Football Game

An excellent and surprising little game! Well, after the stunning 'A Date in the Park' I could expect anything from Cloak and Dagger Games :) And this one certainly isn't a dissapointment, especially if you grow to accept the dark and '8bit-like' visual style - it looks strange at first but gradually appears more and more correspondent to the local atmosphere. And the story is equally great, while the puzzles are all logical and fun - what better one could expect from a small point-and-click adventure game? My best recommendations!

It's the late eighties and we play as Tommy, a former football superstar who's about to meet up with his girlfriend to give her a present. There is an event (an important match) taking place so for Tommy it is clear where the two will have to meet. Things get problematic when reaching the place we do not find Suzy anywhere. It's high time we started asking around to find clues as to where she is... It is an interesting premise and the entire game has an eerie, foreboding atmosphere that tells you nothing good will come to Tommy as we are getting closer to the solution. The entire story takes place during a night so the game is very dark and perfectly matches the tone of the adventure. At key areas Tommy has flashbacks of his past interactions with Suzy and these only make us raise more questions. Special mention goes to the soundtrack which is pretty neat - Tommy cannot drive without l

This was a pretty interesting little experience. The story was paced perfectly, with every key moment revealing another piece of the puzzle. I was delighted to find that it kept me wondering until the very end – and beyond, since it seems the ending was left up to the player’s interpretation. The eerie sensation that something's wrong pervades every facet of this game and I freaking loved it. For instance, the visuals are darker and dingier than I would have expected from a game about something as cheerful as going to a football game. Then there's the music and the dialogue and… everything. Everything here slowly builds tension and it's pretty great. There are a few things that will keep me from adding this one to my favorites, though. Since this one is so short, a big chunk of my play time was spent being stuck on and having to google the solutions to a few puzzles that were just a bit

Football Game is a point-and-click adventure with an unfortunate non-descriptive title that packs a gloomy atmosphere and a few compelling mysteries in its short running time. It quickly made me think something ominous had happened or would happen, but I didn't know what. It also reminded me of David Lynch or Donnie Darko. I quite liked it except I was so surprised by the somewhat-open ending that I had to check the forum discussions. There was an intentionally limited color palette (seemed like 10 colors), no facial features on the character sprites, some ugly close-ups of faces (with facial features), all graphical elements I didn't initially like, but that eventually worked in the game's favor to make it more unique. The puzzles were well designed and seemed fair to me. The writing was effective and I appreciated having succinct descriptions of lots of hotspots. The game's biggest str

More interesting reviews on Fenol Baron Approves Curator Page A young boy Tommy is going to meet his girlfriend Susie, the meeting should take place at a football match of the local team. On the way there are such usual obstacles for young people, but he cuts through the silver night by car, to the sounds of hypnotic music, and goes to the match. A match that for some reason is so important on this particular night. The story told in the game “Football Game” is very laconic (all the action takes about an hour), but so intense and dynamic that you don’t remember about time at all. In the game itself, only a few hours pass, but during this time you manage to learn so many characters, become so imbued with their lives, that it is simply incredible. The style senses the vibrations of films from the 80s, David Lynch (this is already my third adventure game in four days, in which I feel his