Free Realms: Soccer Star!

The sun is shining brightly as I take a deep breath and smile at the glorious smell of fresh cut grass. Stepping onto the field, I see a crowd gathering. They came to see the game, they came to see the action, and they came to see me. I am a soccer star!

Well at least I am in Free Realms. On October 2nd, SOE introduced the new soccer mini game and the new soccer star job in an update to their casual MMO. This job makes number 16 and adds a whole new type of gameplay to a game that already offers so much to its players.

I logged in on Friday night to level my brawler and after a few quests I noticed the load screen was announcing the soccer release. Curiosity got the best of me; I opened up the map and teleported to the Snowhill soccer field to give it a try. I looked around the field until I spotted the familiar quest marker over the head of a man in a suit named Manager Landon. He handed me a few jerseys and asked me to take them to some players on a hill not far from the field. I passed out the jerseys to the guys and they made me a part of the team. I headed back to the field and played my first game of soccer and immediately I was hooked.

I found myself playing through countless games and completing quests before realizing it was late and that I was already level 14! I had really only hit one speed bump and that was the quest where you have to make 15 steals in one game and win the game. I understand that I am not the only one who has had trouble with this quest, but I finally finished it after many tries then headed to bed.

Saturday evening I laced up the cleats and headed back to the field and spent a few more hours doing quests and playing more games of soccer then I can count. The one thing I didn’t get to do was play a game as a group and I am really looking forward to that as well. I am now level 18 and hope to hit 20 when I get a little extra time to play.

Overall I think soccer will be a very popular job in Free Realms and even those who are not that into sports will enjoy it. It will definitely keep players coming back for more of the world we love to play in.

Thank you for reading and as always Have Fun!