Arena Football
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Arena Football
Customer Review: Arena Football from EA Sports
Summary: 3 Stars
It is a great game but, It can lock up on you. I am in the process of getting it exchanged for one that does not lock up.Customer Review: Great game
Summary: 5 Stars
Purchased for 10 yr old grandson and he absolutely loves it. Says that it is better than Madden Football.Customer Review: Fun game but...
Summary: 2 Stars
When EA announced the release of this Arena Football game, I was excited. Arena Football has always been one of my favorite games and I wanted a video game to simulate the game. However, I was disapointed.
I decided to rent this game first, saving my money for the upcoming baseball titles. And boy, I was glad that I did. I would have paid $20 for it, but not the $30 it is priced at.
Overall the game was mostly fun, but it definatley not up with EA standards. Emphasis was put on the passing game and each game was fast paced and put up big scores. This was good because that's what Arena Football is about. Arena Football is not the average NFL and the game definitley simulated it.
However, EA also simulated the AFL in bad ways too. AFL is about ironman football, but EA went over the edge in this aspect. The hitting and tackling in the AFL is not too much different than the NFL and you definatley don't see late hits after celebrations for touchdowns in the AFL. Also like the AFL, the running game is limited, but too limited. I was lucky if I got more than 3 yards on a rush.
Finally, the game seem limited and it looked like it was put together by a group college kids for a class rather than a big name game producer, who has also produced the greatest selling sport series of all time (Madden). The game lacked depth, especially in the season mode where all you do is play games and then release and sign players at the end of the season. There are only 4 game modes (season, pick up, omline, practice). There is no commentary during games; instead, this replaced by annoying cuts betweeen plays where either a coach is motivating his players (which are so badly done, I laughed the first time I saw one) or the PS1-looking fans are reacting to the play. The telemetry system was a good idea, but to hard to use, especially since it was the first time being done. Finally, I found the only good idea is rewarding the gamer with locked classic teams for each milestone. It was fun to try to accomplish a milestone so that I could learn about teams from the 80s.
Overall this game was a good idea and fun, but largley a disappointment. It surley isn't worth the price but with more time I am sure EA could have produced a better game. Hopefully good comes out of this and these mistakes aren't made in any other upcoming EA titles.
Customer Review: Not a bad first for AFL
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, if you base your opinion on this game on your love for the NFL, then you're starting off on the wrong foot right out the gate.
This is the AFL. The rules are different. The play is different. The overall feel is different.
That said, this game is a lot of fun to play. I will admit, until my hometown (KC) got our Arena League team, the attention paid to the AFL by me was minimal. I'd watch a game every now and then if I caught one one TV, but that's about it.
Now that we have one, I'm into it.
When I heard that EA Sports was doing an AFL video game, I was excited. My excitement wasn't in vain.
Yes, the graphics aren't top-of-the-line in comparison to say Madden, but give EA a break folks. They aren't going to break the bank investing in a "first-of" sports game before it proves itself in the market.
On to the game...Basically, as another reviewer put it, the controls are similar to the Madden setup. The main difference I noticed was that there are fewer options both defensively and offensively than in the NFL games. Running is difficult and passing must be quick, so that makes for some challenging scenarios. You have to stay in the pocket to avoid being sacked (I know that sounds weird if you're not familiar with the AFL rules), but sometimes you need to move out to give your receivers more time to get open and avoid the knocked down passes you get when you try to throw over the middle. It's very fast, so you have to get used to that, but it went pretty easy for me, and if you're a Madden-player, you'll catch on quick too.
The defensive play was a little tough to get used to. I kept sacking the QB, but getting penalized for it because unless the QB leaves the pocket, or it is a running play, it is illegal to blitz the QB. Once he leaves the "box" however, you can darn near take his head off. This too, became easier for me to get used to the longer I played the game.
Special teams stuff was interesting...particularly the kicking. Instead of setting the power with one hit of the "x" button and then actually kicking the ball by hitting "x" again, you aim the kick with the Directional pad (or left analog stick) then use the right analog stick to set the power by pulling it back and then forward (as straight as you can) to kick it off. It's not as difficult as it sounds and it's fun to do.
I managed an interception, and caused a fumble in my first game last night and was only beat by a touchdown, so I was pretty happy to have spent the $30 on it.
Like Madden, you can create-a-player/team with various logos, custom colors and names, and all that. The multiple options of facial features and such were very good, I doubt anyone would have a hard time finding one that looks similar to themselves should they wish to put "themselves" into the game.
Also madden-esque is the presence of a "challenge" aspect. For instance, when I completed a 34-yard pass to Pope (Arizona Rattlers), a little banner popped up that said something like "Congratulations-you just completed a 30+ yard pass". So that was cool.
Overall, this is a good start for an AFL game. I DO hope that they make enough off of it to continue (and improve) the series. My suggestions are similar to the others' here:
More realistic graphics & expanded playbooks would be the most important to me.
Give it a shot, I think you'll like it!
Customer Review: Very poor effort by EA sports
Summary: 2 Stars
This game looks cool and had potential. The graphics look like Super Nintendo quality. Every single pass is a completion, whether you throw it 5 yards or 50 yards. Every now and then there will be an interception, the ball NEVER hits the ground. It all comes down to who has the ball last. Really not what I expected, this game is nothing special, and there is a reason its only $30.