Lego Soccer Mania

"Soccer mania-descent, Fifa's much better"

Soccer mania is a Game developed with lego (yes the little toy bricks). It is a soccer game that goes well with game boy Advance.

Gameplay: 4/10
The gameplay is all right besides the fact the opponents are way too easy. Even playing a game with two minute halves, the score can still be double digits. The main menu is simple. It has the option for an exhibiton match( a friendly), the quest( the main feature), and training( working on skills). The main feature is boring because of its easiness.

Story: 6/10
The story is nice and all but isn't fantastic. It's nice to have a story but its not revolutionary. Once you beat all the earth teams, you are awarded the lego cup, that is until the brickster (the bad guy) steals it. Then you need to beat everyone on earth again, and beat space, mars, and excitebots. Then you unlock a world cup function. You are the language you chose when you first loaded the game. The country you are doesn't matter, everyone is the same.

Graphics: 7/10
The graphics are what you should expect from a Game Boy Advance game. The lego figures add some more intruigingness. Each character has a different celebration and field( if you'd call it that.) The different arenas are a pirate ship, castle, arctic, wild west, city, and wilderness. That is the best and funnest part about the game.

However there are some flaws. In wild west, the ball can stop on the line in thin air for no reason at all in adventure, one goal is a cave, the ball stops on the line . so on and so on

Sound: 1/10

The sound is not pretty and you wouldn't want to listen to it.

Music: 10/10

The music when you win drove me to complete the quest. It is a bit of what you would expect, for a reason.

Playability: 8/10 If you have gotten bored of Fifa or whatever, This is a great way to take out you anger on some team by beating them about 50 to 0. However, if you want to spend a long time on a game, this is not one for you.

Final verdict: 6/10

Buy or Rent? Since you can beat the game in about an hour and a half, you should really rent it. And it has no save file which is frustrating.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 10/28/09

Game Release: Lego Soccer Mania (US, 06/17/02)