Cyber League Football

I remember the old Cyber League Football game from back in the 80's. I was hoping this would pay homage to the game of yesteryear with an updated coat of paint and fresh game play. Well it does have a new coat of paint, but the game play is an uninspired mess. The controls feel clunky. The player types although look different feel exactly the same when controlling them. Even though there are some background crowd noise, they do not add to the experience, they are just that.... noise. Everything that needs to be in this game in order to bring this classic back to life in the 2020's is right there for the developer. Yet it feels like they started off with a great plan for a game, but lost their momentum somewhere in the middle and just pushed it out the door. Very disappointing.

if you loved Cyberball from back in the arcade days, you'll get a kick out of Cyber League. The old version had a 'season' but tbh it was just there to take your quarters. I never knew anyone from the arcade days that actually played a season's worth of games. Cyber League is setup with 100 teams in the 'league' and each 'week' teams close to each other play. the winner moves up, the loser moves down. So it's kind of like a ladder. You can choose to start with a lower ranked team (lower tiered robots & low cash) or you can start as a higher ranked team (higher tiered robots & more cash). The robots themselves have a bunch of levels of their abilities (plastic/iron/aluminum, etc). The higher tier the faster/better the robot. I enjoyed the old version and this one is just a fun if not more. It's a little deeper than the original but not too complex that you can't pick it up and have fun. Because the robots are upgrade-able using cash you earn in-game, there aren't any trades. There's plenty of room for the game to be deeper but as it is today, it's a lot of fun and I would recommend it for anyone who wants a modern robot football game (or just wants to re-live the old arcade days!)

This game is not worth $15.00. To begin with, there is a severe lack of content and features. There are no graphic options or any way to remap the controls. You can't play a single season, just a franchise. Plays are extremely limited and the rules are very different than American football. There are also no weather effects or nighttime games, just daytime games. There is also no announcer and the stadiums all look the same and feel very lifeless. However, perhaps the worst aspect of this game that ruined it for me is that playing defense is absolutely awful. You can only switch defenders before the ball snaps. This means you often choose a defender that is far away from the action, which means the CPU makes most of the tackles and interceptions are just about impossible. So you basically end up watching the CPU play defense for you. Players are also robots that toss a beach like ball that often bounces away as an incomplete pass. If I'm wanting to play an arcade football game, I would much rather play Wild Card Football. I would stay away from this one.

needs a lot of updates, franchise improvements, custom rosters, ect