Pro Jank Footy

Probably one of the most unique and fun footy games ever made, and quite frankly a natural, spiritual successor to that weird official AFL ones where the bench appeared in the centre square / Adam Simpson could goal umpire, or you could make Darth Sidious as a player. Leaning into the skid, and creating an arcade classic was nothing short of genius. Weirdly, I found the strategy on the field - e.g. good use of handball to create space when under pressure, accurate kicking up the lines to forwards, and running midfielder goals - is frankly impressive for a game that's clearly a bit of a pisstake. Minor tweaks, e.g. changing ends each quarter, more diverse seasons, etc, would be a huge way to make this the GOAT of footy games. Tl;Dr: To quote the commentator, I AM ROCK HARD about this game

might be the worst game i've played all year

I enjoy having a jank with my friends.

It's about as fun as a being an Essendon supporter Controls are more loose than Shooter Wiliamson More bugs than your windscreen after a drive down the Hume at dusk in summer I'd rather listen to a Ted talk from Humphrey B. Bear

So far, a fun arcade footy experience. It's nice to have a footy game that plays on Steam Deck. As a solo only player there are some definite improvements I'd love to see made to the game: 1. A way to inspect the active power-ups during a game; a lot of the time I have no idea why something is happening. I don't know what power-ups the other team has and if one gets picked up during the game it's really easy to miss and the description only appears very briefly. It's frustrating to have a negative effect happen to a player and have no clue how to avoid it in the future. 2. Ability to choose my team in solo mode. Ideally the teams would have rosters with individual players with individual stats. 3. A deeper solo mode/season experience. I'd love to have a real season where losing doesn't end the game immediately and culminates in a playoff. My favorite part of sports games is the emergent story that develops as you get to know and craft your team over multiple seasons and there's none of that here. Overall, it's a good footy game to jump into for some quick fun but at the moment is lacking in replay value for solo players.

A lot of fun, as sports games are meant to be. Less 3D scans of player's facial hairs and more fun like this!