Active Soccer 2 DX
Active Soccer 2 DX is a PlayStation Vita sports game released in 2016 developed by The Fox Software. It centers on competitive sport controls, sport controls, and shifts between attack and defense, with controls and information arranged around the twin analog sticks, directional pad, shoulder and face buttons, adding front or rear touch, gyroscope, cameras, or microphone only where explicitly used.
- AI score · out of 10
- 5.2 / 10
About this game
Active Soccer 2 DX is a PlayStation Vita sports game centered on competitive sport controls, sport controls, and shifts between attack and defense. Matches, challenges, and tournament goals give sessions clear boundaries, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Players, venues, animation, and score feedback establish the match atmosphere, while the high-density portable display, stereo audio, touch feedback, and handheld interface need to keep text, targets, and state changes clear at a small scale. The genre-specific limitation is that opponent ai, control precision, multiplayer accessories, and period-specific rosters can affect consistency. Platform conditions also include proprietary memory cards, touch or gyroscope input, battery life, download availability, cross-platform features, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation VitaAI review
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Retro football remains playable, but Vita omissions and performance hurt it.
Active Soccer 2 DX takes its main appeal from classic top-down football: matches move quickly, the ball remains manageable and selectable camera angles let players choose a familiar perspective. It is easy to start a casual game, but the underlying passing and tactics do not develop into a particularly rich simulation. On Vita, the supposed career structure is absent or mislabeled, leaving a much thinner set of activities. Touch menus may activate an option twice, and match performance is noticeably uneven. Small players can be hard to distinguish with a distant camera, and the presentation is rough. This release best serves occasional retro football sessions, not players seeking deep club management, refined tactics or verified present-day online competition. Later patches are outside the reviewed launch-period scope.
Strengths
- Fast, accessible top-down matches.
- Flexible classic camera angles.
Weaknesses
- Missing or mislabeled Vita modes.
- Touch-menu and performance friction.
Who it is for: Players wanting an occasional retro football match.
Play notes: Launch-period ps-vita version; later patches and current online access unverified.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Vita modes are missing or mislabeled. | Reviewed | 4.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Fast top-down football is accessible, but tactical depth is limited. | Reviewed | 6.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Retro angles work, but player and menu readability lag. | Reviewed | 5.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touch menu and uneven match performance impair use. | Reviewed | 4.0 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- The Fox Software
- Publisher
- Gianluca Troiano
- Release date
- 2016
- Platforms
- PlayStation Vita
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- ReplayableLow Entry Barrier3D GraphicsMain Story Under 10 HoursSolo-friendlyPlayer versus PlayerSports-based PlayFast-pacedShort SessionsPick-up and Play
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- PlayStation 4Worldwide2016
- PlayStation VitaWorldwide2016
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Sources
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