Soccer Rage

Don't bother with this one, devs have abandoned it for over a year, so it will be forever in Early Access. Check the forums.

Showed promise but in its current state is pretty bad, and as I said, it will not improve further. My money is gone but I have learned an important lesson: NEVER AGAIN buy something on Early Access.

And if you're wondering if it's worth $1 on a sale: NO, not even that. Don't repeat my mistake, save your money.

I really like the idea this game has but Im pretty sure the devs gave up on it. I dont know why they did, I wish they would atleast say why there hasnt been an update in forever or why they stopped

This game is pretty much unplayable. As far as I'm concerned it's the early access version of terrible click bait.

I would defo try get my money back if that was a thing....

actually a soccer game I asked for. not really any rules in it, which makes it just awesome. there's a lot of potential for this game and i hope it won't stay in early access forever.

you'll feel that the game is not finished, but it is playable at a stable base. however, even some gamebalancing must be done I guess :D

God Bless
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I'd avoid this one.

The premise really enticed me. A football (soccer) game with fights akin to that of Tekken/Street Fighter. On paper it sounds pretty ridiculous, but potentially like a lot of fun.

First off, the menu screen had a cheap but endearing polish to it. It seemed like all of the representative teams (based on countries) along with everything else set out on the menu, was voiced by the same guy. I didn't mind that because this is an independent product.

When I got stuck into the gameplay, my opinion swayed very quickly, and that endearment turned into unadulterated rage (no pun intended).

Every function within the context of the game feels delayed. For example, shots and passes feel like they take a good second before they're activated. That amount of latency makes the game almost unplayable.

The fighting sections, which proceed a bad tackle or 'red card' scenario, are much the same. Janky, delayed controls which don't respond quickly enough, along with poor animations and pre-ps2 era graphics make this game absolutely unplayable.

I really can't recommend this. I took a chance on Soccer Rage despite it's early access status, and it really didn't deliver on any of its promises in any way whatsoever.

The naive child inside me is saying "Maybe it'll get better. Give it time. What if it's just having a rough start? Who knows, it could be as successful as Rocket League one day!".

All hope is dead. Just stick to Rocket League everyone.

I wanted to like this, I really did. As of 6/12/2016, I can't. It's awful. The controls are horrible, the fighting system is a joke, and the game randomly switches characters (that are parody names of players on the respective national teams).

The graphics aren't half bad, but I'll be requesting a refund, and don't recomment anyone play this. Ever. I'd rather play Mega Man Soccer on the SNES, or a Mario Soccer game for an arcade like game.

This game is a fighting/soccer hybrid with robots. It's clearly early access as most of the content is locked. Here's my objective opinion for whatever it's worth:

The potential is high in this one. The gameplay is relatively simplistic but very addictive. You can have 5 v 5, 7 v 7, and 11 v 11 soccer matches. The desired goal is the same as soccer, however the twist is your robots will go into "Rage" and you can start a fight, potentially disabling apponent's players.

The combat is actually a fun little diversion, and is well done considering the game is not a pure fighting game. There are combos and the controls aren't too stiff in combat. You have 4 different attack buttons, can jump, duck, and attack with fair fluidity. It's a timed battle. If you completely disable an apponent, they'll "break" and will be disabled for the soccer portion of the game. If no ones health fully expires in combat before time is up, the fight is over and you continue.

The soccer portion of the game is done pretty well. The passing and "shooting" is accurate, you can pick up speed with a run button, and if you kick the ball hard enough you can damage the goalie over time. You have slides and trips and can switch players on the fly. The controls are a little complex considering how simple the gameplay is, but once you get used to it, the gameplay is very addictive. Additionally, the "sci-fi" art style is a lot of fun.

There are some definite improvements that need to be made, though. As I mentioned at the top, most of the customization and features are locked out, though there are place-holders for the content, giving you a good idea as to the future goals of the developers. Switching to the soccer player closest to the ball can be a bit buggy and fighting combat against the AI on normal can be frustrating. Sometimes they'll lock you into a juggle until almost all of your health is gone. Despite a run button, the game feels a little "slow" as well, but the benefit to this is that you really have to pass a few times to push the ball up the field, meaning you can't just take off with the ball, run ahead of all of the AI and take your shot. You have to be more strategic.

All in all, it's a fun game, which would be made more fun with some friends to play with. The potential for the kind of fun you'd get out of a game like Rocket League is here, though the game isn't nearly as polished as Rocket League in it's current state. If the developers really want to take the time to develope Soccer Rage into a great "under the radar" gem, the foundation is there. Beyond that, you just don't see many games like this. It's refreshing to see a developer attempt to make something so bold.

thought this game was going to be like rageball from the ps1 and maby close to getting there one day but just has too far to go atm and has a really low frame rate which i dont understand as there is not alot on screen, so all in all i would give this game a 5/10 for effort and could get 7-8/10 in the future if they bulid it right from this point forward.

first off, the concept of the game is CRAZY!
kudos for that!

now, let's talk business:
pros:
* game mechanic is cool
* fighting works good
* preety much a standard soccer game
* still in early access so many features can be added or fixed in no time

cons:
* it's still in early access so there are lots of bugs and not all features can be used (yet)
* AI is not yet good enough
* goal keeper is preety much a dumb nitwit
* shots on goal are only low (no volley here)
* jump feature works akward
* long passes usually don't get to their target
* player selection is sometimes laggy or chooses a player on the other side of the pitch


bottom line:
this game requires some work on, but the concept seems promising enough to fix these issues with ease.
(hopefully, the devs will notice my review as well and take actions on few of the bugs)

I am going to give this the thumbs up purely because I see it has potential, but please bear in mind that it is VERY early access. Most of the featured are locked as a work in progress, and the game is a little irritating to be honest. Depending on where they take this could be the difference between a modern day Speedball 2 or an epic fail. I paid £4.19 for it so I can't really complain too much.

Runs like crap and is extremely unpolished.
Football mechanics are terrible, fight mechanics likewise.
Being early access is no excuse, this game is nigh on unplayable.
Cannot understand for the life of me why this game has so many positive reviews...
I have legitimately played better football games on the NeoGeo from 20 years ago
AVOID

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! No online multiplayer. Broken game in single player. Cash grab. Inquired with the dev team about multiplayer via the steam forums. Deleted the post. No support for the broken game. Just a heads up, I was very excited about the idea of this game. Overall poor execution

If you read the "About this game" section of the store page you would be forgiven for thinking that the features listed have actually been implemented and are playable as advertised. You would also be very very wrong. The "about this game" section is their To-Do list. The devs clearly have no links with EA Sports because the features advertised are most defninitely not "In the game". 8 playable teams (not 32) 2 kits per team (Not up to 3), one playable mode in the form of Quick Match (No tournament mode or any other mode for that matter) and a completely non-existent customisation system. It isn't locked or greyed out like the other options, it just isn't there at all. The football feels clunky and stiff and the A.I of the players is laughable. The fighting sections are even stiffer and although hilarious due to animations seemingly stolen from a far superior fighting game (which shall remain un-named), but executed in a way that makes every fight feel like you're controlling Zangief covered in weights and the amusement rapidly decreases with each disjointed scuffle as you realise you've paid them actual money for this. Avoid.

Jesus H Christ, worst game in Christendom. Don't care if this is early access, this is truly truly an awful game. Play Speedball 2. Better and more up-to-date, and that game was put together over two decades ago.

Avoid at all costs.

This game sounded fantastic, but my god the actual soccer gameplay is horrendous. Like OG playstation soccer games are far better to play than this. Terrible in all aspects.

What if FIFA and Tekken had a baby?

Welcome to Soccer rage, the soccer / fighting game that revolutionizes the classic soccer game.

Usually has some bugs and the sound sounds a little bit weird, but it's a new game in early access, if you're tired of the same games of FIFA and PES you should try this one, you're going to love it.

Note: It has an achievement about Alemania vs Brazil (7 - 1) ... lol

This game had serious potential. A cross between an old school fighter and soccer. In it's current state, it's barely playable. We were ripped off, as there hasn't been any sort of update in years...do not buy this game, crooked dev.

Soccer Rage sounds like a fun game, a mixture between a fighting game and FIFA soccer that I played with.

While the game is in beta, I wanted to do a beta preview, not the actual review of the game in whole since it is not complete. As it is Early Access, the game does have a great amount of potential. Here are the following pros and cons:

Pros
-Soccer! What more could you ask for?
-National teams for countries to play with
-Fighting implemented like in NHL where you must duke it out between both players.
-Unique animations in the fighting styles
-Unique uniforms for both Local and Away teams

Cons
-Early Access
-Barebones as it is
-Clipping of certain scenes are found
-Jerky, unreliable response using gamepad controls.

Special notes for Game Developer:

Using the button to exit out of Replay and Kickoff results in both Replay and Kickoff text to appear at the same time.

When I enter into fight mode, the AI continues to fight me even if I am not prepared. While executing my controls before the screen shows two players fighting, my player keeps on fighting without me knowing about it. There's no proper executing of the fight scene before it begins. Holding the AI and player from fighting until the words announced, "Fight!" ends should help.

The AI opposing team is too fast, and are capable of playing the ball against a newcomer to this game. Slowing them down, or potentially beefing up the player 1's AI along with the goalie would help. The goalie would not defend the post after a few rounds. After my goalie entered into a Rage fight with someone and won, he refused to defend the post. He would stand there and then receive hit after hit with the ball. So amazing he can survive such encounters!

Whenever I switch to a new player on my team, I noticed that the previous player I selected stops. It just stands there for a few seconds before rushing to move into its position. If I select the one player repeatedly, the player can't move for a second or more. It results in a loss of the ball, loss of movement, and unable to defend aggressively.

These are mostly some of the reasons why I lost my first Quickmatch as Germany against Japan! 0-8... *shudders*... Not ever doing that again. :P They're a World Cup winner in 2014! Not World Cup losers, haha.

The idea of this game is really great, and this is why I bought it.

Unfortunately at the moment the game is unplayable for me. It is horribly slow and full of lag in the response of the commands, even for single player and with lowest graphics settings possible. My PC can run GTA V, Skyrim, Dark Souls II, etc with very good graphics and very easily, so I am sure that this issue is not related to lack of my PC's processing power.

Even then, I recommend this game because I see a lot of potential in it, and I know that the devs will solve this issue for the final version.

Edit: I just played a game where I was losing by 6-4 but I ended up winning the match after having killed 5 guys of the other team. This alone made the purchase worth it ! Now I only need to wait for the devs to optimize the performance of the game and then have a lot of fun with it !