Pro Striker - Final Stage for MD

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Review #6060

Pro Striker - Final Stage

Stop starting. Start stopping.

MD 1995 Sega Sports Sports › Soccer
Pro Striker - Final Stage screenshot for MD
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
3 / 5

Gameplay

What a revelation! The overall score doesn't reflect this, but this is a nearly perfect 16-bit soccer game. It has good looks, tight controls (with a massive caveat I'll discuss later), and a fast pace. Plus dumb opponents and mercifully low difficulty options for simpletons like me.
My only complaint is that your player comes to a complete stop when kicking, passing, or receiving a ball, which makes it nigh impossible to set up a good pass and shoot play. Everything else about the gameplay is a solid 5 out of 5, but this one annoying mechanic drops it way down in playability. What a shame!

2 / 5

Level Design

All the usual modes, but with it all wrapped in kanji characters, it's not very approachable.

2 / 5

Theme

If the menus were in English I'd bump this clear up to a 4, because this game oozes style

4 / 5

Art Style

Nice looking sprites that animate and perform admirably. The entire thing looks and feels fluid. The Mega Drive excelled at sports titles, didn't it?

4 / 5

Audio

The music has no business going as hard as it does.

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