I scream, I scream.
Perhaps some games are better left in the past.
After all, many are born from the technological limitations and desires of the time.
They shine brightly, usually because there’s nothing else like them around.
The problem comes when you take a game from that era and venture to make it work somewhere else.
That’s when things start to go awry.
It’s like Mad Max does sports; it’s grey and dystopian, brutal and uncaring.
Can you survive the league and even win it?
And of course, it was perfect for the games machines of the time.
But the new game doesn’t really work.
It’s violent, it’s not particularly complicated - it’s the Speedball you remember.
The first game was bleak and dour, whereas this is showy and elaborate.
If anything, they feel fundamentally opposed.
in exploiting a loophole.
Worst of all, it’s lost that tight feeling of the original.
This feels like the ball is covered in treacle.
Don’t get me wrong.
There is some innate fun to be found here.
Should you manage it successfully, you will wipe them out; it’s very satisfying to pull off!
But that’s about as fun as this new game gets.
It’s a shame.
Perhaps some games are just better left in the past.
