8/10

Azt a pár eurót megéri.
A labda sokszor elmegy mellettünk ami talán a legidegesítőbb meg, hogy a lövést nehéz felfejleszteni, de ha ráérzel, hogy lehet gólt szerezni akkor utána azzal a teknikával már nem nehéz.

Retró játék, amit én szeretek mivel ilyeneken nőtten fel.
Függőséget okoz mivel egy-két meccs sosem elég belőle.

Vegyétek aztán jöjjön a folytatás.

Urgh, this is just a terrible game. I enjoyed the mobile game until the developer got greedy and turned it into a pay to win game, I played some of the older NSS PC games and found them to be challenging but fun...

This version feels lifeless, a grind against a ruthless manager and players that have as much vision as a 15 year old labrador with cataracts. As a player you feel like you're a golf cart with the slow turning speed and wide turning circle. You can use your ability to read the game to make through balls which can set your team up with a scoring chance and possibly even praise from your manager. This is something that your fellow teammates cannot do, when you call for the ball they go straight to your feet, since this isn't immediate in some cases you have to turn yourself (golf cart) back into the position you were in and by that time the play is dead and in most cases the ball is lost, all your fault

I'm sure with more play I'd adapt to the way the game wants me to play it, but in a world of FIFA and PES there is no room for such amateur gameplay

The energy issue is a common problem in modern NSS games. I lost 40% of my energy on a plane journey to east Europe as part of Europa League game; did I walk? was I pulling the bus? So you buy NRG (oops.. stomach cramps!) and it gives you barely enough energy to last an entire game; if you come on as a sub you get barely enough time to get into the game, try to crank the game time up and you get asked to become a premium member

The developer has fallen far from grace, once a beloved indie developer turned cash hungry EA type wannabe who clearly no longer cares about the PC fan base that gave them their fame

Összességében jól szórakoztam a játék alatt, annak ellenére, hogy a lövés/passz opció nem a legjobban van kitalálva.
Sokszor mikor 2vs1-be vitttem a labdát és le akartam passzolni, passzok nagy százaléka pontatlan volt.
Jó volt a játékélmény, tetszett, hogy leigazoltam magam a Madridhoz és egy kis senkiháziból elég jó kis játékos lettem a 2. évre, itt remekül látható a fejlődés.
6-7/10, hosszabb távon szerintem monotonná válik

THIS GAME USES DRM OF THE WORST KIND. You've been warned.

The dev doesn't care about this version anyway, he just works on mobile ports now. Guess that's where the real money is nowadays. NSS5 is still kinda fun, but the game has huge amount of small problems (completely broken match rating system, the game's too easy).

NSS5 is still better than 4 (in which the dev tried to use a 3D engine and failed miserably) but it's just not worth any money. Get NSS3 or 2.

I loved NSS3. What a great game that was. Unfortunately none of the charm of that title remains in the bones of this terrible game. The controls are terrible. The team AI is terrible. The match rating system is terrible. It's like watching a bunch of grade schoolers run around on the field.

I cannot recommend this title. I can't even find the words to fully deal with my frustration on how far this series has fallen.

This game apparently went through several iterations, because a lot of the reviews here refer to issues not present in the current Version i bought (Nov 2020).

For example, i did not notice any "F2P"/Monetization limitations or even a connection to a server when playing. It's a complete full game as far as i can tell.

It was on sale for 3,99 and for the price of a good burger that is a very good deal.

NSS5 is a player-sim/action-footie game, think old-school sprite-based top-down footie game (Sensible Soccer, Striker, etc.) but you control only your guy, improving him on and off the pitch.
The actual controls are definetely not like sensi though and require some ajusting to. Infact that adjusting period to an analog movement is why i am rewriting this review.

Because this is good stuff that got me hooked.

The combination of basically RP-ing a footie player and an overall enjoyable action footie game is just too good of a premise. Wanna be the diva who constantly provkes the boss? Wanna become the clubs idol and never play for any other club? Wanna play for exotic clubs and transfer every season? You can do all that and play a decent game of OG footie too - With a few issues.

From what i can tell after looking into it, aside from NSS5 being some kind of online game, this used to also be a mobile game at some point (Or still is...? Seriously this franchise is a nightmare to figure out lol).
And this shows. On most modern monitors the buttons are the size of your head, and everything has a very unappealing mobile "vibe".
Possibly also due to its mobile development focus team names cap out at six letters. Yes, seriously, six (!) letters (!). So good luck figuring out who the heck you are supposed to play against. "ASSE" in france took me a while. Did you figure it out?

Another issue stems from the entire online part. From what i read you were supposed to play against other players...soo this was possibly like, an MMO at some point? (Like "Kicks Online"?)
Anyways, as a result of whatever the online portion was, the game has no statistics whatsoever except for your own personal records. No scorer list, no nothing. And that is a real downer, maybe even more than the ugly menus.

In the end this is a damn good game that just screams for a proper remake to get rid of those mobile/online blemishes and to expand the idea.

A couple of things...

1 - This is no way worth the 9.99 price tag - Get this in a sale !!!!
2 - Joypad/controller is a MUST !! You will struggle playing on a keyboard.
3 - Signing in sometime's will not connect DRM .
4 - Abandoned long ago so there is no support.
5 - Old style graphics and play style

I came across a few bugs in 40 hours but none that was game breaking, I quite enjoyed this as it was a simple game
which reminded me of a old playstation 1 footie game.

It has a few things to do like training skills/skill shots, going to the races and betting on horses, gambling at the casino and buying luxury items and properties.

For a 9.99 price tag this lets the reviews go sour which is fair enough as this is way over priced to the extent you are going to feel ripped off.

Get this for under £4 and it's a bargin for an old style footie game !!!!

The website for this game series notes that New Star Soccer 2 is popular because it was the last to feature text-based gameplay. That's unsurprising, because the match engine in this is the most clumsy, awkward and rage-inducing one I've ever seen, and I was playing soccer games on a Sega Master System 20-odd years ago. It feels like you need to stand still to receive a pass - not only do team-mates constantly pass well behind your run, but the player has the turning circle of a tank. Having to sign up for an account just to start a game adds to the frustration.

Does it get repetitive? Yes
Does it get tedious? Maybe
Can you stop playing? No

This is an okay game with a bunch of flaws, but fairly easy to win once you have the hang of it and can be fun especially if you played games like footballer of the year back in the day, this is very much an update of that where you actually play the game in full (if abbreviated) rather than just shooting at the goal.

You start off as a lowly footballer who can't shoot, pass, run, dribble or anything. Day by day you can practise, buy toys, go out with the girlfriend (if you have one), try to build up a rapport with your team mates, fans, or boss, etc. Initially the main thing is to build the skills and you do training drills where you have to bend the ball, beat defenders, tackle, dribble around cones, etc. in a limited amount of time/attempts, if you do your skills when you play games improve in the appropriate area.

In terms of playing matches you start off as a sub only having a few minutes, and maybe not being picked at all. Based on doing well in various in game stats you try to get good game ratings, which will get you picked more often, or even a starting position in the team if you keep doing well. At this point you start to having to manage your energy by buying toys to keep you occupied during matches, NRG drinks (which often give you cramps during a game), etc. You also need to spend energy managing relationships if you want your teammates to pass to you, your girlfriend not to dump you, your friends not to hate you, etc. So you get into a balancing act of all these things, and you have to learn how to play the minigame puzzles (pair matching for relationships, "simon says" for the media), etc.

The main in game challenge isn't really about winning matches, once you know the AIs weaknesses this is fairly easy (for example the quick turn to lure defenders into sliding tackles to clear the way, the banana dribble close to the goalie to lure him out and then walk the ball into the net, the direct vertical run outside the goal to curl into the same side top corner, the diagonal curling out/in balls, etc.). The problem instead is trying to use the match to improve your ranking and stats - so doing lots of safe passing in your own half to build up teammate approval without spending energy, getting some tackles in without getting cards, and otherwise building up your stats for passing/tackles/set pieces to increase your transfer value and wages higher, etc., as the benefit from just scoring more and more goals and winning games is capped - you have to become more rounded to be the best.

Overall the game is quite good fun at times, although it can be frustrating as well, and your team mates need a lot of managing/adaptation to actually be useful to you given how braindead they are, and the out of match stuff makes for a reasonably interesting balancing act. Once you are successful it does all become fairly formulaic however, as once you are fully skilled up and have largely capped out your relationships it is relatively easy to deal with any new off the field problems, and winning matches/championshops/cups is a breeze once you have the skills and know the AIs strengths and weaknesses. I am not sure I would recommend it to most people however at full price, as I doubt most will play it for long enough to really justify the price tag, and apparently it hasn't been on sale for over a year at this point, but this could be a fun game if you like the idea (and have a controller!) and can put up with some bugs/flaws.