This summer sees England barred entry from Europe's biggest football party, the Euro 2008 Championships. Fortunately this Friday sees the release of UEFA EURO 2008 - the competition's tie-in FIFA game - which offers a brilliant new mode to alleviate the misery of England fans. So how does the Captain Your Country mode play out? Allow us to take you on our own UEFA journey
Matt Prior, UEFA EURO 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3) Associate Producer... Obviously when making a game like EURO we have to include the tournament and the qualifiers and we've done a lot in terms of making everything match the teams you're up against. But at the same time we thought why not let gamers play the game from a different perspective and experience the highs and lows of a EURO campaign from the point of view of an individual player?
Has UEFA Euro 2008 managed to accurately recreate the faces of football's biggest names? Or will we find ourselves chanting "who are ya?" from the terraces? Take a look at these side-by-side comparisons and decide for yourself.
