Dino Dini's Kick Off™ Revival - Steam Edition

I am an old fan of Kick Off and Kick Off 2 on Commodore Amiga who played hundreds and hundreds hours of both games on Amiga in the 90's and I was really interested in the Revival version. Now upon buying and trying it, I noticed it's an Early Access game in the shape of a full game. There are many modes missing like league mode as currently only friendly match and european cup are the playable modes, no customization options for game time, referee, weather conditions etc. There are only national teams available for playing and even those are just some countries. For example Japan and South Korea are completely missing. League clubs are completely missing from the game. You can't even decide your line up or the formation before the game. The view looks like in the original games, but the gameplay unfortunately feels off. There have been no updates for the game in five months so it seems it has been at this point abandoned by the developer which is a shame. I really would've loved this to be the Kick Off that could be called the true successor to the great Kick Off 2. I will look into this game again if it receives more updates in the future to make it look more like a real game than an Early Access game. In it's current form I would not recommend it to old fans.

It's horse manure. Crappy unresponsive controls, ball pretty much sticking to your feet, on top of being unplayable online due to execrable netcode. A million miles away from the original. I guess Dini thought he could dumb down his own game to reach casuals. Judging by the number of people playing this, I guess he wrong.

Kick Off Revival, by today's standards, is a hard game and takes a bit of practice to just play it, but that's what made this game famous in 1989! This game doesn't hold your hand, the ball doesn't stick to your foot, which makes the game play more satisfying. A great skill based game! Dino made a few lessons on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dndn1011/search?query=lesson About, Dino, I've watched his development twitch streams over many months. Crunching on custom physics/networking/menus/DevOps while playing music, talking tech or handling trolls. He's work ethic is proof of his dedication to his game (well after launch). His openness and accessibility is proof of loyalty to his fans. And giving his time to help other developers is humbling of someone with his experience!

Klavye desteği yok. Gamepad desteği sınırlı. Oyunu oynayabilme imkanım olmadı haliyle. Eğer küçük bir şirketseniz ve yapacağınız oyunun contentleri sınırlıysa, hiç olmazsa şu kontrol işlerinde sorun çıkarmayın. Oyundan zaten fazla bir beklentimiz olmayacak ama işinizi yapmıyorsanız bu haliyle bile deneyemediğimiz oyun için çeşitli gamepad veya klavye kontrol yamaları, programları indirecek değiliz.

Dino Dini's Kick Off Revival has taken a lot of stick over the last year after the PS4 release, In my mind, largly due to a misunderstanding of what the game is. This is not a football simulation. Kick Off Revial tries to capture the essence of football in an arcade style game and put the player in full control of what happens on the pitch. This means the ball does not stick to your player. Passing direction and power is not assisted You can run in any direction Height of kicks and shots is player controlled. All of this manual control mean that practice is needed to gain an understanding of how to use it efficiently. But once you do, the fun really begins. You start to pass the ball around your opponent, crossing from the wing and heading the ball home, or perhaps you intercept a clearance outside the box and fire a topspin shot in to the top corner? Low shots, high shots, curling shots, lobs - all are ppossibe once you learn the finesse required to control the analog stick. And this is the key difference from previous versions of Kick Off, and where I believe the issues arise for Kick Off players. Running speed, direction and shot/pass power are all controlled with the single analog stick. This takes time, patience and practice. Yes, game modes are limited but the developer is hoping to add features over time. This game was made with local and online multiplayer in mind. Play another opponent and the game really does come in to it's own. Enjoy playing someone at your level or wonder how that player who seems so much better than you does that crazy shot and try to figure it out... or ways to stop them. For me this has been the main pull of the game, online multiplayer and competing with players that seem almost god-like on the pitch. Aspire to compete with them... and keep playing them to learn their techiques

"Dino Dini's Kick Off™ Revival" ist ein Fußball-Spiel. Den ersten Teil der "Kick Off"-Serie erschien bereits 1989, damals noch auf Systemen wie dem C64, Amiga oder Atari ST. Nach einigen Nachfolgern hatte sich die Serie totgelaufen. Nach 15 Jahren Pause erschien dann dieses Spiel, das sich bewußt in die Tradition seiner Vorgänger stellt. In "Kick Off" spielen wir aus einer Draufsicht, direkt von oben. Ähnlich wie in einer normalen FIFA(FC)-Partie steuern wir stets den ballführenden Spieler, bzw. einen Verteidiger, der dem Ball nahe ist. Das recht flotte Gameplay führt in der Regel zu schnellen Toren und relativ taktik-armen Partien. Das Spielgefühl geht weitaus mehr in eine Arcade-Richtung, die auch an manche Spielautomaten erinnert. Der Kameraausschnitt ist gefühlt immer zu klein bemessen, um wirklich Überblick über das gesamte Spielgeschehen zu haben. Wie im Original haben wir bei der Eingabe nicht etwa wie bei anderen Fußball-Titeln die Auswahl von zahlreichen komplexen Tastenkombinationen. "Kick Off" spielt man mit dem Steuerknüppel und einer einzigen Taste. Verteidigen wir, wird getackelt, haben wir den Ball, schießen wir, ist der Ball in der Luft, machen wir einen Kopfball. Alles mit nur einer einzigen Taste. Ziemlich simpel. Aber die Joysticks früher hatten auch nur eine oder zwei Eingabe-Tasten. Wir hatten ja früher gar nichts. Dummerweise wirkt dadurch ein solches Spiel bei den heutigen Möglichkeiten aus der Zeit gefallen und veraltet. Natürlich ist Nostalgie immer ein relevantes Argument, aber hier merkt man, daß ein Sportspiel damals schon einfach nicht so gut sein konnte wie man es aus heutiger Zeit eigentlich gerne hätte. Grafik und Sound scheinen auch aus einer anderen, längst vergangenen Zeit zu stammen und bleiben auf schwachem Niveau. Leider gibt es auch nur sehr wenige Spielmodi, die allesamt auch nicht wirklich lange bei der Stange halten können. Potentiell größtes Problem ist aber, daß das Spiel keine zuverlässige Controller-Unterstützung hat. Das mitgelieferte Konfigurierungs-Programm versagt auch, so daß man gezwungen ist, großen Aufwand zu betreiben, um das Game überhaupt spielbar zu kriegen. "Dino Dini's Kick Off Revival" schafft es leider schlechter zu sein als seine Vorgänger und dem Spieler deutlich aufzuzeigen, weshalb die Spielprinzipien von damals heute zu recht überholt sind. [h1]Wertung:[/h1] 5/10 Atmosphäre -/10 Story 5/10 Grafik 4/10 Sound 4/10 Spielmechanik 4/10 Balancing 5/10 Spielspass [h1]Fazit:[/h1] Aus der Zeit gefallen. [h1][b]5/10 Gesamtwertung

Ok, played the game for about an hour now so early review. The game itself is slick, plays smooth and is fast - comparable with kick off 2. However, there are a limited number of options, there is no coin toss so you always play going up first, no wind, pitch, time selection. Joystick options are non existent. My 2 player game is greyed out. I have a competition pro Amiga joystick plugged in via an adapter that I cannot use. The game itself mentions just one button to do everything? Thats misleading because without an Xbox controller you can do nothing. ie you have to press X for menu at start of game, A kicks ball, B goes back - I could go on... Also, no instructions? really? Substitutions - cannot find out if you can or not. You can change the formation of your team though! ( It does not say how?) Took me a couple of minutes to find out. Referee - yes there is a referee but not actually visible on pitch, no linesmen either - shame really. In essence, I have an Xbox controller plugged in and a competition pro plugged in. 2 Player option is greyed out? Cannot figure out how to configure keyboard controls - if at all possible. The game needs some refinement ie options for controller and definately some instructions for controllers - how to change formation etc. So would I recommend the game? Yes, because of the price its an absolute bargain - for people that have played and mastered kick off 2. If you have never played Kick Off 1 or 2 or Player Manager on 16 bit machines you will really struggle with the game. For those that have, practice makes perfect!

This game is hard, there is no doubt about it. Hard to master, hard to get into. You can't pick up the controller and start scoring goals. Instead you need to complete the tutorials, you need to learn. But by George is it rewarding! You will never stop learning, never stop being rewarded. This game is outstanding!

Kick Off Revival has become my go to game of choice when it comes to fun and competitive gameplay. Simply put its difficult to master however the satisfacation you get when it all comes together and ends in that goal is a feeling that no other football game has created for me. Many times i have wanted to throw my controller in frustration and many other times i have punched the air in celebration when a well crafted move has come off. The great thing about this game is that everything you do whether its a pass, dribble, tackle or goal is a creation of your own idea. You want to play long ball... you can... want to play the passing game... you can... want to run past four or five players like ronaldo... you can... or maybe slice open a whole team with one perfect through ball... you can! It takes dedication to be that good and the game does have a learning curve. That is what makes this game great. Make no mistake this game doesn't hold your hand and playing the best players will feel like a lesson in itself however thats the challenge, be at one with the controller and allow your instinct to guide you. One analogue stick and one button pretty much does it all and that is all you need... simple right? Play it and find out what your really missing. The most fun i've had with a football game in years!