We Are Football

[Tommy]

So there's a new football Manager from German developer Gerald Köhler, who also developed Anstoß and the FIFA Manager things back in the day. 

Anyone tried it yet? 

[nudge]

I was tempted, but then read numerous reviews complaining about extremely poor and primitive match engine. So I think I'll pass.

[Tommy]

14 minutes ago, nudge said:

I was tempted, but then read numerous reviews complaining about extremely poor and primitive match engine. So I think I'll pass.

Yea, same. Maybe if it's on offer for a tenner or so some day. 

[Whiskey]

I read up on this game and saw that you can send streakers onto the pitch to disrupt a game, take my fucking money.

[nudge]

5 minutes ago, Whiskey said:

I read up on this game and saw that you can send streakers onto the pitch to disrupt a game, take my fucking money.

Wait, for real?  

[Whiskey]

Just now, nudge said:

Wait, for real?  

Apparently yeah . I read an article about it and they said that it's not the best game, as it's just totally bonkers - apparently you can do all kinds of crazy stuff. 

[Tommy]

30 minutes ago, Whiskey said:

I read up on this game and saw that you can send streakers onto the pitch to disrupt a game, take my fucking money.

Yup, Anstoß (A German football manager from the same creator) had the same gimmicks. 

Heard in this you can also tamper with your opponents' floodlights etc.

[nudge]

That actually changes everything  As long as it's fun and the game doesn't take itself too seriously, I can live with shit match engine...

[Bluebird Hewitt]

17 hours ago, Whiskey said:

Apparently yeah . I read an article about it and they said that it's not the best game, as it's just totally bonkers - apparently you can do all kinds of crazy stuff. 

That's actually interested me now. While I didn't mind Ultimate Soccer Manager, one of my favourite parts was being able to bet against your own team or offering bungs. 

Followed by a newspaper article saying that you were caught red handed and arrested. 

[Tommy]

Just watched someone playing it on Twitch. Looks heaps of fun. Fucking tempted. 

[nudge]

1 minute ago, Tommy said:

Just watched someone playing it on Twitch. Looks heaps of fun. Fucking tempted. 

[Tommy]

11 minutes ago, nudge said:

He was in 2022 and had Goretzka at Gladbach though. Literally unplayable. 

[nudge]

1 minute ago, Tommy said:

He was in 2022 and had Goretzka at Gladbach though. Literally unplayable. 

I mean, if it's just for fun, then who cares  

Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League is literally my favourite football game of all time, and let's just say it's not exactly a very realistic one 

[Tommy]

6 minutes ago, nudge said:

 

Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League 

Whaaaat. Just googled that. It's VERY similar (I guess I just played it under a different name? Player models look a bit different too though) to a game I used to looooove as a kid. 

Got an NES with that game from my uncle back in the early 90s.

[nudge]

2 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Whaaaat. Just googled that. It's VERY similar (I guess I just played it under a different name? Player models look a bit different too though) to a game I used to looooove as a kid. 

Got an NES with that game from my uncle back in the early 90s.

Yeah it's the same game, it had different releases in different countries and consoles, but it's the same one  I loved it, played it non-stop as a kid  

[Tommy]

1 minute ago, nudge said:

Yeah it's the same game, it had different releases in different countries and consoles, but it's the same one  I loved it, played it non-stop as a kid  

Same! Playing on ice was funny as fuck as the knocked out bodies just slid across the whole pitch. 

[nudge]

Just now, Tommy said:

Same! Playing on ice was funny as fuck as the knocked out bodies just slid across the whole pitch. 

Man, this brings back memories... I'm going to get my emulator set up and give it a go again  

[nudge]

@Tommy

https://arcadespot.com/game/nintendo-world-cup/

 

[Tommy]

That really brought back memories indeed. 

This was the first football game I've played (apart from some Manager Games on C64), on Sega Mega drive:

Loved that one too. 

[Tommy]

2 minutes ago, nudge said:

@Tommy

https://arcadespot.com/game/nintendo-world-cup/

 

What are the controls?

[nudge]

6 minutes ago, Tommy said:

What are the controls?

arrow keys for movement, z and x for action buttons  

[Tommy]

1 hour ago, nudge said:

arrow keys for movement, z and x for action buttons  

Hahaha, just played my first game. Amazing. How do you do those super shots again where everyone in the way fucking dies? Barely managed to score, even though all of my opponents field players were dead. 

[Tommy]

Great success! I always played as Mexico as a kid. No idea why. 

[nudge]

2 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Hahaha, just played my first game. Amazing. How do you do those super shots again where everyone in the way fucking dies? Barely managed to score, even though all of my opponents field players were dead. 

 I won 6-0 with West Germany against Cameroon, but I only scored 1 goal

For supershots:

Z + X 
Left or right + Z + X 

But I haven't managed to get one yet  
 

[Tommy]

12 minutes ago, nudge said:

 I won 6-0 with West Germany against Cameroon, but I only scored 1 goal

For supershots:

Z + X 
Left or right + Z + X 

But I haven't managed to get one yet  
 

Cheers, I'll try.

Yessss! It always makes me laugh when they try to pass to knocked out teammates.