Thursday, September 18, 2025

Power Eleven for PCE


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Power Eleven

The easiest pick up and play soccer title


Genre: sports - soccer

Publisher: Hudson Soft

Year: 1991

System: PCE


Gameplay Score: 4

Gameplay Notes:

I love the simplicity and fun factor on display here. The AI is dumb as a box of rocks, but I appreciate a soccer game where I can score and play all phases of the game - defense, offense, passing, tackling, and the like. And they do it all with one button. Brilliant.


Level Design Score: 3

Level Design Notes:

Season, VS, Watch, and PK mode Dead simple to jump into a game.


Theme Score: 4

Theme Notes:

Hudson's patented unassuming, fun, arcadey style. A goofy opening cinematic shows someone enter a HuCard and power up the PC Engine. No language barrier.


Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

Not much to look at. The top-down view makes this look more like a foosball table than a soccer pitch. Basic but attractive. The PK mode looks amazing, even if the gameplay is awful.


Audio Score: 4

Audio Notes:

I love the music and simple sound effects. Even the voice acting, which is all in English, is impressive for the era.


Overall Score: 71

Review ID: 8104



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