As someone whose only experiences with the franchise had been via its anime adaptations and a brief addiction to the Strikers spin-offs during my youth, I could not wait to dive into Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road and see for myself what a mainline experience is like, now paired with improved graphics and welcome new gameplay features. But did the game manage to up the stakes after almost a decade of development hell? Here are our thoughts after almost 100 hours.
