A'ight almost WC soccer so nice of Neopets to join the hype hehe.
I like the graphics, the game is not very original though, and the gameplay is truelly sh*t. As kid i've played Speedball 2 on Gameboy among other DOS games on old PC. Some differences:
1) In AC the players stand still when not selected. Together with the speed of the game this is unbearable.
2) The hovering over a player select them instead of clicking or a keystroke selecting them. In any soccer-like game i've played you need to click or select a button to get this functionality.
3) The AI is pretty bad, though this seems to differ. For example i can just walk around the enemy, or just walk to them to grab the ball.
4) If they pass the ball well then there is simply no time to defend, while you cannot put up a proper defense and your defenders don't automagically do this to create time for you to take initiative.
Here are some hints though my gameplay is not "cooperative" i just walk with the person who has the ball except when thats the keeper then i pass to defender who attacks. I play with 3 defenders and 1 attacker since i only need 1 attacker to score.
1) Put your defense player between the goal and the person who has the ball (see screenshot 4).
2) Use effect wisely for example instead of using a player you use effect to get a ball to a player. Useful if theres an enemy between you and your other player.
3) Especially if too crowdy, walk away from their goal, then turn around.
4) Score from the right in the left corner, or from the left in the right corner (see screenshot 1, 2, 3).
5) Walk around a player with the ball behind you.
6) Egotripping against computer works well, since the AI is dumb.
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Screenshot 3
Screenshot 4