Speedball 2 Tournament

by Ascaron, Bitmap Brothers, Kylotonn Entertainment, Commodore Gaming, FIP Publishing & Gragster Interactive Pictures

Product Features

• A brand new multiplayer mode
• Customise your Speedball 2 players
• Choose between 3 types of player
• Live news and events on the Speedball 2 TV show
• Subscription to the GOLD area available - allows access to worldwide rankings etc / Extreme community support and actions.

Product Details

• ASIN: B001ALLTQW
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,121 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk 2326: Civil War erupts; rival gangs form an ultra-violent street sport league called Speedball 2 to settle their deadly disputes. This sport quickly becomes popular, but without any rules or regulations, also more dangerous. 10 years later, Speedball has become the national sport and the teams are now professional and sponsored by well-know brands. 2 teams face each other in bloody battles for a steel ball. 9 on 9, in an all-out rush on the opponents goal, almost any malicious move is permitted. The winner of all the matches secures supremacy over the city. . . Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows XP/Vista Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz or Athlon Equivalent Memory: 512 MB Hard Drive: 2 GB Free Video Memory: 128 MB with Pixel Shader 2.0 Support Sound Card: DirectX Compatible DirectX: 9.0c Keyboard & Mouse DVD Rom Drive

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, July 25, 2011

By 

DH - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Speedball 2 Tournament (DVD-ROM)

Fond memories of playing the original on the amiga as a kid prompted me to buy this. Unfortunately, it's a huge disappointment. It has twice the leagues and twice the teams as the original, but that's about the only plus. Instead of playing 'brutal deluxe,' you can name your own team and choose a colour and an icon. And that's the limit of any extra customization. It's not 1991 any more. All this time and advance in computer capabilities and that's all we get? The 'star players' don't even get individual pictures any more. All the players on your team fall into three poorly-drawn models: male, female, and cyborg. It's underwhelming. Overall, the graphics are very poor. Plus, there's bugs. The ball will get stuck in the arena walls occasionally and you just have to wait till the next quarter to be able to interact with it again, a little like a dodgy pinball table. Other than the that, the general playability is alright but it's just not enjoyable enough to hold interest for long. Especially when there's a giant download time between games. If you're stubborn enough to keep playing long enough to win the league, there's no fireworks or fancy congratulatory video: just a simple game over message. It feels like a bad joke. Oh, and you can't even play it without the 'Steam' internet downloader, either. And Steam will occasionally tell you that you don't own it, despite the fact that you paid way too much money for the physical copy of it that you're now considering using as a coaster instead.

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I hoped, March 28, 2011

By 

Stitch Jones "The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla" - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Speedball 2 Tournament (DVD-ROM)

Having played this to death onmy Atari I thought this remake would be fun. Instead it adds very little and seems to have lost some of the simple enjoyment of the original. It isn't terrible, it just feels basic. Like an iPad game scaled up for the PC.