Virtua Pro Football

Virtua Pro Football, known in Japan as World Football Climax, is a PlayStation 2 football simulation video game, released by Sega in 2006.

Gameplay

The game featured a rock-paper-scissors like system for both 1-on-1 situations, and set pieces. It also had a player career mode which allowed completed players to be exported to Let's Make a Soccer Team! for use as youth players, as well as importing teams from the game to use in games and custom competitions.

Trivia

The former Italian footballer Roberto Baggio endorsed the Japanese version, having appeared in the TV commercial, flyer and merchandising.

Reception

PALGN gave a score of 5.5 out of 10 and concluded that " the game simply up can't match other titles available on the market." PSX Extreme gave a score of 6+ out of 10 and complimented the quantity of available teams but said the game feels like a copy of Pro Evolution Soccer and the gameplay is too buggy. PlayStation Official Magazine – UK called the game a "dated, derivative effort". In a retrospective, Retro Hobby called it an "excellent football simulator".