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Goal Storm '97

Goal Storm '97 is a slightly improved version of the Japan-exclusive J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97. It features 32 international teams, four different stadiums, 13 team formations, eight unique strategies…

60 2 May 1997

Goal Storm '97 is a sport developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, released 2 May 1997 on PlayStation.

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What Goal Storm '97 is

Goal Storm '97 is a sport game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and released in 1997. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Goal Storm '97 is a slightly improved version of the Japan-exclusive J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97. It features 32 international teams, four different stadiums, 13 team formations, eight unique strategies, and a choice of Exhibition Mode, International League, International Cup, and Penalty Kick mode. It can be played as one or two players. It gained very high reviews, which considered it one of the most playable soccer video games on PlayStation at the time.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pro Evolution Soccer series

Goal Storm '97 is the second of 93 entries we hold in the Pro Evolution Soccer series. It arrived a year after Goal Storm. The next entry was International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 in 1997. Its critic score of 60 is 14 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International at 92.

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How it was received

Goal Storm '97 holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Goal Storm '97 launched on 2 May 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Jonah Lomu Rugby and Descent Maximum. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Jonah Lomu Rugby, Descent Maximum.

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When did Goal Storm '97 come out?
Goal Storm '97 was released on 2 May 1997 for PlayStation.

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