While it is nice to go back and replay some legendary finals, the whole thing just seems like padding in order to cover the lack of teams and gameplay options compared to RTWC . Another point of complaint is the difficulty of WC 98 . On Amateur level I win my games regularly 10-0, while on the next step up, Professional, I struggled to earn draws. Its gameplay is stronger than in the previous version, it leaves Actua Soccer 2 behind, and beats World League Soccer easily. But there are still things to be done here.
Lessons remain to be learned from the competition.
Actua offers a good model for improving the in-game commentary. It's time to move ahead with the comments, which are essentially still on the level of FIFA 96 . As for World League Soccer , the EA Sports designers should look into the way it handles free kicks. In WLS , you can individually set up the defending wall, which not only adds to the strategy but also injects some reality into the gameplay. The series could also pick up some pointers from TV soccer coverage.