This game oozes addictiveness, as you'll find yourself wanting more.

User Rating: 8.8 | SpeedBall 2 GEN
By sirbargearse | Review Date:
The success of Speedball in the new world has now declined due to rising levels of violence which forced organisers to head underground with the sport. People were still hungry for more of the sport even though it had been made illegal, and where there's mass interest there comes a potentially huge profit making venture. So in 2100, five years after Speedball had been banned, officials finally came up with a better organised governing body that could ensure safer attendance to matches with new rules and more computerised scoring mechanisms placed throughout the playfield. After the usual media backlash with journalists trying to say everything negative about the sport, Speedball nevertheless rose again to a new high with twice as many people now following the sport.

Five years later and other sports are losing the fight against the Speedball sensation and as the sport heads toward a new season a new team had been announced unexpectedly. This new team were full of complete unknowns and although their unofficial title was the "Dark Horses" their team name was the "Brutal Deluxe Force"! Other teams were not aware of the new teams awesome capabilities, but were soon to find out that they were to steal many fans and so become the most loved and despised team in the league!

Speedball 2 is much like Soccer where you can run with the ball in your hand to score a goal up the other end. No real rules apply as everything is automative, so no referees are there to get in the way. Violence is the only rule in this brill game. The ball is full metal as are the uniforms and ground so no soft turf can save your ass here. This is as rough as it gets. The ball is thrown or kicked if you like and tackles usually involve a beefy smack in the mouth (not much different to when Canterbury play) and your own mishaps are not enough to stop the flow of the game. In fact play only stops when a goal is scored or it's full time.

In much the same style as EA Hockey you can expect a good two player match here. Plus one player games feature a computer that's no dummy so Instability gets a boosting here. The graphics are perhaps not as thrilling as EA Hockey but serve the purpose and possess good animation in some parts. Sound and music are not any breakthroughs but the voice yelling "REPLAY!" and "GET READY!" sounds great. No, the big push behind this game lies within the playability. This game oozes addictiveness, as you'll find yourself wanting more. The only trouble with this game is that some may find that there's no variation but I honestly don't care as I always find myself now taking this title out of the game cupboard for a quick spin ! If you already own EA Hockey and you're after something in the same direction well take a gander at Speedbail 2. It will keep you occupied till EA Hockey 2 gets released in a few months time!

BRIAN COSTELLOE

As printed in Megazone magazine Oct/ Nov '92

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