Review of Pelé: Soccer Legend

<p>Soccer video games are everywhere&period; Over the past decade&comma; we’ve seen niche trends come and go&period; For a while&comma; it seemed that the FIFA series was losing favor to free Flash games&period; Eventually&comma; the award-winning console series rose again to top status&period; Pelé&colon; Soccer Legend looks to change all of that&period; Now on Poki&comma; this free soccer game is nearly as good as its namesake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even those who don’t watch soccer know of Pelé&period; A hero of Brazil&comma; Pelé’s legendary records are no myth&period; He was the best footballer to ever play the sport&period; Pelé scored more than anyone&comma; won several FIFA championships&comma; and popularized stunning moves&period; In Pelé&colon; Soccer Legend&comma; you can be just as great&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115032" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;05094310&sol;Pelegameimage2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Pelegameimage2" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"766" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This game is all about scoring goals&period; You don’t have to play defense for a single shift&period; Pelé was a forward&comma; and now you are&comma; too&period; Pelé&colon; Soccer Legend sends you to the back alleys of Brazil&period; There&comma; you will train on makeshift goals in empty streets&period; The overall objective always remains the same&colon; kick the ball in between the goalposts&period; But&comma; there’s an unlimited number of ways to score&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Each level contains a shooting challenge&period; You might have to score a certain amount of goals&comma; reach a point total&comma; or hit targets&period; Regardless of the specific challenge&comma; kicking accuracy is essential&period; Pelé&colon; Soccer Legend will test your ability to swipe with precision&period; If you’re playing on a device with a touchscreen&comma; your finger will do the kicking&period; On a desktop or laptop computer&comma; you will move the mouse to kick&period; A straight line should result in a straight shot&period; If you swipe a curved line&comma; Pelé will attempt to kick the ball on an angle&period; This should curve the shot &lpar;i&period;e&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bend it like Beckham&excl;”&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Learning how to kick with accuracy and consistency isn’t easy&period; After all&comma; Pelé had to practice to become the best&period; In this game&comma; so will you&period; Each round presents a more difficult scoring situation&period; Sometimes&comma; kicking the ball straight at the goal is enough to advance&period; However&comma; that’s not always the case&period; I found some of the middle levels &lpar;e&period;g&period; 6 and 7&rpar; to be very difficult&period; During those rounds&comma; you must be clever and skilled enough to score on an entire team of defenders&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-115034" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;05094335&sol;Pelegameimage4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Pelegameimage4" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are 20 levels in Pelé&colon; Soccer Legend&period; But&comma; there are more than 20 ways to win&period; This isn’t a puzzle game with one solution per level&period; In reality&comma; you can execute many different types of kicks to score&period; Every time you line up a shot&comma; you have the chance to innovate like Pelé&period; For those who need extra assistance&comma; there are five power-ups that make scoring easier&period; These give you magical powers&comma; like the ability to kick a flaming ball past any obstacle&period; Power-ups cost coins&comma; but you’ll earn more through each victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pelé&colon; Soccer Legend is <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;poki&period;com&sol;en&sol;g&sol;pel&percnt;C3&percnt;A9-soccer-legend">a soccer game<&sol;a> unlike any other&period; Its singular control scheme and 3D graphics are a shining example of modern gaming&period; Head to Brazil and become a superstar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>This article contains sponsored links&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;