New Star Soccer 3
From Kick Off World of Soccer - wikickoff
New Star Soccer 3 is the award winning career football game that lets YOU be the star player. Take full control of your career and work your way to the top. Defender, midfielder or attacker, the choice is yours, just make sure you keep the boss, fans and everyone else happy on your rise to football stardom!
New Star Soccer 3 is a superb sequel to New Star Soccer 2, a unique soccer simulation/RPG title that breaks the mold by putting you in control of *one* soccer player as he builds up his career from scratch. The more matches you play, the more you will improve your skills, negotiate for better pay, win awards, earn money to buy personal items, and even start a romantic relationship. This sequel adds another level that catapults the game from "great" to "Hall of Belated Fame material." For the first time in the series, you can control your player's actions in matches, which are played in beautiful 2D graphics and use control mechanics that fans of Sensible Soccer will enjoy. The blurb at Indygamer explains in more detail:
"Sensible Soccer and Football Manager. A potent mix, but New Star Soccer 3 has managed to do it by combining the best elements from a classic and the current football simulation champion.
Take control of your own superstar, starting off his career by going through a trial at your selected club. After completing several tasks you will be drafted into the first team right away, where you have to earn your place every week with some sort of consistent performance. The manager will not hesitate to drop average players and if that happens to you, be prepared to warm the bench for some time.
A very interesting addition to the game is the call for ball feature. By pressing SPACE when you're not in possession of the ball, your teammate will attempt a pass to you. Now you don't have to run around the field like a headless chicken. Just like Sensible Soccer, you can put a spin to all your shots. This is assuming that you have allocated some points to improve your flair and shooting skills. Real player names are used, and the roster is as updated as it can be. You can play alongside your favourite European stars, and will probably play against most of them if you do well for your club.
Train your player every chance you get. You will need him in top condition in preparation for the Goal of the Month competition, in which you can showcase your footballing skills and win some prizes in the process!" A must-have independent game that is worthy of the $19.95 registration price
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Feature
- Superb match engine - inspired by classic football games like Kick Off and Sensible Soccer but with all the depth of modern day football games.
- Variable weather conditions. Can you handle rain, mud and even snow?
- Optional close-up cameras allow you to scrutinize the action.
- A choice of viewing angles - vertical or horizontal, plus a reverse angle during replays.
- Replays can be saved and even exported as an avi movie!
- Playable with either Keyboard or Joystick.
- Full player database featuring all the squads from over a dozen leagues worldwide.
- Realistic player stats that truly make each player on the pitch an individual.
- Training challenges that must be completed successfully to build your skills.
- More incidents and dilemmas for you to ponder over than ever before.
- All this and much, much more!
Review
New Star Soccer 3 isn't much to look at. The graphics don't match up well against any Soccer game released this year, or even in the last 10 years. The pixelated images that fill the screen don't do much to give life to the game being played before you. However, players who take a look at the graphics and then walk away assuming that this isn't a good game are wrong. Dead wrong.
New Star Soccer is an unconventional game. At first glance it looks more like a soccer sim game than a typical action game. The game is filed with menus and meters to track progress. The first big curveball comes in the fact that you aren't controlling a soccer team in the game. Instead you are controlling a single character on the team (playing whatever position you choose).
While you are controlling a character, that doesn't mean you will actually be playing in the games. This is where the real depth of this game starts coming out. In NSS3 you must earn your minutes. Skill will only get you so far. You also have to balance your relationships with your team, your manager, your family, the media, your friends and even your girlfriend if you happen to have one. Where you spend your time and money will affect these relationships, often in opposite ways. Going out gambling with your teammates may improve your relationship with them while at the same time negatively impacting your relationship with your family. Gambling itself may turn into a vice as you find that the horse-racing simulator in the game is so fun that 30 minutes have passed and all of your money is gone! This, of course, shows up in another meter. Your addictions may include alcohol and gambling, which might make you a media darling, but a lousy player. If your confidence takes too much of a hit from your girlfriend dumping you, your player won't be on the pitch no matter how good your skills are.
Another great aspect of this game is the training. In training you undertake specific tasks to improve your skills. However, unlike many games where your skills are just increased, completing the training task in NSS3 means developing a real skill that you can use in the game such as heading the ball, kicking a one-touch volley or dribbling back and forth between cones in a specific time. In each case the additional skill won't just be an improvement in your player on the field it will also improve the gaming skills that you as a player need to succeed with NSS3.
All this then leads to the game itself where those pixelated bodies start looking pretty good once you start taking on the persona of your character and realizing just how much you can do in the game. If you are on a poor team you can raise them through the ranks from secondary to primary leagues while at the same time earning yourself a coveted position on the National team. Leagues from all over the world are represented so you can put in for transfers as you wish if you think your shoe contract and jersey sales show that your team isn't giving you the proper respect. (of course as you age you may wish they wouldn't give all the game time to those hot young prospects!)
As a near-perfect blending of simulation and action, NSS3 gives the game of soccer a treatment that all sport games deserve and a treat that real sport fans will find themselves totally engrossed in. Those who walk away because of the graphics are missing out on a great game that is quite worthy of the Sports game of the year award.
Why do I need to register?
New Star Soccer 3 is free to download, and you can play the first 10 matches of your career for free. To continue playing after 10 matches you have to register your player name for the very low price of just USD $19.95. (Other currencies also accepted.)
Can I get a refund?
Yes. If you are not satisfied with the game we will refund your payment, no questions asked.
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Download
- New Star Soccer 3 Installer Windows version
Links
- Net Star Games - Official website
- Sensible Soccer World Forum - Forum about Sensible Soccer 2006, Old School soccer games and Emulators.
- Blog Kick Off World of Soccer - Blog about Old School Footaball games and Emulators
- Group and Kick Off World of Soccer mailing list - English mailing list for old-school football fans Worldwide
