14 DAY TRIAL // The Champions League final took place on Saturday and even traditional football simulation leaders EA Sports have not offered a prediction about the final result of the match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Now, the team at Nexon Europe that is working on United Eleven claims that its own simulation has managed to accurately predict the result of the game and even the fact that Marcelo would score a goal from action, while Cristiano Ronaldo would add one from a penalty kick.
The company also has a special message from Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti for its players and it seems that events linked to the personality will be included in the title in the coming weeks, with changes offered to win short and footballs that were signed by the coach.
Paul Lee, the operation manager at Nexon Europe, is quoted as saying that, “We’re happy that Carlo Ancelotti and the Real Madrid team won the Madrid derby. Ancelotti is the greatest inspiration to our players who are practising their managing skills off the pitch with United Eleven!”
He adds, “Through our simulation, we anticipated that Ancelotti had the edge over the competition – in fact it had already been predicted by our users during our pre-season beta testing, so we are very confident with this result.”
The developers of United Eleven are saying that its simulation is better than others because it can use live match data to improve its core mechanics.
The game takes into account everything from recruitment to tactics, with 32 special variables able to influence the outcomes of a 90-minute match.
Gamers are invited to join the United Eleven beta stage at the official site and to then offer as much feedback on the game as possible in order to improve the experience.
The entire game is browser based and cross-platform and will join other Nexon titles like MapleStory, Atlantica Online and Dekaron.
United Eleven is an interesting title because it tries to offer a full management experience without delivering the same complexity as the PC-based Football Manager franchise.
The title from Sports Interactive has grown increasingly complicated during the last few years, which is a boon for those players who are willing to spend hundreds of hours playing just one club.
But some long-term fans are frustrated by this and there might be space on the market for a smaller game, as long as its core sim elements are solid.
