A sports RPG that does the RPG elements better.
Soccer Story is in the same vein as Golf Story. Take a popular sport, add an RPG mode to it, and let players explore a world at their own pace. In Soccer Story’s case, this feels extremely good. Exploring the world while using soccer moves, and talking to various people is entertaining. I spent at least 90 minutes or more before even coming to my first match and that time was filled with discovery and interesting moments around the map.
The problem is once you get to the match, Soccer Story is still a soccer game. I lost my first match and thought I was expected to lose to the kindergarten class since they were that overpowering and that could be funny. It wasn’t a scripted failure and the second time I destroyed them with no clue why I did so well. The matches are a bit random, and there are skill points and upgrades but it’s not as natural as a normal RPG. Also, the story is a bit silly, which works, but might be too silly for people. It was pushing the limits for me with “Soccer” killed people.
Pick this up if you enjoy Soccer and want to play an RPG based on it. I rarely play soccer games, but this is one that I probably would consider playing more of, just to see what else it has up its sleeves, and likely will turn down the match difficulty because that’s the one part that wasn’t as fun.
I covered this game as part of the Game Pass for December 2022, if you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games on Game Pass, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/zMUphOC2gMI
Soccer Story is in the same vein as Golf Story. Take a popular sport, add an RPG mode to it, and let players explore a world at their own pace. In Soccer Story’s case, this feels extremely good. Exploring the world while using soccer moves, and talking to various people is entertaining. I spent at least 90 minutes or more before even coming to my first match and that time was filled with discovery and interesting moments around the map.
The problem is once you get to the match, Soccer Story is still a soccer game. I lost my first match and thought I was expected to lose to the kindergarten class since they were that overpowering and that could be funny. It wasn’t a scripted failure and the second time I destroyed them with no clue why I did so well. The matches are a bit random, and there are skill points and upgrades but it’s not as natural as a normal RPG. Also, the story is a bit silly, which works, but might be too silly for people. It was pushing the limits for me with “Soccer” killed people.
Pick this up if you enjoy Soccer and want to play an RPG based on it. I rarely play soccer games, but this is one that I probably would consider playing more of, just to see what else it has up its sleeves, and likely will turn down the match difficulty because that’s the one part that wasn’t as fun.
I covered this game as part of the Game Pass for December 2022, if you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games on Game Pass, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/zMUphOC2gMI