Pretty much Tecmo Super Bowl in 3D and probably the best football game on PC/Steam. It has some similarities of a PS1 or N64 Madden or NFL Gameday title, meaning that it isn't in-depth or overly complicated compared to a current day Madden or sports simulation game, making it very easy to play. The graphics even have a polygonal, crisp clean HD look, making it feel almost like a Madden '99 HD Version.
There's no NFL license, but players and teams can be customized. Sunday Rivals keeps the action fast paced with no play clock, no commentary, quick animated screens after a first down, touchdown or a sack, a small play selection, an accelerated game clock, 1-5 minute quarters and sudden death rules for overtime. No audibles, play challenging, substitutions, spiking or kneeling the ball here. This is as arcade, simple and pick-up-and-play as it gets, just without any power-ups present.
All of the controls for passing, rushing and defense are basic as one would expect with single button commands. Along with 4 difficulty levels, player sliders even exist to set the frequency of gameplay aspects from pass success, to blocking, all the way to how frequent or rare fumbles and interceptions happen. Modes are basic - Single game, a Tournament style game mode, and a Season mode.
There isn't much in terms of negatives I can think of when it comes to Sunday Rivals. I would have liked a tutorial mode or tutorial boxes to have popped up when playing a game for the first time, rather than having to pause the game to remember commands. Super Mega Baseball 3 is a game which did the latter. The game is light on content compared to other sports games, but understandable as it was made by just one person.
Check this game out if you want an easy to play football game. Sunday Rivals is also coming to consoles sometime in the future as well.
There's no NFL license, but players and teams can be customized. Sunday Rivals keeps the action fast paced with no play clock, no commentary, quick animated screens after a first down, touchdown or a sack, a small play selection, an accelerated game clock, 1-5 minute quarters and sudden death rules for overtime. No audibles, play challenging, substitutions, spiking or kneeling the ball here. This is as arcade, simple and pick-up-and-play as it gets, just without any power-ups present.
All of the controls for passing, rushing and defense are basic as one would expect with single button commands. Along with 4 difficulty levels, player sliders even exist to set the frequency of gameplay aspects from pass success, to blocking, all the way to how frequent or rare fumbles and interceptions happen. Modes are basic - Single game, a Tournament style game mode, and a Season mode.
There isn't much in terms of negatives I can think of when it comes to Sunday Rivals. I would have liked a tutorial mode or tutorial boxes to have popped up when playing a game for the first time, rather than having to pause the game to remember commands. Super Mega Baseball 3 is a game which did the latter. The game is light on content compared to other sports games, but understandable as it was made by just one person.
Check this game out if you want an easy to play football game. Sunday Rivals is also coming to consoles sometime in the future as well.