Tuesday, 24 May 2011

AFL Live Review

AFL Live offers up a fun game of Aussie Rules that gets the basics right but little else.

The Good

  • Feels and plays like the real thing   
  • Fun playing with friends.

The Bad

  • Average looks   
  • Bare-bones features   
  • Some sluggish controls   
  • Awful commentary.
Australian Rules Football video games have a long history of mediocrity, so it may not seem much to proclaim AFL Live as the best digital re-creation of the sport to come along in years. The praise may be faint, but it's still deserved, because AFL Live nails the basics of Aussie Rules much more so than other recent attempts, feeling and moving like an authentic re-creation of the fast-moving, bruising sport. It's a pity the rest of the package doesn't match the core gameplay; AFL Live features bugger-all game modes, mediocre looks, and at times dodgy AI. The game doesn't build on its promising foundations, making it fun to play with friends but merely passable at other times.

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