Gaelic Football Laochra

Been following this game since early development. I was really excited to get a GAA-based game and hoped that if this did well, the development team would expand to a hurling game also. The music in this game is brilliant, and the graphics don't bother me as much as they do other people. However, the main issue I have is with the actual gameplay and controls. The AI is either too easy or too difficult. I played matches on the lower difficulty where the computer only got one shot on goal and sent it wide, whereas on the higher difficulties, the AI blocks every shot and dispossesses you almost instantly. Maybe this is a skill issue, but after playing 4 or 5 games, I still could not figure out how to tackle properly, it seemed so hit or miss. Sometimes on free takes, you cannot control where you are shooting, and the free-taker points in the wrong direction or sends it completely wide. There should be a tutorial on the first boot of the game to teach you the mechanics. This is such a new experience for most people that trying to figure out the controls during matches doesn't make for fun gameplay. I would love to see this game take off, but I think it should have released in Early Access with a lower price point. The developers need to take feedback from players and continue working on the game. It may take a few more years of development to truly improve the gameplay.

I really wanted this to be good. But its simply too buggy for a positive review. Some of the bugs i can overlook like the weird shadows and goalkeepers spawning in the wrong goals after substitutions but ive ran into another one where sometimes if the ball goes out of play for a line ball or 45 no one takes it afterwards. Like nothing happens and the players just run around in circles forever and you either have to restart or forfeit the match. Ive played ten games and this has happened 3 times can be extremely frustrating when you have the game set to 15 minute halves and youre 25 mins into a match.

I don't recommend the game in its current state. There are numerous bugs. These range from problems starting the game (it literally crashed to the desktop about three times before I could play anything). In training, free kicks are impossible; the player shoots automatically, and this sometimes happens in matches as well. The matches are quite chaotic, and you often have no control over where the goalkeeper takes the goal kick, where the ball goes, or where the player runs. I don't really mind graphic bugs, like the flags becoming gigantic at the begining of the match, but there's a lot of work to do and I hope it's done, that's why I'm not refunding the game It's a shame, and I really hope they fix it because I was really looking forward to playing this game and creating my team, and maybe another ones from the Galician Gaelic Football League, and seeing us compete head-to-head against the best teams.

GFL has been a breath of fresh air compared to the usual games I play, like FIFA. I was lucky enough to be a playtester, and the game has come on leaps and bounds since then. Massive credit to Buck Eject Games for the work they've put in. Looking forward to seeing what the future holds! ⭐️

A great first effort and the fulfillment of a dream for new Gaelic Games. Rough around the edges but the vision is there. Needs some patches to smooth things out but I'm excited to see where this goes. Worth the purchase at $35 if you're into the GAA or you ever want to see Mayo win Sam.

I'd love to support the devs in this but this needs to be an early access game. Compared to what was shown off in videos and the steam store page, this is not the game being advertised. It's so incredibly janky that you can't say this is a finished product. Maybe more money should have been spent developing rather than taking videos of Aidan Forker.

So After following this game, bought it day of release haven't had much time to play but honestly for a small indie dev's first game. Fair play honestly You have got Antrim down to a T as their terrible but got to play as my home county. Considering the price of games these days I say the price is Fair, its unfortunate couldn't get the GAA to back the game would have been great to seen Croke in it ( would have also been funny to play in Casement park considering the state of it) Still a bit buggy which happens. For instance my GK kept running back and forth in the opponents net when they where taking goal kicks no idea why though. Skill issue on my part but 3 times my goalie did an Own goal although very funny it happened. The difficulty levels are brutal so be warned. Otherwise I hope to see a lot of updates on the game as I am fairly enjoying it and glad to see a small team taking on the challenge of bringing the GAA to gaming again (Still hoping for a hurley game)