Club Football: Newcastle 2005 (PS2)

This game was absolutely brilliant. The attacking is excellent with shots and headers offering absolute precision and power control. The crossing is fairly poor but the accuracy of headers more than compensates for this.The defending was good because they charge out well and never retreat to the 6 yard line, much like other games i have played. The tackling is precise and my only criticism is that set pieces are too easy to defend against, not offering a great deal of challenge.

Where to start! This game is truly appalling. Dealing with the attacking side first. The shooting is wildly inaccurate, it seems virtually impossible to aim the shot or gauge the power. However, that is emblematic of the gameplay as a whole. However, the crossing is fairly good, but is let down by the lack of accuracy that can be put into a header. The opposition team always defends on the edge of the 6 yard box, so you can direct your player up the pitch unchallenged until he arrives in the penalty area to find 4 defenders running at him. Its pathetic.Onto the defending. Well, its so poor i can hardly put it into words. You may as well as forget tackling. If its slightly mistimed then your player will be sent off. Defending at a corner or any set play is impossible, the game's reactions are so slow there is no chance of getting close to the opposition on a rebound.The most annoying thing about the game is the little things. Your player will take a dive without being prompted, your goalkeeper will spill the ball at a crucial time, but the crowning annoyance is that the game, when off the ball, will automatically change your player to another it thinks is better placed. Great you might think. Wrong! The player it changes to is normally no better placed, and as you're concentrating on tracking back you'll suddenly be controlling another player, who is now running in the wrong direction.

this game is really bad because not only is it as realistic as fifa or other football games the bootom line is that newcastle are crap