Brutal Sports Football - Jag Review! One of Jag's Hidden Gems?

[Adriano Arcade]

Please enjoy my latest Jag review for Arcade Attack - I look at the sometimes overlooked (and arguably underappreciated) sports brawler Brutal Sports Football:

 

http://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/brutal-sports-football-jaguar/

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Adrian

[UHATEIT]

Brutal Sports Football is a great game and I have had a lot of fun playing it. A gem for the system in my eyes for sure.

[ls650]

Not a showcase for the Jag's abilities, but fun to play, especially 2-player.

[+madman]

I've always wondered if the arcade game Pigskin 621 AD was a source of inspiration for Brutal Sports Football.

[PFG 9000]

Brutal Sports Football is one of those Jag games that I bought to complete the collection with just about zero interest in ever putting much time into it. But I've heard so many people praising it lately (here and in a few Facebook groups) that I'm definitely going to sit down and put a few hours into it one of these days, to see if it hooks me the way it has a few of you.

[Austin]

Brutal Sports Football is one of those Jag games that I bought to complete the collection with just about zero interest in ever putting much time into it. But I've heard so many people praising it lately (here and in a few Facebook groups) that I'm definitely going to sit down and put a few hours into it one of these days, to see if it hooks me the way it has a few of you.

 

Definitely do it. It's not terribly polished but it is quite fun in that it's not a traditional "sports" game. You can win by murdering (literally) the opposing team. It's especially fun to introduce the game to an unsuspecting friend, play it up as a game with typical sports rules, then pick up a sword partway into the round and decapitate their entire team for the win.

[skip]

I've only played it a little, but I found the scrolling rather choppy and the music below par...but maybe that's my memory being overly harsh. I found the gameplay a little rough around the edges (admittedly I really didn't know what I was doing), but I'll have to give it a proper go and read the manual. Most reviews or comments from those who've sunk a bit of time into it seem like they enjoyed it. Still, a little more effort and polish could've elevated it beyond just another (almost) straight 16-bit port.

[Adriano Arcade]

Brutal Sports Football is a great game and I have had a lot of fun playing it. A gem for the system in my eyes for sure.

 

I agree. Not perfect - but a lot of fun!

[Adriano Arcade]

Brutal Sports Football is one of those Jag games that I bought to complete the collection with just about zero interest in ever putting much time into it. But I've heard so many people praising it lately (here and in a few Facebook groups) that I'm definitely going to sit down and put a few hours into it one of these days, to see if it hooks me the way it has a few of you.

 

Probably not everyone's cup of tea - but I certainly have had a blast playing it!

[Adriano Arcade]

Not a showcase for the Jag's abilities, but fun to play, especially 2-player.

I agree, 2 player is where this game comes into its own!!!

[Adriano Arcade]

 

Definitely do it. It's not terribly polished but it is quite fun in that it's not a traditional "sports" game. You can win by murdering (literally) the opposing team. It's especially fun to introduce the game to an unsuspecting friend, play it up as a game with typical sports rules, then pick up a sword partway into the round and decapitate their entire team for the win.

Good advice good man!

[Austin]

I've only played it a little, but I found the scrolling rather choppy and the music below par...but maybe that's my memory being overly harsh.

Your memory is correct, the scrolling is choppy.

[DracIsBack]

Did Telegames code it themselves or hire someone else to do the work?

[skip]

Teque developed it for the Jag I believe, but Millennium Interactive were also involved somewhere along the line. Did Telegames even develop anything or were they just publishers?

[Diatoir3d]

When it was Christmas time at my old job we used to have extra members of staff in, so we used to be able to go for breaks together... I had my spare TV and Jag in the break room, so we used to always play Brutal Sports of a lunchtime. I always thought I had the advantage from years of playing it, but my friend Lucas (who never played it) would literally just obliterate my team with button mashing and win! I had to change my technique and I think we basically ended up turning it into a scrolling beat 'em up, as all we did was kill each other. Frame rate is choppy, but it doesn't matter so much when the gameplay is so much fun.