Action Card Football

Paid: $2.49, on sale from $4.99. I played hundreds of hours of Statis Pro Baseball as a kid in the late 1970's, so have a soft spot in my heart for card-based sports games, even though I don't play them any more. I'm also not a huge football fan, but picked this one up on a whim. I enjoyed goofing around with it a bit. It's easy to play but probably difficult to master as there are multiple levels of strategy that go beyond mere play calling. You can play solo, but it's probably best enjoyed head-to-head (it's supposed to support online friends play, but I didn't test this). The production values are great, with a clean, consistent and visually appealing art style on the cards, crisp animation throughout, and a cheery sound library that fits the cartoony look. I especially liked the little touch of the players behaving like billiard balls during play action. My only gripe here would be that it's often hard to see exactly who has the ball and where they're going. It's evident that a lot of care and attention to detail went into making this game, something that is often lacking on "Indie" releases. If you're on the fence about buying this one, I would encourage you to do so for n…

Action Card Football is an unusual premise for a game, being a card battler with a twist, instead of the usual Slay the Spire fantasy dungeon crawl/RNG nightmare, it's an American football (Gridiron) themed game. This might even work for fans of the game, if the quality was any good. The quality isn't any good. One important note is that even though this is an amateur project, it does seem to be sincerely and genuinely made. I couldn't find any flipped assets, plagiarism or any other kind of insincere actions from the developer, but unfortunately genuine intentions alone are not enough to produce a brilliant PC gaming experience. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The game features lazy low-polygon "retro" assets, making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the mid 2000s. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to ar…

Cute, fun, and addictive!

Bought the game expecting to get a few hours play time, but easy to get hooked. Fun game. Worth it