Sports, We seem to either love them or hate them and that goes for sports video games as well.Sports games have been around since video games have been around, In fact one of the first games ever was
Tennis for Two made on an old oscilloscope, so there has been tons of games over numerous systems.
Anyway enough of that, Aussie Rules or footy as I believe its known has never really soared in popularity in the UK as much as maybe it should have but that's not stopped some of the AFL games from hitting our shores and I'm going to drone on a bit today about the newest one AFL Evolution.
Developed by Wicked Witch Software and Published by Tru Blu the game has a good and experienced team behind it
and after watching the sport for a bit the games going to need it.
Aussie rules like rugby isn't the easiest of sports to transition into a video game and the team have done a
good job with it. There are a few issues though mainly the gameplay to me seemed a bit well clumsy at times and playing on easy became laughable as I was able to run past opposition players who seemed completely
oblivious to what was going on around them, So if you want a challenge or you're a veteran at these types
of games then it maybe best to start at medium or hard. That being said the gameplay is fun and for a newcomer
like myself it was very easy to pick up and play.
Considering this was made on a much tighter budget then EA and 2Ks yearly offerings there is a whole host of
features here. Both women's and men's AFL teams are here as well as VFL, NAB U18, TAC Cup and International teams.
There's the standered single game and online games as well as a competition mode and for what I believe is the first
time a Be a pro mode in which you can take control of a single player and take them form unknown rookie all the
way through there career to the AFL.
Along with Be a pro you can also take over a team as a coach and embark on a career allowing you to manage a team and deal with things like player trades, drafts and salary caps along with the Tribunal and training.
The Fan hub also allows you to create players and teams and share them online with other players.
There is plenty here for your money and for fans of the sport its been the first game in a few years so its well worth a purchase. If your a newcomer to the sport or you just want to try something a bit different its worth a look.
Jason Tillotson
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