Review - World Tour Soccer

So here it is, World Tour Soccer, the first official review on GameLick.

Ive been playing World Tour Soccer for a while now, on the original fat PSP. Getting the game in a bundle with the PSP, i wasnt expecting much from this football game. World Tour Soccer is cheap in basically every high-street shop, nevermind the internet shops that usually have every game at a bargain price. This is not due to the game being so bad, but its because its such an old game that most people have it by now.
Anyway, back to the game;
World Tour Soccer is a challenge game, that is about trying to break challenges and win cups to unlock new teams and unlocks, including unlocks to progress further in the game. Besides the challenge mode in the game, where you have to get a certain amount of points by full time to get cups, there is a 'Cups' mode. You have to compete against other teams progressing from group stages upto the final. There are 7 cups to compete for, and depending on the difficulty you choose, the different colour cup you get at the end.
The game is really simple to use, with the traditional football controls of 'square to shoot and circle to tackle', and also has a great user interface consisting of simple to use menus and a good combination of music you may not have heard of to get you in the mood for the big game ahead.
Despite all of these, there are some major drawbacks with World Tour Soccer. Firstly, there simply are'nt enough game modes for hardcore gamers to enjoy. Only the cup mode and challenge mode are provided. It would have been better if the developers had inserted more modes than just two (never mind the exhibition mode). The load times can seem a bit slow after a while, upto 30 seconds at times and you may have to restart your PSP a couple of times when playing the game due to it freezing your console. Another bad point of this game is that there is no infrastructure mode for people to play around with, battling people online and creating an online community. If the PSP wants to try and get better reviews from its critics, this is where it will need to show off its online capabilities - in its games. The only multiplayer available for World Tour Soccer is Ad-Hoc (local). This means someone else will have to own the game and have it in their console and then you can play against each other.
However,here are 200 licensed teams and four difficulties to complete the game on which can be used to show off to others how you are doing in the sports game and to have great replay value. This game is definately not for the hardcore gamer, who loves Gears of War. But instead, someone who has just bought a PSP or someone who just loves football.
This is a good game, especially with it being at such a low price these days! However, if paying the full price (£19.99 upwards), this is a bit of a rip off. The main disadvantages of the game - no online and only 3 modes are a real put off for me, so World Tour Soccer gets a good,
6/10.