Video by Matt S. Captain Tsubasa took me by surprise – I wasn’t expecting Tamsoft (a company better know for fanservicey girlie games and JRPGs) would be able to produce a wonderful football game that is both highly accessible, and a quality throwback to the football games I loved playing…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Ganbare! Super Strikers is a super-indie little title that was recently released on everything. It’s one of those cheap little throwaway games that you’ll forget having played soon enough, but it’s also quite enjoyable while it lasts. I’ve done a video looking at the basic tactics…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Most major sports get annual iterations, and FIFA is no different. The naysayers call these yearly updates nothing more than a refreshed roster, and something that should just be DLC (if that). However, in most cases developers do end up putting in some new modes, engine…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It becomes very easy to overlook Kairosoft titles after you’ve played a couple of them. The downside to their consistency is that it’s easy to become complacent about them, and this is particularly true given that the company has decided to release them on the Nintendo…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. FIFA 19 makes some incremental improvements on an already excellent soccer formula. Recent trends like the story mode return and all of the expected modes and on-field action are here. If you have taken a couple of years off from the series and have an itch…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. A couple of days ago, EA released a major patch update for FIFA 18, giving players the “World Cup Edition” of the game for free. Now, in addition to the standard FIFA 18 game, you also get access to the fully licensed World Cup; all the…
Read MoreE3’s rapidly approaching, and we’re starting to see announcements coming in regarding what we can expect from that event, so we kick this week’s discussion off with what we know about E3 so far. With the FIFA World Cup rapidly approaching, we also have a chat about football games –…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. Football* is art. Football is an exact science. Football is a real time strategy game where two competing armies strive to make the most of the resources they have available to them through the positioning of the right player at the right time. Julius Caesar might…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When it comes to my sports games, I’m a very simple person. I like being able to play tournaments with my favourite teams, and the greater the authenticity of that experience, the better. Related reading: Nick’s review of last year’s FIFA release. For this reason I’ve…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. There will always be some people who say that sports titles should not update every year, but perhaps just offer up their rosters as a DLC update. I disagree with that notion, so long as the development team continues to try and improve on what they…
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