Football Drama for Android

For a game called football drama, it is sadly boring. Marches are slow and frustrating. I can’t seem to figure out what I am doing and it seems unfairly random. At least it needs a good tutorial (if I am generously assuming that the problem is my lack of understanding) at its worse, it needs an overhaul of game play. It’s a shame. It is stylish, and a card based football game is a great idea. I also like the idea of a football game where you control the abstract ancillary parts of the game as a way to influence performances, but this game has not managed it.

Really good idea, just not executed well. Games are pretty boring to play. There are a lot of in game stats that are never really explained. The drama outside of the pitch has a good premise, but there isn’t really much to do with it. Wouldn’t recommend for the price tag.

New release, I get it. But for $5 the game seems very unfinished. Managing a team, I thought, meant managing people, players trainers, hot dog sales and so on. Instead your players are reduced to dots. You don’t control tactics, instead you’re given cards that work seemingly at random. I was really roooting for this game as I think other football management sims take themselves too seriously. I love the style and feel, I just think there could and should be way more substance without sacrificing any of the feel. Maybe it will get improvements but now the game is more of a depression sim than anything else.

I could go into all the reasons why I regret buying this, but I’ll spare myself the time and just use the most foundational reason: the commentary never changes. If you miss a shot, the sentences said by the commentators are the exact same every time. If you lose the ball, are driven backwards, make a foul, kick a corner, etc., the commentators say the exact same line for each scenario. Given that this game doesn’t have a whole lot going for it action-wise and is mostly a barebones strategy game that lies almost entirely on a simple fatigue meter and coin-toss mechanic about whether you will win versus your opponent in any particular scenario, this is just a bore overall. Wish I’d spent my $5 on something better, like a sandwich or a pound of apples. 2 stars because the game runs smoothly, it references the I Ching, and the color scheme and design are catchy. The rest of it is trash. I’m going to try and finish my season and then delete it.

Came into this game with high expectations, after finishing one play through the dialogue is the same after every game with the press and the owner of the club. The games are simple after you figure out the mechanics then it is easy to win the league. I feel that their is a lot of room to improve as the concept is very interesting but overall I was expecting more