Comments on: Hands On With Speedball 2

By: AbyssUK

AbyssUK — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:08:13 +0000

Saw this in revisit an old story and I am still angry that it was so poorly executed… I even got a copy for FREE and I am ashamed of it there sat in my steam games list….how do I give it away…

By: fearian

fearian — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:45:42 +0000

@Mark: Thats the winning tactic that won me most of my matches!

as for the control adjustments, does noone else remember franticly running left or right after the opposition only to have the view suddenly snap to the goalie? your still pressing left, meaning you run right out of the way while your mate sticks one in the the back of the… uh… hole?

By: doc

doc — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:50:43 +0000

Sounds more like Speedball 2100… er… 2. And yeah, jonbly’s right, not much to gain by trying to yank the die hards chains. Come on, right now, I’ve got a Genesis plugged into the switcher just for the SB2:BD cartridge. Anyone that still knows the game loves it, those that don’t won’t care.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:33:24 +0000

Did you test the new speedball game for the age-old guaranteed goal ‘technique’? (and by technique, I mean cheap exploit)

Step 1: Run towards the goal
Step 2: Lob the ball so that it rebounds off the wall above the goal and the goalkeeper rushes out to claim it
Step 3: Before the ball comes down, crush the keeper like the pig dog that he is.
Step 4: Bundle the ball into the empty goal.

So cheap, but so effective.

By: jonbly

jonbly — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:33:10 +0000

It’s either a perfect re-creation with better tech, or it’s a waste of time. Brutal Dulux is not a can of paint… er, game… that can be improved on the gameplay front.

If they’re going to change the gameplay, they should just call it Speedball 3 and be honest about it.

By: essell

essell — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:56:17 +0000

“That said, Kieron’s unreasonably annoyed that the female characters don’t have helmets and the post-score replay shows the person celebrating rather than the goal itself.”

Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Boo-urns on this “remake”. The real Speedball 2 is still beautiful, and this looks and sounds like arse. Worse still is that it’s stolen the name, so I now have to keep saying “the real” all the time, when I’m referring to the classic…

By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:51:41 +0000

Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe Xbox Live Date Announced

http://gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=11116

By: Ghiest

Ghiest — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:42:41 +0000

Sensible soccer, Powerdroid 90 and Speedball two are my all time favourite Amiga Games :P

2 of which are being re-released, I’ve seen videos and rolling demo of Sensi soccer and it looks good, but by the sounds of things the SB2 one is not fairing so well :(

By: Citizen Parker

Citizen Parker — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:29:35 +0000

This may be a touch of format heresy here, but if you haven’t played DEATHROW for the original X-Box (back compatible on 360) you’re really missing out. As far as I concerned, it’s the true sequel / remake / whatever of SPEEDBALL 2 that we yearn for.

It had all the elements of success – simple, responsive controls that led to a surprising amount of depth and varieties of play style. One team might dominate by fancy footwork while another might just beat you to death instead, or trip you up with an incredible passing game.

Playing through a DEATHROW season remains one of the most fun experiences I’ve ever had in co-operative play with friends. Along with NHL HITZ 2002 (and now REPUBLIC COMMANDO at US$2.50 used thanks to you guys) it is one of the few original X-Box games that you can pry out of my cold, dead hands.

Oh, and the XBLA version is slated to be a port of the original SPEEDBALL 2, I believe. Seeing as the quality of XBLA ports are all over the map, this is still a pretty sketchy proposition. Now if they’d just hurry up and release SENSIBLE WORLD OF SOCCER on XBLA…

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:50:18 +0000

Yes, apparently two remakes. This is the PC one. (As we cover PC games, and whatnot.)

By: roBurky

roBurky — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:45:58 +0000

Oh, I thought this /was/ the XBLA remake. I’m so confused now. There are going to be two Speedball 2 remakes simply called Speedball 2?

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:40:23 +0000

Hopefully if the XBLA release is good and sells well (and assuming they didn’t use the Megadrive version as the basis then we all know it will) then they’ll get off their bums and release the Chaos Engine [with the British character names]. My first taste of steampunk that.