Legend Bowl Early Access Review: Throwing Back to the Classics
By Michael Straw
Ask anyone with experience, and they’ll tell you that making a football video game is one of the hardest types of games to create. There are so many intricacies involved to get it to not only look right but play right that many people would rather build something else. For Javier Martinez, aka King Javo, it’s a passion of his to build a fun, accessible football game that hearkens back to the days of Tecmo Super Bowl. Enter Legend Bowl, an early access pixel art football game that aims to bring that fun of yesteryear back for gamers and football fans, alike.
Gameplay is Legen…dary
Despite what it looks like, Legend Bowl plays like a finely polished modern game. Controls are responsive, movement is clean and crisp, and there’s quite a bit of depth to the actions you can perform.
Running the ball is pretty simple. When using a controller, there’s a sprint/power button that speeds up your runner when tapping rapidly. Holding the button down – A on an Xbox controller — will see your player use power...