The ONLY futuristic Sports game you'll ever need. (Speedball 2)

Member Name: Irp13

Product:	Speedball 2
Date:	21/04/01 (136 review reads)
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Advantages: Simple, fights

Disadvantages: Not good for one player

I remember playing this all the time against a friend of mine, even though I lost all the time it must be the funniest sports game I ever played.

The first thing they did right was not to go into stupid complexity or daft shaped arena. The whole aim was to score more goals than your oppenent, although you could score extra points by hitting various wall targets. The pitch was your basic rectangular design with the goals set into each end with them positioned at the top and bottom of the screen. To tackle your oppenent you could either punch them of sliding tackle, this would award you the ball (which is carried) and deplete the opponents health.

On pitch power ups would appear from time to time which could power up your player or give you cash to spend on your team, if your playing a league game. Also on the side were a couple of good rebound features including one that after you hit it any oppenent in the way of the ball would be knocked off thier feet. The portals on the side were also fun with the ball warping to the other side of the arena.

This was all great fun but in single player mode it can get a bit dull (like all soccer games). To spice up single player mode there was such things as a transfer market and the opportunity to upgrade your players. However the game really takes off in two player mode, in this it could provide countless hours of replay value as you try to trounce your mate.

You can't really expect great subtlities in the control system with a game of this age, basically throw, punch and sliding tackle, but this keeps the game fun as you don't need brilliantly thoughtout tatics. I really would reccommend that you search this out if your going to play it against another person but its not great in one player mode.

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