Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
The best handball game...for what it's worthGenre: sports - other
Publisher: Arena Entertainment
Year: 1991
System: Genesis
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
Plays like Bill Laimbeer or Powerball - punch and pass the ball and attempt to throw it into the goal at the top of bottom of the court. Movement is far better and more satisfying than in either of those other games. You don't run significantly slower than your opponents like in those other games so the whole thing feels more fair. I wouldn't say it's good or fun. It's passable at best. The rules of the game are incomprehensible. Obviously the main goal is to score in the net but there seem to be other objectives such as throwing the ball against certain spots on the walls. For example, I scored twice in a game but I won 16 to 0 and I'm not exactly sure why.
Level Design Score: 1
Level Design Notes:
There are two modes and a practice and I don't know why you would need to practice, but I can't see playing this game more than one match at a time so don't know either or multiple modes.
Theme Score: 1
Theme Notes:
As far as futuristic non-sports sports games this one is fairly generic.
Art Style Score: 1
Art Style Notes:
This game looks better than those other two handball games but still not great, especially since everything is gray. Your opponents look just like your players with only very slight color differences making it incredibly difficult to figure out who to pass to. There's some decent animation but overall this game is very boring to look at.
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
Sounds are weird. Everything has this metallic clanking of metal sound. That gets really old really fast. The crowd noise sounds decent and the menu music is okay.
Overall Score: 32
Review ID: 1254
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