football

Football, Tactics and Glory is obviously a football game and that’s a risky proposition for developers and publishers in this FIFA dominated world. After all, EA’s footballing behemoth has it all now. The players, the teams, the tournaments, the stadiums. But look at that second word in this game’s title. Tactics. […]

Football, Tactics and Glory

27 Jan, 2020 in PS4 tagged football / sport / strategy / tactics / turn-based by Richie

New Star Games’ New Star Soccer was maybe the last iOS game that really hooked me in. I spent the sort of time on it that when I uninstalled it, it was mainly to get my life back. The follow up, New Star Manager, took some of the concepts of the original and […]

New Star Manager – PS4 Review

9 Jul, 2019 in PS4 tagged football / management / new star manager by Richie

It’s September and that can only mean one thing. PES has had a few weeks to shine, and shine it did, but now FIFA is back, ready to suck all of the oxygen out of the genre and to try to establish its place at the top of the pile […]

FIFA 19 – PS4 Review

30 Sep, 2018 in PS4 tagged fifa / football / simulation / soccer (whatever) / sports by Richie

In a World Cup year, it barely feels like football’s been away but, as August rolls around, the new season begins and Konami come out of the traps early in an effort to steal a tiny march on EA’s juggernaut. Whilst still seen by some as the purer sim, this […]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 – PS4 Review

4 Sep, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged football / konami / pes productions / pro evolution soccer / sports by Mike

From CherryPop, the people who brought us Sports Bar VR, comes VRFC: Virtual Reality Football Club which brings the beautiful game to virtual reality. Obviously something as complicated as a FIFA or Pro Evo would be very difficult to do at this moment in time but with Rocket League being […]

VRFC – PSVR Review

8 Mar, 2018 in PSVR tagged club / fifa / football / online / pro evo / rocket league / soccer / virtual reality / vrfc by Gareth

Reviewing sports games can be a tricky business. Year on year, they arrive with you needing something a subtle focus, rather than looking for the big changes. Pro Evolution Soccer has felt like that for the last couple of years. Konami’s flagship football franchise has enjoyed critical, if not quite […]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – PS4 Review

14 Sep, 2017 in PS4 / Reviews tagged champions league / football / konami / pro evolution soccer 2018 / sports by Mike

I won’t give you a history lesson about football games. Everyone knows that the days before the FIFA/PES stranglehold was established, football games were presented in a top down fashion and were simple affairs. There were a few games vying for the top spot back then but Sensible Soccer ended […]

Active Soccer 2 DX – PS4/Vita Review

1 Jan, 2017 in PS4 / Vita tagged active soccer dx 2 / football / kick off revival / soccer by Richie

We’re getting quite a few games in to review at the moment but only two of the writers (myself and Grizzly) have taken the leap into PSVR and so have been dividing up the responsibilities there based on our general genre tastes. Grizz hates football. I kind of hate football […]

Headmaster – PSVR Review

17 Oct, 2016 in PSVR tagged arcade / football / headmaster / PSVR / sport by Richie

Football has been around since the late 1800s and, aside from a few rule changes here and there, the game hasn’t really changed much over the years. Likewise, EA and Konami have been accurately simulating the sport for a couple of decades now with their FIFA and PES franchises respectively. […]

FIFA 17 – PS4 Review

1 Oct, 2016 in PS4 tagged FIFA 17 / football / simulation / sports / the journey by Richie

Once again, football returns and with it comes the traditional battleground of Konami vs EA. Pro Evolution Soccer‘s been taking some big strides in recent memory and Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 is hoping to lace up its boots and push on. The big changes touted this season relate to the […]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 – PS4 Review

15 Sep, 2016 in PS4 / Reviews tagged football / konami / pro evolution soccer 2017 / soccer / sports by Mike

Okay, cards on the table. Sensible Soccer. You were either one or the other and I preferred Sensi over Kick Off. But despite that, I’ve been eagerly awaiting Kick Off Revival and Dino Dini’s remake has finally arrived. The reason I was so keen to play it is that the […]

Kick Off Revival – PS4 Review

24 Jun, 2016 in PS4 tagged dino dini's kick off revival / football / kick off / soccer / swos by Richie

Tis the season for some football and first out of the traps this year is the latest in Konami’s long-running Pro Evolution Soccer series. After the predecessor’s strong showing I was curious to see if this momentum could continue. So far, so good. Building on 2015’s sturdy foundations, it looks […]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – PS4 Review

24 Sep, 2015 in PS4 / Reviews tagged football / konami / pro evolution soccer / sport by Mike