Apart from these there is a plethora of online modes. These include ranked and unranked matches and online leagues and tournaments. The Battle of the Nations online leaderboard is another great addition. When you start the game for the first time, you are asked to pick your country of allegiance, which cannot be changed. Once that is done, each game you play earns points for your chosen nation. These points are uploaded to EA's servers along with scores from other players worldwide.

The more points you contribute, the higher your team moves up in the online league table. Other than the leaderboards, it's all the same from previous games, although, online 'Be A Pro' (5 vs 5), which was added to FIFA 08 via an online patch, is strangely missing here.

Conclusion

Euro 2008 is an enjoyable game, but only while it lasts, which isn't very long. Besides the tournament itself and 'Captain Your Country', there really isn't much to do.

Being a Euro 2008 game, there are no clubs or countries from other continents so the number of teams is quite small. The scope of the game is limited and it will fail to hold the player's attention beyond a couple of months when the real tournament is over. But Euro 2008 has enough in it to tide football fans over till the release of FIFA 09, which, after this impressive effort, is looking very good.

If you can find a place near you that rents out games, pick it up. It's great for a kick about, but not necessarily worth a purchase.

Rating: 3/5

UEFA Euro 2008 is in stores now for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox 360. This review is based on the PlayStation 3 version. Other versions may vary.

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