Sensible World of Soccer is the answer to the video game debate: which is better, FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer? The brilliance of “Sensi” is in its simplicity. No soccer game before or since has this easily accessible control system. Short passes and long balls are mastered through the length of time you press the fire button and the direction you choose. Sensible Soccer’s “after touch” – the ability to swerve or bend the ball – was groundbreaking in its effortlessness. Sensible World of Soccer is one of the classics – the best soccer video game ever made, with a control system that has never been bettered, and a management mode that rewards strategic thinking. In 2007 it was named one of the 10 most important video games of all time by the History of Science and Technology Collections at Stanford University, alongside Tetris, SimCity, and Super Mario Bros. 3. Read more about my retrospective at DeconstructingVideoGames.com.
