Soccer again :) Nice. Lemme tell ya all about this title from SEGA. WWS98 is the so-called "second chapter" of World Wide Soccer, new features were added and there's some gfx improvements that we'll talk about later in this review. Let's start it then, shall we? :)

Graphics: 17/25

The GFX are totally different from the previous version of WWS; there's some good points and bad points. Good points first: the players gfx are a lot better, it looks like you are playing Virtua Fighter -- the style is the same when we get some close-ups. The pitching gfx are fine, crowd, stadium, all with the support of D3D, so I didn't test the software version. I see that Sega started supporting D3D when they released the game and not after with patches. One good thing of the D3D from Sega is that I can play it on my P133 with smooth and nice GFX.

Sound: 10/20

Oh well, the sound is maybe the bad part from this game, Sega sfx were never the best. The sound we have is ok but it could be better. We have the typical sounds in the menus and the typical voice when we start the game. No new features here!

Gameplay: 19/25

The gameplay changed a bit; you have 4 cameras and 3 type of close-ups. The normal camera angle can be very bad since you are too close to the ball -- I changed mine to FAR. The game is easy to play in normal mode but it can get nasty if you change to more difficult modes. The game is fully playable in my jurassic P133 with my Monster3D. Sometimes, just sometimes you can get some slowness but only when the keeper shoots it. One good thing in this game is that you can customize the keyboard, not like Fifa where you have to play with their chosen keys. I didn't expect more from Sega, not good in PC titles but very good in their own domain, the consoles.

Fun Factor: 10/15

Fun, where's the fun :) ? Heh, well you can get some fun when you start playing it but after some hours you'll just delete the game and re-install World Cup 98 (c) EA or World League Soccer (c) Eidos, the two best soccer games out there! You have Exhibition, Sudden Death, World Wide Cup, Sega PC Cup and Multiplayer modes to chose. All the world teams are here but the names of the players are not real, so it's not that good. Snow, rain, normal, day and night are some other features are in this game. You can save the replays and show them later to your friends. All the normal touches are here, tackling, dribbling, bicycle kick, etc.

Multiplayer Play: 5/5

5 points to Sega -- you can play the game over the net against a friend, that's very, very, very cool. Get your friends and play it maybe the fun factor increases a bit more if you play in the Internet.

Overall Impression: 7/10

We can't say Sega failed on this title since it has some good improvements but like I said before, it isn't the 5th marvel of the world :) The game ends up with a total score of 68%, not bad for a Sega game.