If you've been waiting for the spiritual successor to Sensible Soccer, then good news, because Sociable Soccer 24 is finally heading to the Switch on 7th June 2024. That's next week!
Boasting over 12,000 licensed players, Sociable Soccer's foundation is built upon simple-to-play yet hard-to-master gameplay mechanics, offering up a boatload of accessibility if you happen to find the likes of EA Sports FC a bit overwhelming.
In a fun little throwback to the Sensible Soccer franchise, the game's cover star has also been revealed to be Stefano Sensi, the Italian footballer best known for his time with Inter Milan.
Here's what Jon Hare, Creative Director and creator of the Sensible Soccer franchise, had to say:
“Sensible Soccer still means so much to a great many gamers, and we thought it was high time to bring a little Sensi to Sociable Soccer 24 too! We are delighted to have signed a skilful and enigmatic player like Stefano as the official ambassador for the game, I am sure he will make our fans smile!”
It's worth mentioning too that the upcoming launch on Switch is a timed exclusive. No date has been revealed, but Xbox and PlayStation versions will follow at some point later down the road. A nice little win for Switch owners, then!
Let's check out the key features:
- Over 12,000 FIFPRO licensed professional players to collect and upgrade.
- Control and manage your team with no loot boxes or in app purchases.
- 10 division online league system to climb and conquer.
- Up to date player, team and competition data for 1,400 world teams.
- Over 80 world football trophies to win.
- Fast, intuitive arcade gameplay, easy to pick up & hard to master.
- Amazing couch multiplayer mode, just like the good old days!
- Online PvP matches against friends or random opponents **.
- Clan play representing the club that you love against rival fans.
- Friendly, Career and Trophy game modes all included.
- 3 ways to play: Coach (just watch), Casual, and hardcore.
- 5 unique referees, each with different personalities, to keep you on your toes.
- Chat and emoji during matches to trash talk your opponent!
- Aftertouch, powered shots, sprint and energy systems.
Sociable Soccer 24 will be available via the Switch eShop for $24.99 (UK Price TBA), but physical copies will also be available at various retail outlets.
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Will you be picking up Sociable Soccer 24 on Switch? Did you used to play Sensible Soccer back in the day? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
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Good to see a goal scoring superstar hero on Switch. My experience with this game on iPad and PC is that the pitch is too small and feels like a 'street' soccer game in that respect. Ie. Pass the ball two times and you are at the goal. But still a fun game.
Always going to raise my suspicions that your game can't stand on its own two feet if you time the release to coincide with a big event to exploit short-term boosts in public interest.
tl;dr: Releasing alongside the Euros smells fishy.
But can I pit Hearts Of Oak against Border Security? That was always a favourite on SWOS. 😊
I am not too sure about this game. I wish it showed more Sensi Soccer DNA. Maybe it plays the same. Can the pitch be rotated to vertical?
Is this the game Fifa made after EA figured out it was cheaper to get all the teams individually than paying for the Fifa name license?
I want this. I've been waiting years for a Switch version.
@Ooyah exactly what I was thinking, you can't rip off sensi and have the pitch horizontal!
Looks more like the old isometric FIFAs from the Mega Drive/Genesis era than Sensible Soccer TBH.
@Ooyah
Looking at the video plus others on YouTube it would appear that you can opt for the vertical/ top down view
Loved the vertical cam on it and hate that it's gone with the horizontal but it does look like there's an option going by the video. Still tempted to get it but also had the caricatures in the corner of the screen, price seems quite steep too 🤔
I hope it is good. I didn't like Sensible Soccer 2006 that much. I wish they released SWOS on Switch too. I only have it on Xbox 360 and I would love to play it in handheld.
@john_lennon999 I've got retroarch on a hacked PS Vita, and SWOS is pretty decent on a handheld. Highly recommend it if you can get it working
To confirm on the apple arcade version you could rotate the view to vertical and AFAIK they have kept it in the recent pc release. I hope it is smoother though as the camera movement was so jerky it gave me motion sickness and I could barely make it through a single game. If there is a demo I'll gladly give it a go but I have many reservations about this game. Its a real opportunity missed so far
@antisumo I don't have a PS Vita but maybe I can inject a SNES version (International Edition) on 3DS and Wii U (I haven't tried Amiga emulation on Wii U retroarch yet) but good idea, thank you!
It would be awesome if it plays like Sensible Soccer, one button to do everything. I hope they don't do an EA and make you pay for all the other players separately in a gamble.
I am really looking forward to this, had it pre-ordered for months and date moved a couple of times. I have high hopes and the versions on Apple TV also seemed to review well from YouTube reviews I watched, plus this version has real players now
@gcunit you do realise it got released for the pc master race in november
@Anguspuss Yes, I was aware, but thank you for checking.
@gcunit didnt check been playing it since december and hoping they dont make a pigs ear of the port so i can enjoy the game on my travels
@gcunit I mean your “suspicion” didn’t make sense in the first place. It’s simply marketing, an opportunity to get more eyes, and hopefully more sales, on your product. Which something pretty important in any market. They’d be stupid not too match it with the Euros if they can, and that doesn’t have anything to do with the ability to “stand on its own”. It’s not like they put the ready-to-go PC version in the freezer either waiting till now, since that one came out half-a-year ago…
@andyg1412 You can change the camera angle so it's more like Sensi.
Should also mention that Huey Games are responsible for the console ports of Sociable Soccer 24.
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