with free international shipping and is priced much cheaper than Amazon again, coming in at a price of $25.69 pretty much half the price compared to the Amazon copy.

Written by

P J Gibbon