Addons: No
At first I thought it was a Lion King game! Nope, it's a
soccer game. Well that's awesome but... the game is bad. Here
we are again for another soccer review by the world famous
soccer reviewer... me! Three Lions from Take 2 Interactive is,
at least for me, an unexpected title. I played it all day and I
will try to be clear and direct in my review.
Graphics: 12/25
The graphics are very bad but the face of the players
are funny. The faces are more real then the faces in FIFA 98
but like I said before the graphics are bad. VGA graphics, bad
colors but a good framerate. The details are bad, the
atmosphere is bad but the animations are smooth. Conclusion,
why do we want a good animation and smooth framerate if we
have bad graphics?
Sound: 11/20
Another negative aspect of this game is the sound.
Bad sound along with a bad crowd atmosphere and like in
FIFA, the music before the game is the best in the matter of
sound. You don't have commentaries or crowd chants but you
have one thing that any other game had till today, the coach
giving instructions to the players while we play the game. I will
not give a negative score to the sound cause of this
improvement in the game atmosphere.
Gameplay: 17/20
Well in my opinion and I'm here to give it, the
gameplay is good. You control the ball at your taste, nothing is
pre-defined, but then the shots and the passes are like World
Cup 98, meaning they are pre-defined. Euro Soccer (TM) from
the Actua Series (TM) still gets the best gameplay ever made in
soccer games. This game, with some WC98 graphics and
sound, would be better then the original WC98. The ball
control is the best we can get in the game playability. Some
other aspects are good like when we score a goal with
Batistuta (Club - Fiorentina, National Team - Argentina) we get
a screen saying Batigoal, like they say in Italy when he scores.
This is only one of the good aspects of this game but there are
other, not many but some and cool.
Fun Factor: 15/15
Like I said before, this game has some of the cool
aspects like the faces of the players, the good players
database (better then WC98, more real), the ball control and
more. I think I'd actually play this game more then I did WC 98.
When I played WC98, I was bored and this game makes me
wanna play even more cause it's harder and has the cool
aspects I said before. If you don't like soccer that much don't
pick this up but if you are and you are 100% soccer fan maybe
you should pick it up and have some fun. Like I said though,
the graphics are bad.
Packaging: 1/5
Bad packing on this game. It's easy to install but an
installer would be even better. I'm not talking for myself but for
the people out there that don't know what is a rar and ace and
has some difficulties uncompressing the games. Another bad
aspect is the way how it was packed by Hybrid. You need to
rename 3lions.hbd to 3lions.exe to run the game.
Multiplayer Play: N\A
Multiplayer Play refers to whether it supports multiplayer,
and what modes. Some games aren't meant for multiplayer, so
we only gave this section 5 points, that way it won't hurt those
games. However, realize that multiplayer play is the in thing
these days, so not having it is still a negative to the game.
Overall Impression: 7/10
My Overall Impression of this game: You like soccer then you
should pick this game up and have fun. If you don't like soccer
or you are just starting to like it don't pick it up.
Graphics: 12 / 25
Sound: 11 / 20
Gameplay: 17 / 20
Fun Factor: 15 / 15
Multiplayer Play: N/A
Packaging: 1 / 5
Overall Impression: 7 / 10
Overall Rating: 63 / 100