Power Soccer (browser-based game)
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| Developer(s) | Power Challenge AB |
| Platform(s) | Web browser |
| Release date(s) | August 12, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | MMOG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Power Soccer, also known as Power Challenge and PS, is a massively multiplayer online browser-based sports game, developed by the Swedish developer Power Challenge, the same developer that develops ManagerZone (but PS is known for focusing in the sports gameplay, instead of focusing in management simulation). This game is a browser-based soccer simulator, in which you can create a team, enter tournaments, edit your uniform, and many other things. If you want to get access to exclusive benefits, like making your own team badge, getting more uniforms and level up until you reach level 99, you must acquire the Club Membership, which allows you to unlock the entire game with all its game modes.
Gameplay
Power Soccer lets you create your own team and play against people from all around the world. You start with a soccer team, and your mission is to level up, improve and fight between the game's best players. You have the option to customize your players, use any tactic, use any team colours and uniform, plus playing with any playing style.
In order to buy digital goods such as tattoos, personal coaches and more, you need to get Power Tokens. Power Tokens are the official currency in Power Soccer, With them, you can buy all the things that the game offers. To buy them, there are many paying methods, such as Mobile payments (which is only available in some countries), PayPal, Credit Card, Ultimate Pay and more.
If the game graphics don't run smoothly for you, the game lets you change your graphics quality and try the lower and/or higher options. You can also change the renderer, bit depth and display mode.
Game Modes
Tournaments
Tournaments are competitions that usually last many days. They offer the chance to join a competition that starts right away, throwing your team straight into the action. They offer a great way to earn a reputation as having one of the top teams around. You can make your way through several level spans, and you can join a new one if you get eliminated. Right now, there is one free tournament for non-members that are new and that have got an account that is less than 30 days old. All the other tournaments are available for club members, and they can join them paying Tickets (except the country tournaments, which are free for them).
Quick games
Quick Games are exciting 1 on 1 multiplayer games where users compete for rank points. This game mode is only available for Club Members who are above level 5. You gotta click the button, and you must wait a few seconds before you find an opponent. Your opponents will be mostly people that are close to your location, and that have got a similar level.
Cups
This game mode allows you to play cups, which are played with different amount of players, and the more players it has, the more matches it will bring. The winner is the user that gets the highest amount of points. You will always face an opponent that is near to your position in the cup. It also lets you enter them by joining the chatrooms. Normal members can join the cups by paying a small ticket fee of 75 Tickets, while Club Members can join them free-of-charge.
There are currently two kinds of cups:
- Basic Cups: Everyone can join if they fit the cup requeriments, and you will compete as an individual, just like in the tournaments. The first place will receive a trophy, while sometimes the second place and even third place may receive a trophy, depending on the amount of players of each cup.
- Clan cups: You compete representing your clan, and you earn points in order to help it. The owner of the cup will decide how many players compete for each clan, which means it can be 1vs1, 2vs2 and more. The clan that gets the highest amount of points will receive a clan trophy, and the user that reached the highest amount of points will receive a "Most Valuable Player" medal (also known as MVP).
Clans
Clans are groups of players cooperating to be the best. They compete in clan cups, which are of different sizes. Many clans would be happy to recruit you, but if you want to you can start your own clan. Normal members can join clans for free, but if you want to make one, you must be a Club Member and pay 1000 Tickets. If your clan reaches a good ranking position, you will be able to compete on the Clan League, which allows you to compete against the best clans of the game.
Practice
This is a free-for-all mode, that lets you train your skills in an Open Field or against the CPU teams. There are currently three modes to practice:
- Tutorial: Small tutorial that lets you learn the basics of the game.
- Open Field: This is a mode that lets you finetune your technique on an open field, free of opponents.
- Training match: This lets you play against the CPU controlled teams. You can choose between playing against the Easy Team, Medium Team and Hard Team.
Beginners Area
Game mode that provides the perfect platform for rookies still finding their feet in the game, allowing them to develop their skills quickly before taking on the game's seasoned pros.
Club Membership
The Club Membership is the best, the most important and the most relevant thing of the game. Being a Club Member lets you access the whole game, including all its exclusive game modes. You can do things like playing Quick Matches, set attitudes and nicknames for your players, get exclusive tactics, play exclusive tournaments, receive an exclusive home stadium, level up faster until you reach level 99, create cups, create clans, create your own team badge, rack up consecutive wins with the Hot Streak feature, access the Team Progress Analyzer, get exclusive uniforms, store & display additional highlights, and more.
Store
The game has a store that lets users buy many digital goods that can satisfy them. Normal users get access to style items like hairstyles, facial hair, dribbles, celebrations, names for your players and change their player's skin colour. In order to get full unlimited access to shoes, coaches and other skill enhancing goods that boost your team's skills, you must buy the Skill Package. Youcan buy it by paying 20 Power Tokens and 10000 Tickets. If you buy it, you can access all the skill boosting items for free. Depending on your package's length, your items will be taken away then your package expires, but you still can renew it whenever you want.
Community
The game has a very big community, with people from all around the world, as it's availabie in 18 languages. Players can communicate each other using the forums, private chats, public chatrooms and through their guestbooks.
Administrators
The game has a big list of admins, that focus in different game aspects. The game admin roles are the following:
- Master Assistant (MA): They are the boss, and the responsible to design admins and supervise all the other admins. They also monitor the community to make sure everything is fine, and they take actions if it's necessary.
- Chat Admin (CA): They are the responsible for moderating the chatrooms.
- Forum Admin (FA): They are the responsible for moderating the forums.
- Language Assistant (LA): They have to translate the site content (forums, news, etc.) from English to their language.
- Reporter Assistant (RA): They release articles and news related to the game, and they publish it in their corresponding site (English or Spanish).
Additionally, the "Crew" term is adhered to the people that are responsible for the game.