A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.
Mostly Positive
100 Steam reviews
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Old school football-like sim. Similar to Blood Bowl, but probably not quite as interesting at this stage. Awkward controls.
Love the concept. I have been looking for a turn based simultaneous football game forever. Unfortunately this one is plagued by a LOT of problems.
For starters, the Tutorial only covers the very basic concepts of the rules. It doesn't explain stats, free agency, positions, equipment, roster management or anything other than "here's how to run and pass." Secondly, the game has some pretty major glitches. Twice now I have had to concede matches because the game completely broke. It kept running the same turn over and over again before finally freezing completely. Thirdly, this ultra-bright neon flashy aesthetic is awful. I knew I would hate it from the screenshots but I didn't realize that it would be eye-watering migraine-inducing bad.
A simplified version of the tactical gameplay of their previous game "Frozen Synapse" which I also loved, Frozen Cortex hits the sweet spot for me in terms of complexity and simplicity. I wish this game were more popular and a bit more polished.
This game gets a thumbs up if you're willing to make the commitment to it.
I ended up refunding it, due to it's learning curve. The game is unforgiving, but that makes it fun when you manage to finally score, and win, for the first time. Due to not having a lot of free time and playing other games, I didn't see myself making a long term, time sink commitment.
But the game is very cool and has an awesome presentation, like Superhot and XCom with Fights in Tight Spaces action, and the tackles and football moves are legitimately cool.
I did not need to play others, but the dead player base will be a turnoff for those seeking multiplayer, though I imagine a tight-nit, niche community exists.
But if you are the fence about getting it and willing to put a lot of time into it, get it, but if not, pass.
Tactical Football with some epic animations. Not your usual 100 yard field but its got a lot play and strategies required. Each player has a team 7 AI, that you control alone. Strength and weakness that need to be covered and used with your judgement. Predict where the enemy will go or try to intercept. Its astonishing to watch it play out and epic moments to be made.
Strategy is amazing. It makes you curse loudly when your plan doesn't work, or occasionally laugh heartily when something that shouldn't have worked does. As a fair comment however, I enjoy sports and sport strategy which may not be everyone's wheelhouse.
La base est très bonne et l'idée aussi mais beaucoup trop de points sont mauvais. Pour préciser j'adore FRozen Synapse.
- Dans un premier temps le fait de commencer vous donne quasiment la certitude de remporter le point.
- Puis ce jeu n'offre pas beaucoup de retournement de situation sauf le comportement de l'IA qui fait ce que vous ne lui demandez pas. J'ai perdu plus de la moitié de mes macth qui étaient normalement gagné d'avance.
Vous faite un positionnement pour pouvoir faire un lancé mais non l'IA décide de faire continuer votre joueur pour je ne sais quelle raison.
- Le jeu est très pauvre en tactique justement.
계정을 만들어서 로그인하는 방식이 매우 마음에 안드네요 그리고 계정안만들고 게임을 돌리면 게임하다 팅깁니다 기분나빠서 계정만들어서 하는건 안해봤습니다 한마디로 게임이 불안정합니다
2021.12.01 에 작성한 평가
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프로즌 시냅스 1과2 그리고 외전 코르텍스 전부 포함해서 이 게임의 평가를 까먹는 요소는 제대로 된 관리도 안할거면서 계정을 생성하고 접속하라고 요구하는 시스템에 있습니다
그 요소 하나 때문에 신선한 턴제 전투방식과 아름답고 멋있는 사운드트랙이 있는 게임에 감점 요소를 갖고 있습니다
굳이 맛보고 싶다면 리메이크작 프로즌 시냅스 프라임을 구해서 플레이 해보시는걸 추천합니다 이쪽도 결점이 보이는 리메이크지만 계정 생성후 안되면 답이 없는 시스템을 강요하지는 않습니다
게임은 재밌지만 경고는 해야해서 추천에 넣습니다
아 중요한거 계정생성을 안한다고 싱글플레이를 제한하지는 않습니다
If the idea of a heavily tactical 5 on 5 sports battle appeals to you, just get this game. The AI is really good (impressively so - they will tactically punt, they'll try to catch you sleeping on something that is too obvious, they'll proactively play defense to hedge their bets if something they on offense doesn't work), and the mechanics of the game are great. The single player stuff has some depth, but it's a little devoid of true management. The Knockout (must win every game or you perma-die) is hard but rewarding. The manager mode is fun but the ancillary management things are a little opaque - you have no real insight into drafting, free agent pricing (they give you a "guide price," but it is laughably wrong), and the AI teams have double your salary cap. But all that are minor things compared to the gameplay, which is awesome.
If the idea of a simultaneous tactical game appeals to you, just get it.
this could be really great... but no player XPs? means no real progression but buying other
players? no multiplayer career?
no statistics? or not many? means I cannot identify with my guys or my team...
this game has a LOT of potential, but those things missing kill it for me...
its rather old too, so i dont think any of them will happen...
I wish more people played this game. On it's own, it's pretty basic against the AI. However it is fun, polished, and like any sort of sports title, there are a set of rules to follow. Learn them, then build up your skill. I would recommend this game for sure. For anyone who is ok with strategy. Think of it like a different style of chess.
I think I sat on this game for 2 years now... I guess it seemed kind of complicated. Watched a Northerlion vid the other day of him playing this one. It was a super old vid, but it made me give this game another try.
This game is amazing there is so much lore and dare I say realisim in a robot football game. The team manager mode is great. Ever want to bet against yourself to lose and throw the game? You can do that. Ever wonder if a robot can get injured? They can and for a few weeks sometimes.
I'd spend more time on this but I really want to get back to it!
Fun with real opponents. There is literally nobody online for this game, so plan on only playing friends who also own it and are into this chess-like game.
Hard to learn, hard to master.
Sometimes you spent 5-10 minutes to plan 30 seconds.
But if you into planning strategies, you will love it.
[h1] アメフトライクな近未来スポーツゲーム [/h1]
障害物のあるフィールドを舞台とし、アメフトのようなルールの球技をモチーフにしたターン制ストラテジー。
選手の移動やパスなどの行動をプロットし、両軍同時に解決。
一定時間が経過するか、ボールを持つプレーヤーが入れ替わるとターン終了となる。
ボールを自身のエンドまで運ぶと得点され、既定のターン数においてより多くの得点を獲得した陣営が試合に勝利する。
アメフトと違ってパス失敗やタックルによるプレイの中断がないため、頻繁に攻防が入れ替わるスピード感のある試合展開が特徴か。
なおボールを持つ選手はパスかランのいずれかを選択できるが、いちどランを実行してしまうと、以降はパスを行うことはできなくなる。
パスでつないで相手の陣形を崩し、一気にランで持っていくのが基本だろう。
パントはないが、誰もいない場所にパスを落とすことは可能だ（自軍の選手が拾えば攻撃を続行できる）。
ディフェンス側は相手選手に自軍の選手を接触させればブロック、ボールを持つ相手選手に接触させればタックルによりボールを奪取できる。
フィールド上の障害物によりパスやランのコースが制限されるため、敵の選手を上手くブロックして数的優位を作り出し、ボールを奪う必要があるだろう。
このあたりの駆け引きは、なかなかに面白い。
ただしアメフトが好きなのであれば、やはりアメフトのゲームを遊んだ方が満足度が高いのではないか。
チームをビルドしてリーグ優勝を目指すマネジメント機能もあるが、やや中途半端な感じは否めない。
If you like strategy games and futuristic AI sports seems like a cool concept to you, this could be a great little purchase. The game is somewhat barebones with a lackluster season/manager mode, but it has the semblance of a story. I bought it for $6 on sale. I think it is absolutely worth that price. Anything over $10 could be a bit of a push imo
Unfinished game with too restrictive tactical options (you either pass the ball at pickup or keep it forever ... WTF?) and a league, stats and betting system that seems to be more of an afterthought than anything else.
And the User Interface of this game? Don't get me started...
Got this game for free on a deal buying Frozen Synapse and ended up enjoying it a lot more!!
The game has a surprising amount of hidden strategy and the ever changing play zones for each game keeps it fairly fresh. My go to game for a quick 10 minute time filler.
Game seemed OK. Took a few hours til I mostly won easy standalone missions.
Tried single player campaign. Mostly won the first few. Then it seems impossible. Can't improve players stats. Cant figure out how to earn money to buy better players. The other teams are faster, tougher, stunned for less time etc. Then its not possible to win. The interface is confusing and no guides or docs exist. uninstalled.
Forums are dead. No support.
I got this with the yogscast Jingle Jam Bundle.
This is basically football with a futuristic football, four endzones and robots instead of people you plan your moves and wait for the AI or online player to plan theres.
I would suggest buying this game on sale and not for the regualr price.
Pros:
Football but futuristic
Controls are not hard to understand.
Fun announcers
Cons:
AIs take to long to plan turns.
Extremely complicated tutorial which doesn't exactly explain much.
It's a good game and I do recommend it, but I have one criticism: the online multiplayer.
The game is set up so you can take effectively as long as you want to plan your move. You can start several games, which can last days, and just enter your move in when you feel like it and go away while you wait for the opponent to make their move.
The problem with this is that inevitably people forget or get bored waiting, and I'd always start games with someone only to have them make one move and never be seen again. I get that the point of this game is that you can spend time carefully planning your move: but there needs to be a way to keep people online for the duration of the match because in my experience, once one player logs off, the game will never be finished.
At least, this is what the game was like when I first got it. Now there are only ever a couple of people online at a time and they never accept game requests. Probably people got frustrated and just stopped playing the online version.
Having said all that, the single player mode is good, there are options for single matches, tournaments and a career mode, and the AI is pretty good (at least compared to me). If I remember correctly, I got the game on sale, and I'm not sure its worth nearly £20, so maybe wait until its a little cheaper.
Ich habe es angespielt, und das, was ich gesehen habe, das, was ich getestet habe, zeigt mir nur eines (und glaubt mir, es widerstrebt mir, ein Spiel mit einem anderen zu vergleichen bei einer Bewertung): Es ist einfach nur ein etwas komplexeres und liebloseres Blood Bowl.
Daher eher ein Fehlkauf von mir. Wem aber solche Spiele wie Blood Bowl zu einfach sind oder man eine andere Thematik dahinter haben will, der kann das Spiel gerne kaufen. Für mich ist es aber nichts ^^'.
Un jeu qui mettra votre anticipation à rue d'épreuve,il parait simple à manier vue de l'extèrieur mais une fois dans le feu de l'action on se triture les neuronnes dans l'espoir de comprendre ce qui se passe de l'autre coté du terrain.
Très agréable à l'oeil,la bande son est à la fois reposante et puissante,un peu comme quand on vous caresse le cuir chevelu devant un bon feu de cheminée mais avec de l'électro et des robots et un ballon et le feu de cheminée c'est en fait un bel halo magenta et...oubliez le feu de cheminée,je le recommande c'est tout.
I actually bought Frozen Cortex on accident prior to Steam's newer return policies, and was stuck with it. I put off trying it for months (definitely DON'T consider me part of this game's target audience.)
I finally booted it up today, and enjoyed learning how to play the game. I actually was a fan of Frozen Synapse (despite not being particularly interested in a sports translation of that game) so the mechanics were a bit familiar.
I'm trying to stick with it despite throwing my hands up repeatedly. AI seems frequently to (A) run straight in to your guys, thus giving up the ball or (B) hurling the ball in to some far distance of the arena (even straight in to the end zone quite frequently). This kind of nonsensical lack of actual strategy heavily impacts the game as you really have to constantly think about what bizarre things the AI will do to try and take advantage of the sport's lax rules. It's not even really the AI's fault; this is simply what the rules of the game lead to as it's better to take a chance flinging the ball towards your goal line when things get tough.
In short, the sport they've invented here is missing some rules. Watching it isn't exciting, and playing it feels more like a test than a game as you're fighting to keep it from degrading in to just throwing the ball huge distances and seeing who picks it up first.
You could do worse it seems - I think the team behind it probably worked very hard - but an element of fun seems to be mostly missing. Just seems like the title they used to kill time until Frozen Synapse 2 is in full swing.
It's an OK/good game - takes quite a bit of getting used to, but I like the visuals and the basic premise of how the game interacts with the user. Graphically very lucious, good sound effects, love the animations on the characters and am intrigued by the combination of turn based strategy/real-time hybrid amercian football with robots.
I have been looking forward to this game for a very long time and it finally went on sale and I grabbed it. However, I'm so late to the party that this game is pretty much dead.
The single player campaign has potential as a team manager-style game but if you want to actually direct your players you'll be in for a long wait because the AI takes forever to make a decision. This is especially frustrating when the only move is to pick up the ball that's two steps away, but it takes three minutes to come to that conclusion.
The online multiplayer seems to be this games primary way to play, but at this tail end of it's life, there's noone left to play against.
The match finding system tells me that I should be playing a multiplayer game in the next 60 seconds, but has so far failed to find me a match EVERY TIME.
Would have been a great multiplayer game in it's day, now there just aren't enough people wanting to play and it's just too darn slow to play single-player.
The computer cheats. It's ridiculoiusly hard to play. This game has potential but seems like it lacks depth in so many small areas that could really make this game the killer of Blood Bowl.
Fun game if you like a turn-based game and football. This game is kind of complicated to review, but just know if your going to play solo expect a really really really slow and boring game. The reason is the AI takes forever to make a decision its rediculous. But although the AI can be slow they can be challenging. So yeah I thumbed this up, but proceed with caution. DO NOT BUY on full price. If you plan on buying, do it during a sale. My rating for this game is a 7/10. Maybe I'm crazy but I absolutely love this game. Yeah it has some flaws, but damnit I still love it.
I love Frozen Cortex, but I will admit it panders to a specific audience. If you enjoyed Blood Bowl, and enjoy very slow turn-based strategy, this game might be for you. Plus the game has only gotten better over time.
The developers have added a lot of flavor to the season mode, as well as finally letting you continue to play more seasons with your team after your first season is over. Managing your team is very fun. You can release and sign players (who all have individual stats) and even bid on free agents.
The only real downsides are that it is painful to play online because your oppenent either doesn't bother to take his turn or there is no one online. The camera angles can be annoying, but can be edited in the settings menu.
- No hot seat mode to play with my family on my minix tv box (Windows 10 + mouse).
- The game runs too slow (minimum graphic settings).
- Too many options I cannot understand when I try to start a new custom game. Settings for custom game look like were made for programmers.
- The game crashes when AI player is thinking. I have not finished any game. And the AI thinks up to 5 minutes which is too long for me.
- I don't think turn preview is a good idea. I spent too much time testing my turns before clicking "prime" and those calculations are annoing.
- This game was made for Frozen Synapse users who spends hours in every turn and it's not funny when you have a family and just want to relax with beer and to play legue with your friends and family.
So this game needs to be reviewed and improved if it has to be attractive for most of the people.
Please guys, let's create the game more attractive for us players. It's worst when you want to play but you cannot.
Multiplayer is dead.
Has a decent single-player if you dont mind some bugs, which really should have been fixed on release and it doesn't help that the devs have abandoned this game.
This game is excellent. It's a simultaneous turn-based sports strategy game. Which is to say, it's a lot like... NOPE, can't think of another one.
It's more like Frozen Synapse or other simultaneous turn-based combat games than anything else. I see a lot of comparisons with Blood Bowl, which, given the rules of the game, is understandable, but the nature of gameplay is VERY different.
In addition to the more visible difference of simultaneous turns, Frozen Cortex has no RNG involvement once gameplay starts. The fields are randomly generated, but everything in the game plays out consistently. If your player is in position to block an opponent, the opponent will be blocked. There are stats, but they don't apply as percentages, they're fixed modifiers.
As much as the devs have added small touches to distance themselves from the real sport, the basic goal in a match is a lot like American Football. There's an endzone at each end of the field. Your team's endzone is behind the opposing team, and you want to get a player into the endzone with the ball. Along the way, you can also pick up additional points from lit-up "score pads" placed around the field. The score pads only give you 2 points each, while a "goal" (touchdown?) for reaching the endzone is a comparatively large 7 points. This makes goals the more important focus, but in close games, hitting an extra pad can tip the balance in your favour.
The online community is relatively small, but the nature of the asynchronous gameplay allows for matches to be played over long periods of time. You don't need to be online at the same time as an opponent in order to play, and with options for email notifications, you don't even need to log in to check if your opponent made a play while you were at work (or playing something else). Most of the people I've met in-game have been friendly and helpful, and I've learned a lot from a few people more experienced than myself, as well as passing some of those lessons on to others.
This game is not worth the money. On the Pro side it is a cool idea with a sleek polish that makes you think a cross between football and robot wars. What you get is actually an AI who will always guess your moves, ALWAYS. Even if you wait for it to finish it thinking and change all of your players to different patterns and plays the AI somehow is never left at a disadvantage and more likely than not will come out on top thanks to its superior omnipotent guessing skills. Also starting off you are given bots(players) who are 4/5 all negative in skills....negative. So prepare to play season after season of losses or barely scrapping wins until you get enough to buy decent players and actually enjoy any sort of gameplay.
I thought hey maybe all this is just because the AI is terribly coded and the online play will make up for it. Well here is to 3 days in a row logging on and searching for a game to be told no one online wants to play. For the price of decent mid range game I expected a lot more. I would not recommend spending money on this game.
Community is dead, and overall the game is very barebones, although it's a fun take on strategy . blood bowl, the first one, while not the same game (you take turns simultaneously in cortex), is a much more extensive package for less money.
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!
If you're a sports or strategy game fan; or both, this is the game for you. It has a slight learning curve that might send some running, but if you're willing to learn the ins and outs of the game and your patient, you're going to find a very fun, intense, deep strategic sports game (set in what looks like a cyber punk future). Not only is the game great, but the devs were cool enough to give 2 copies of the game if you want to play a friend. You can play LAN against a friend or challenge people online, the game even has a play by e-mail feature if you and you're opponent don't want to stay at the computer all day, while you wait for each other to make a move.
I'm very happy with my purchase. The game does have one bug that I hope gets fixed. If you run the game on easy mode and then try to upload your game to youtube, it crashes all the time, the same if you just want to save the replay locally.
Бесподобная игра! Отличная смесь тактики и спорта! Никакого рандома, как в ближайшем похожем Blood bowl. Роботы, тактика, музыка, крутая анимация столкновений и отборов - что ещё надо?) :rufussmile:
First of all, this game is excellent.
The strategy is deep and addictive, with a nice little twist (the sports aspect).
My only real beef is that it could be SO MUCH MORE. And I'm not talking about the gameplay itself. The only real problem I've encountered with the actual matches themselves is that sometimes very close running/tackling situations do not play out like they're supposed to, but that happens so infrequently that it's not that big a deal.
It's the story/league, robot customization, etc. that could really stand to be fleshed out a lot.
For instance, during the season mode, you can earn money by winning and betting on games. But there's so little to actually buy with it that money doesn't even matter after the end of your first season.
You can buy a different robot model... but there's only one of them.
You can buy different stadiums... but they're the signature stadiums that the other teams in your league already use.
You can buy "holograms" that change the look of your robot... but they're extremely cheap and you can only use a few of them at a time.
I think it'd add a lot of replayability to the game to be able to do more with your robots and stadiums. Let me buy unique stadiums, customize the endzone, switch out the actual parts on my robots, etc. In short, give me stuff to spend money on and upgrade. It doesn't have to change the entire game. Just cosmetic items that make me want to keep playing.
Maybe even give small stat boosts for different items, so you can further cater your team to your playing style. For instance, legs that give your whole team +1 blocking but -1 speed.
More importantly, I think the actually roster management, etc. could stand to be fleshed out. It's extremely barebones compared to any actual sports game on the market.
Don't get me wrong... I wasn't expecting it to have the depth of franchises like NBA 2k or Madden, that have been around for decades.
But the entire roster management just boils down to releasing inferior/injured players and signing better players every week. As you win games, your salary cap goes up, meaning you can afford to put together a roster with better stats.
There's a "draft" but it makes absolutely no sense. It just shows you the players' college stats. You pick the guy with the best stats you can find, and he turns out to be terrible. And he's not just terrible... he's actually weakest in the areas his stats imply he should be good at. How did a player with -4 interception lead the college league in interceptions?
Going back to the salary cap... it goes up, but not down (at least not that I've seen). So basically your team just gets better and better and better as time goes on. And you can cut and sign new players every week without any consequence.
It's not like a traditional sports league where you're constantly having to manage the cap, resign players, and hope for a good draft. You could essentially change out your entire roster after every game. It takes away all of the weight from roster decisions.
Overall, it'd be awesome to see brief scouting reports/combine numbers for the draft, trades, a fixed salary cap for all teams, etc.
BUT don't misinterpret my suggestions as this being a bad game. It's a very good and unique game.
Just as someone who's a fan of both strategy and sports games, I think they could do more with the non-gameplay aspects. It would help the replayability a lot since the game doesn't have much of an online community at the moment.
I'm definitely glad I bought this game though and would recommend it 99.9%.
Big disappointment. I thought this would be great game. After single matches versus AI I have no interest to start playing league or online matches.
+ Idea
+ Change to make a good sequel.
- AI's movements lasts forever. Waiting after first turn is ridiculous.
- Try variety attack plans and get knocked down by AI.
- Stupid game rules which can't be changed.
- Horrible AV.
Not even near to recommended even when on sale.
I was expecting something like the old Crush Deluxe game that used to be out on DOS, and Frozen Cortex is similar to that. I liked Frozen Cortex a lot at first, but now I'm in the 'it's OK' camp.
Pros:
1. The tactics are subtle and excellent. A situation on the field can be completely turned upside down by a slight difference in movement from a player.
2. The use of players in these tactics is also very good. It doesn't seem like there's too much difference between one player and another at first, but I start finding that I'll do something based on player matchups that I see. Again, the tactics are excellent. Just great, the way it's done.
Cons:
1. This sounds weird, but they used way more graphics than they needed to for this game. The 3-D field makes it hard sometimes to tell what kind of pass an opponent is capable of. Camera angles are awkward. Also there are a bunch of animations on and around the field that aren't needed at all other than for eye candy, and those things utterly destroy my framerate.
2. You can't improve your 'robot' players, so there isn't the sense of developing a talent that you'd get with other management sims. When you can afford a better robot, buy it immediately and drop whoever. It's not a strategic, long term thinking game. It's strictly about tactics in individual games.
* Edit - After a good deal of play, gotta add 3rd and 4th cons.
3. The other commenters complaining that the AI teams are too strong proved correct for me, too. I'm in my 4th season, I have a decent team, I've won about 60-70% of my games since the beginning, but I still can spend only half of the money that the AI teams do. One of the opposing teams has three players (out of 5) who are literally maxed out in every attribute. None of my players would even make their starting lineup. It's tough to even stay in the game against them; beating them is impossible. Even if you outstrategize the other manager, it doesn't matter because their players are so fast, so strong, so everything, that they'll still beat you. Very frustrating because even after all this time, I simply cannot buy anything better than a decent player. And while I know I can grind my way past that, I'm not sure I want to anymore. I've put in the time, won some games... let me buy some players already. The salary cap setup in single player is BS.
4. The college leagues look interesting but are really meaningless. You can't coach one. You can fill out a bracket, and bet on the games, but the winners are pretty much random. The money you win on betting isn't the same currency you actually use in-game. You use betting currency just to buy cosmetic crap... I don't get the point.
Anyway, there is a draft of college players, but drafted players are nearly always awful... like 'Never use them in a game under any circumstances' awful. You don't even know their attributes until after you pick them. So you have to build via free agency, and you can't do that as much as you'd like because of issue number 3.
I'm on the fence about this game now. I'm still recommending it, but it's a cautious 'recommend'. It's worth picking up in a sale but not for full price.
When connected to the Server, the games crashes Windows all the time after about 1h of play (under Windows 8 Professional 64 bits), forcing my computer to reboot.
Offline, the game crashes after about the same time. Windows stays up this time.
Think Speedball crossed with Bloodbowl. A deeply compelling future sport game that requires skill, not luck, to succeed.
There's so much wrong with this game I don't know where to start.
-Blocks only work if you're standing still, so you can't "tackle" other bots.
-AI will always move to counter to your plan, no matter what you do they will predict it.
-Interceptions are the only way to stop a catcher standing still. If your bot moves in to stop him, he'll be kicked away.
-Interceptions only work when they want to. Sometimes you're not in the path of the ball and you intercept, sometimes you have 3 guys infront of the catcher and they let it past.
-The AI will hail-mary as soon as they pick up the ball and because their bots are so much faster than yours, you will never be able to stop it.
-No team development, just replace old bots with better ones.
-You can't afford better bots even if you win every game. Which you won't.
-Can't pass after making a run.
-The only way to win singleplayer league is through passing onto point zones. Any run you make will be blocked.
-You won't win singleplayer league anyway.
+Playing against a human might be fun, at least their bots will be as dumb as yours.
Seriously, buy Blood Bowl instead. It's got more depth, actions work how they're supposed to, you develop your team instead of just replacing them, RNG may be a factor but at least you know why something didn't work.
I want to recommend this game, but I can't. I want to LIKE this game, but I can't.
A deep, rich strategic experience in a novel format (i.e. future sportsball)? Practically auto-sold on this game. After playing through the tutorial, I get the basics of how to plan turns and such, so I move on to the Basic League.
Here's the thing, though: this game does a terrible job of explaining itself. I know how to move my bots, but not why I should. It takes me a couple games before I realize that the goal of the game is less "get the ball in the end zone," and more "figure out what your opponent isn't going to expect or counter, and do that," but I STILL don't know how to reliably gauge what are good options or plays. Half the time it feels like whatever I simulated during the Planning Phase doesn't work out -- bots don't block like I expect them to, or (more importantly) chase the ball carrier like I expect them to. The bots have half a dozen stats that aren't even mentioned in the game tutorial/help (nor shown in the tabular Free Agent view). I still don't know what the hell "Halt" does.
Undeterred, I move on to the regular League, hoping that will give me more options for managing my team between games. But then I discover that I have the worst bots in the GCL, and my salary cap goes up by a paltry few hundred dollars per win while the free agents' "expected" salary shoots up by over a thousand dollars per game week. So, I'm basically stuck with my starting lineup of losers and mostly-losers, facing off against teams with all green (positive) stats -- my bot tackled an enemy bot who literally shrugged it off and walked past because his RESIL was maxed. I'm playing a game that appears to be about outmaneuvering/out-thinking an enemy when I am unable to estimate the outcome of a play and don't even really know which plays are good ones, AND my guys are the worst bots in the League? The only way out appears to be to grind losses until I get better at understanding how to make the best plays possible with my awful lineup, and after 15 losses I don't think I want to play anymore.
I think part of this could be made better if there was a better strategy guide to the game, but I didn't see anything like it online. There was a section of Mode7's forums devoted to Frozen Cortex, but there was nothing useful there. It's a shame, the game seems like it has a great depth of strategy to it, but it's too obfuscated and inaccessible to new players.
The movement of your players matters. Run or Pass the ball? Plan it out on your tactical board. How much time will you have in this turn? This is easier to determine as the posessing team since you have an advantage in dominating the course of the game, nonetheless the defending team may have good insight and read the game.
This is a simulatenous-turn game with an abstract play field. The geometry of the field is your playground. A plan worth 5 - 10 of your minutes thinking about it is compressed into a 5 - 10 second exchange that will reveal your success.
This is the tactical 1v1 game I have been looking for. One one hand, it has the benefits of being turn-based, like board games typically are. On the other hand, it's based on the advantages of being a computer game which is reflected in the wonderful UI as well as in the rules and in the mechanics. I enjoy the tactical depth of this game very much.
To all potential buyers--there is some seriously deep gameplay here. Think poker, or chess. Relatively simple game, endless opportunity to fool your opponent and feel smart. Also, the game feels very polished, both in concept and implementation.
John Madden once told me that if you score more points than the other guy, you win. While he's not wrong, he missed the part about how you can also falcon punch your foe and it looks as amazing as you would hope.
I actually really like this game which is odd because I normally have trouble getting into strategy games. Frozen Cortex however is a cool idea of taking a turn based strategy style game and giving it a sports theme, which to my knowledge hasn't been done since Bloodbowl.
It takes the notion of having many different ways to score ranging from super easy to complex, making you think out your moves even more than ever. Frozen Cortex also has a simulation mechanic that allows you to simulate plays before you commit your players moves.
And random generating maps create different matches everytime, unlike other strategy games where veteran players memorize the maps and know where to plant characters everytime on that particular map.
And it also has many Sports elements as well. You have team customization, individual player stats, season modes, even the ability to a create a pitch and play on it. and even better, it actually has a single player story. and its surprisingly good. I've never seen a story in a sports type game before.
but my favorite feature is the cinematic camera, that makes things look so cool to see individual plays. And it also has a "watch full replay" mechanic at the end of games that allows you to watch a whole match play out in the cinematic camera
If you're looking for something different from strategy games, give this game a try
This game had a huge start. There was over 100 people online at the same time. Now when the time has passed, there's barely 10 players online at the same time. I hope this game would get more active players.
Well, it's still a great game to play offline and especially if you have a friend to play with in multiplayer.
On my 4th game ever I played the 3rd ranked player in the globe. It came down to the final play and as I committed my turn I thought I had it in the bag. As the play unfolded and I watched my enemy's robots effortlessly swat the ball from my runner, I realized there was a complexity here I hadn't appreciated. While the game came down to the final play, it wasn't really ever that close - my opponent had boxed me in and there was simply no way out.
I love a game that makes you believe you can win until the final instant, only to realize that the depth of tactics ran far deeper than you had anticipated. Is this game for everyone? No, probably not. But it deserves more folks playing online and giving it some life online. It could use a bit more polish, but I'd rather have a great idea with good polish than a good idea with great polish.
I wasn't sure about this game. I thought it may be very slow, basic and simple. How wrong was I.
Basically, this is a game in which you are trying to get the ball to one side of the 'field' to the other, while your opponent is trying to stop you and get the ball to the opposite side. Sounds simple enough. The way you do this is quite unique. The game is split into turns. Every turn, you tell your robots (which look stunning, just like the rest of the game) to run or throw the ball. Your opponent does the same. When both are finished, you hit the 'play' button and see what happens. This is a great way to structure a game. Personally, I am a big fan of having a more chilled out, relaxed approach to the game.
But there is more to the game.
When it comes down to it, this is a strategy game. You need to work out where you think your opponent will move, try to intercept their throws, tackle them, and just generally get in their way. There is an extrordinary depth to the game, and is very easy to spend hours at a time trying to fine tune your tactic.
There is only one very small issue I have with this game, and that is that even when you are playing against the computer, you have to wait for it to complete its turn. I don't know whether this is just to make the game seem like you are actually playing against another person or what, but I personally would prefer to not to have to wait. I want to see what happens next!
It is a game which is very easy to get into, but very hard to master.
A sports game on the surface, a strategy game at heart, an overall package that is, for me, very hard to beat. There is nothing like it, in a very good way.
The rogue-like FTL: Faster Than Light was an uncompromisingly difficult game, where playing up to two hours at a time could be undone by one moment of chaos. So many times I ploughed through that game only to declare the universe as being intrinsically unfair as a simple mistake cost me a good hour of careful planning, only to have to start over again. The illusion is that next time I'd get it right. I'd shield the doors earlier, or make sure to stock up on extra missiles, or avoid saving the crew of a ship on fire.
The futility of the game combined with the (somewhat illusory) sense that I was in control kept me coming back. It was only when I could get through to the end of the game regularly that I finally lost interest.
Which brings me to Frozen Cortex.
Frozen Cortex is what you get when you cross American Football with Frozen Synapse - which is in turn what you get when you cross chess with guns. I really enjoyed the idea of Frozen Synapse, but I never could fully immerse myself in it (Hell is Internet multiplayer...) I haven't had that trouble with Frozen Cortex, already rocking up close to 30 hours of game time.
The funny thing is that there's really not a lot to Frozen Cortex. The entire game consists of short matches, with each player controlling 5 robots on rectangular arenas populated with various obstacles. It's simple enough to grasp, simple enough to control, and a tiny mistake can undo hours of meticulous planning. Any given match can be thrown away from incorrectly guessing what an opponent would do, and that makes knock-out mode all the more difficult.
Because the games are so short, minor mistakes have those major consequences. Screw up on your own offense, and it's virtually guaranteed to be game over. Misread your opponents and it can be similarly difficult to come back during your own. The game's annoying habit to "pause" the turn halfway through a touchdown pass can often be just rubbing it in that you didn't realise the opponent had that option open, and there's nothing to do but slam the PRIME button and hope there's still enough time to recover.
And there are many ways it can cost you. A slightly mistimed run means a key player is knocked out. Throwing to a player too close to an opponent gives them no time to act before they are tackled. Passes that get intercepted. Having your player slightly mistime an interception. Moving to the wrong side of an obstacle. And of course, all these are compounded with scoring pads littered throughout the arena. They are only worth 2 points (compared to a 7 point "touchdown"), but a good run can cross several pads at a time. One particularly bad example was a robot that could just sneak around an obstacle for an unguarded heavily-padded run to the end-zone.
It's that futility that like in FTL: Faster Than Light keeps me coming back. I didn't see that play. I'll be mindful of that next time. It's with that attitude I've been able to beat the game on season mode (and opened up interesting variations), but haven't quite gotten through a knockout comp yet. The game is cruel, uncompromising, punishing, and that's what makes it such a rewarding experience.
Mauvais jeu, stratégiquement très limité et les modes de jeu sont très restreints.
A éviter
So good. So incredibly good.
All the tactical goodness of Frozen Synapse, but with clearer goals and a direction of play. Unbelievably satisfying for the tinkerer in all of us.
Don't be swayed by the singleplayer game, beating AI never felt so shallow. Go multi, learn, cry, huddle yourself into a ball, keep learning.
solid concept but poorly optimized, I got an i7, 12 gigs of ram, gtx 580 and it struggles to load a game that has no complex shapes or high poly count.
few bugs and a clunky interface keeps this game from being the great game it could be.
Not very often do i write reviews but this game is so addictively, atmoshpere creatingly awesome that its derserves one. If you wanted to feel like youre in a propper season and every moment of every game counts, this is the game for you.
This game is fantastic.
You are the manager for a team of robots competing in "Cortex", a simplified sport similar to american football.
The gameplay is a strong mix of simple tactics VS more indepth tactical decisions, simple to learn, hard to master. It's turnbased, but you and your opponent execute your turns at the same time. So you have to try and predict what the opposing player will do and prepare accordingly.
The presentation is the main sellingpoint for me. The grapics are simple, but crisp and beautiful. The camera angles and tactically placed slowmotion makes everything your little robots do seem so epic.
If you are into techno/club/etc like me you will really REALLY enjoy the sound track. The first time you watch the post match replay and this song comes on i challenge you to not feel pumped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6lawBnlFnw
Get this game if you liked what you read here, consider shelling out for the music also if you enjoyed the included sample track.
Supriseling good game, considering i'm new to the turn based strategy games and i think i was more pulled in being a sports game instead of another generic shooter.
Great fun and quite a good pick up and play for 10-20 minutes and if your in it for the long haul you could quite happily play for hours on end. Played about 8 hours in the single player and for what i spent i'm very happy! If it pops up in a sale i would strongly recommend.
This game, on release, is as buggy as sh!t, the matches are too short, and customization is extremely limited...but it's fun to play.
This game is best when played against other players. I'd love to see the comunity grow and player leagues developed. There is so much more this game can become if enough people enjoy it.
Is it perfect? No. Is it fun? H3ll yeah!
If you like Turn Based Strategy games, and you liked Frozen Synapse, you will definitely like this game.
Frozen Cortex is a cross between football and chess. It pits two teams, 5 players per team, against each other in an arena where there are "endzones" on the northern and southern part of the map, and the person who "starts" with the ball must pass or run it into the endzone, where the other team must keep them from doing so. The defending team can intercept passes or tackle the ball carrier, which causes a turnover, resulting in the previously defending team to try to score in the northern endzone. Each player on the team has different stats to aid them (or hurt them) in getting the ball into their endzone.
You get a "Planning Phase" where you can plan out what your team is going to do, and you can also plan out what the opponent could do. You will get your ass handed to you the first couple of games, but you will learn to do's and do not's after an hour or two.
I have not played the multiplayer, but the singleplayer is a whole bunch of fun.
On reprend le même principe de tour par tour en temps réel de son frère Frozen Synapse et on le décline sur du sport.
Je me régale :3
Word of warning to low-end gamers: check the system requirements - just because Frozen Synapse worked for you doesn't mean this couldn't turn into a frame slideshow ;-)
So my status update for now: Frozen; but burning to thaw it on a better rig :-D
Single player in this game is a lacking. Matches only last a certain number of plays. I would say they last maybe 15 minutes a piece. IDK.
This is a very niche type of game watch youtube videos of it if you are thinking of buying it.
The game is bug free as far as i could tell. I just don't care for the game itself.
Странный ремикс из Frozen Synapse и американского футбола. Принцип тот же — в начале хода в режиме паузы раздаем своему отряду команды, планируем и продумываем тактику, жмем Prime, смотрим результат в реальном времени, начинаем планировать следующий ход.
Но в сравнении с предшественником Frozen Cortex куда менее глубокий. Это, в принципе, понятно и объяснимо — в американском футболе нет разных видов оружия и цель только одна, но вот компенсировать игре это нечем. Из всего многообразия действий, которое было доступно в Synapse, в Cortex остались только «двигаться», «ждать на месте» и «дать пас». Противник всегда виден как на ладони, из-за малого набора действий ходы противника просчитывать гораздо проще, карты особой хитростью не отличаются. Острота и напряженность матчей из Synapse исчезла, зато появились простые как три копейки правила, освоить которые получается гораздо быстрее.
К сожалению, это совсем не то, что я ожидал от наследника Frozen Synapse, для меня матчи показались скучны и неинтересны. Порекомендовать игру я могу разве что любителям американского футбола, но сам я таким не являюсь, поэтому о потраченных деньгах жалею.
P.S. А вот саундтрек так же великолепен, как и раньше. Подслащивает мне горькую пилюлю разочарования.
tl;dr — Simultaneous-resolve turn-based sports game. If you like(d) either Blood Bowl or Frozen Synapse, check it out. If you're looking for a game that you can play with friends over long-distances that doesn't take a lot of time or emotional commitment, check it out. Mode 7 does great work, and nervous_testpilot's soundtracks are always top notch.
If you hated FTL or Binding of Isaac (or any of the games I mentioned above), you may want to pass. And if you're on the fence, check out Northernlion's preview of it. He gives a good idea as to what the game is like.
And now into the nitty gritty.
All in all, [b]I would recommend Frozen Cortex[/b]. It's highly addicting, really fun, and the games are short enough that you can play one on a break or with minimum time commitment. Bonus, it runs on my toaster of a laptop. The controls are snappy and responsive with no noticeable input delay, and the interface is simplistic and clean. The background designs are gorgeous, in that whole cyberpunk future kind of way, and it's fun to see my old friends from Frozen Synapse making a return as coach icons.
That isn't to say I don't have my gripes with it, however. Overall, the game is not new player-friendly. That isn't to say it's not [i]fun[/i], however. It has a learning curve that is relatively short, but steep, and hopefully players will go looking for assistance when they confront their frustrations rather than making smear posts on the forums.
Frozen Cortex can be absolutely rage-inducing at times. If you've ever watched (or played) sports, you should already be aware of the feeling of watching a good plan come crashing down. It'll happen. More than once. Get used to it.
Once a match starts, there is no RNG. Let me repeat that: [b]there is [i]zero RNG[/i][/b]. People will complain that the enemy blocks you more than you block them, but it's a matter of using the tools you have available. If you know what you're looking for, you will never be blocked the entire match. Plain and simple.
However, there [i]are[/i] RNG elements to the game. The pitch design is randomly-generated from a seed. Feasibly speaking, half of the map may be cut off from passing routes; corners may be entirely sectioned off and unavailable. End zones may have only two available avenues of ingress—and both of them may be blocked by the other team's defenders, with no way to pass them other than by risking them intercepting a pass.
The robots you have to choose from to upgrade your roster also appear to have randomly-generated stats; again, probably from a seed. In some modes, it appears that the opposing team's stats may also be randomly-generated, going from either junior varsity or the monsters from Space Jam.
My main gripe about the game is that the "standard" difficulty should not at all be considered "standard." It's really "hard" mode. You're given a team of tired, limping robots and expected to pull wins out with them—with better robots available based on your performance. So if you can't pull out a lucky win, by the time you get to Week 4-5 of a Knockout season, you're in hot water, especially if (again) you get a pitch that the more maneuverable opposing team can better take advantage of.
In a similar vein, why the developers consider Knockout mode to be the "primary game mode" puzzles me. The other teams in that mode are not single-elimination (they come up with some nonsense about how money's tight, so if you lose *at all* the season's over, GG no re).
Meanwhile, one click over, there's a much more "normal" season of 14 weeks, then a two-week single-elimination playoffs. [b]I highly recommend this mode over Knockout, especially for starting players.[/b] The teams are on a more even playing ground, you can manage your money and hire better robots in greater numbers if you know how to bet, and the game doesn't automatically send you back to square 1 if you make one mistake.
I find the match length rather short, furthering the "roguelike" moniker that if you make one single mistake (which may come down to a coin flip, even in the best of situations, if RNG just happens to stack that way), you will likely find yourself in an unrecoverable disadvantage. Furthermore, since we're human and the AI is not, one error often leads to another made in haste and frustration, while if the AI makes a mistake, it coolly carries on. This is why I said if you hated FTL or Binding of Isaac (or similar games), this one may not be for you. There *will* be times that you're put up against overwhelming opposition with no way to counter and a pitch that hampers your every move while the other team goes trolloping around. And you will lose. And if you're on Knockout mode, that's the end of your season.
But then there are the times you get it right. The times you land your blocker right in the runner's path and he kicks a robot in the gut, catches a pass, and lobs it back across the pitch to your runner on the far side, who squeaks out an easy and uncontested 11 points in a single run. There will be the times you'll punt it away only to run up and sucker punch the guy who claims it in the jaw. Those moments are priceless.
Last but not least, I feel like the tutorial is incomplete. This may be intended. There are parts of the interface that go unmentioned that can take a lot of the mystery out of the game, for better or worse. For example, the movement node is filled with color if the intended move can be completed without risk of any other players coming to block them. Nowhere is this mentioned in any of the tutorials I have seen as of the time of writing this review. It means that new players are going to get frustrated because they don't know all of the tools available to them, and that's not even factoring in the simulation mode that Frozen Synapse players are already familiar with.
But all that complaining aside, [b]I still recommend the game.[/b] It takes a bit of figuring out what modes you enjoy most, but once you've got some practice down, you'll be throwing long passes with the best of them. Moments of rage pillowed by hours of fun.
[i]Bonus: You get two copies when you buy it, so do yourself a favor a bring a friend along for the ride.[/i]
Nice game by Mode 7. The game forced you to be strategic, think multiple turns ahead and simulate what you think your opponent will do. I love being able to play multiple games at once so that even if someone you are playing against goes offline, you have multiple other games going.
Not a sports fan myself. Bought this on the back of Frozen Synapse, which was a diamond in the rough game in my honest opinion. Was apprehensive about the sports setting, but was very pleasantly surprised.
This game is superior to Synapse in nearly every way. The simultaneous turn to play out in real time actually has an appropriate meaning and is built into the 'sport'. The presentation is all you could expect from a high budget AAA title, beautiful visuals, inspiring soundtrack. There is a simplicity to the game which really helps it, it doen't try to get complicated nor get lost in details. That said, there is full and in depth (albeit exclusively aesthetic) character and team customisation, which helps you become invested in your perfect team. A simple betting game runs behind the league progress, which you must use to your advantage (don't be afraid to bet against yourself once in a while :D) as well as swapping out players for better models with the funds you make through competition plus betting. The feeling of satisfaction as your bot scores a goal and does a victory dance in full cinematic glory, or the lesser fist pumping feeling you get from a succesful tackle or block are really something, and I am not a sports fan.
At the price of an indie title, you get 2 copies one for yourself and one to gift to a friend or trade. For an engaging and yet easily time adjusted strategy game that allows you to play as serious and intensive as you like or not, with multiplayer modes and tournaments in asynchronous turn based, you really could do a lot worse than give this a try.
9/10
Frozen Cortex is turn-based tactical mecha sportsball. If even one of those words interests you, just trust me and play the thing until you get it.
Really good game that requires you to think two steps ahead of the oppenent while following relativily simple rules.
Einfach nur großartig das Spiel!
So einfach die Steuerung ist
so einfach das Spielkonzept ist
Ist es eine Herausforderung das Spiel zu meistern!
Das ist Football/Rugby nach meinem Geschmack!!!!!!!
2 Daumen nach oben
Genialer Titel
Thx an die Entwickler...
I have played two seasons of the single player campaign so far and after losing almost every game of the first I was already hooked enough to start the next one as soon as it was over.
It appears pretty difficult at first but you quickly learn when to pass, when to run and when to block and when it comes off it makes you feel pretty smart.
I had a quick online match earlier, had the chat box open and was met by another friendly player on the other side.
All in all its been a really positive experience and my favourite game of 2015 so far!
It's chess with robots where turns are simultaneous and the board is never the same between matches. Simple to learn and extremely deep.
まず注意としてアメリカンフットボールのような見た目なのでスポーツゲームと思うかもしれないがリアルタイムストラテジーではなくターン制ストラテジーゲーム、囲碁や将棋と同じなのでそこを理解した上で購入するかを検討しよう。
オンラインターン制ゲームの弱点として相手のターンが無駄な時間になりゲームをやめてしまうことにあると思う。しかし、このゲームでは複数のオンライン対戦を平行してプレイすることができるので相手のターンに別の相手とも対戦することができ、待ち時間を解消できるシステムになっている。ゲームを終了させてもサーバに保存されているので100のオンライン対戦を平行しても問題ない。
とりあえず見た目が格好良いので購入。まず日本語サポートがないのでチュートリアルを理解できずに終了させるのも一苦労。走り方やボールの投げ方、ステータスの見かたなどの説明だけなのですぐ理解できると思う。ターン毎に自分のしたい行動を設定して色々試行錯誤して納得したらターンを終了する。自分の行動だけでなく相手の行動も設定してシュミレートしどう動けば良いのかを模索する。お互いにそれをしてお互いにターン終了したら結果を見る?といった感じだろうか。オンライン対戦時では相手も真剣にプレイしている(はず)なので相手ターンの待ち時間も長くなるだろう。実際の試合時間は5分もかからないだろうがゲームプレイ時間はそれ以上になるだろう。持ち時間はあるのか不明。オンライン対戦は複数の試合を平行して可能。Aという対戦者と対戦しながらBという対戦者とも同時に進行することができる。Aの試合の待ち時間の時にBの試合の自分のターンをプレイするといったこともできると思う。自分のターンになるとウィンドウもアクティブになってしらせてくれる。オンライン対戦の待ち時間の間にシングルモードをプレイし、オンライン対戦の自分のターンが来たら知らせてくれる。なるべく待ち時間を無駄にしないように工夫されているところも良い。作業しながらプレイする、ながらゲーとしてプレイしても良いだろう。ゲームが終了したらフルリプレイを見て勝った余韻に浸るも良し、負けた反省を考えても良い、you tubeにアップロードする機能もついているようなのでアップロードして自慢するのも良いだろう。オンライン対戦では対戦相手とチャットしながらのんびり対戦することになるだろう。
このゲームは買うとデフォルトでもう一本ついてくる。(誰かに贈ることができる)
Very fun reimagining of american football as a turn-based strategy game. Personally, I even like it more than frozen synapse, though not as big of a playerbase (yet, hopefully more people get it soon)
edit:
seems that after release a lot more people play! joy for that.
FAO: Mac users.
THIS game is deeply broken in OS X.
I've tried it on both my macbook (i7, SSD, 8gb RAM, just pre-retina) and my iMac (2013, i7, SSD, 1gb GFX, blah) and both have encountered the same problems.
The game crashes so frequently that it's utterly unplayable.
Moreover, team rosters cannot be edited - mousing over any players who might be 'replaced' wipes them blank, and wipes any potential placements blank, too. Meaning that you end up with a team of blanks every time you try to edit.
I've tried blitzing gfx down to minimal, running it in a window, rebooting, having nowt else going in the background, turning wifi off, turning wifi on, ermmmm... verifying game cache... But, basically, it's knackered. WILL NOT RUN on OS X.
Big disappointment, particularly (duh) as I spent my food money on this! OOps. Bananas for lunch tomorrow, then.
Both my machines are running Yoesemite, fwiw.
Frozen Cortex is a really unique and cool game where every move counts. Customization wise, It's pretty good aswell, but there is one problem in this "strategy" game. In multi-player, there is the occasional player who considers chucking the ball across the map into the goalzone "strategy". It's not even in multi-player only, I've had some games where the AI did this aswell. Game pls nerf
10/10 would strategize again.
This game is basically a mixture of the dev's previous game, Frozen Synapse, with Bloodbowl. It's a simultaneous turn-based strategy sports game with a lot of depth to it. The aesthetics are nice, the soundtrack is amazing (I seriously think it's as good if not better than Frozen Synapse's amazing soundtrack, and the soundtrack tier of this game is totally worth it), there's a lot of customization for the teams, and the gameplay is challenging and satisfying.
I'm also a big fan of being able to take your time to plan your turns and continue your game whenever you want. Even though the game play seem fast and brutal, you have all the time you want to come up with devious strategies and then see how it all unfolds. What's even cooler is that since it's turn based and you can come back to your game at any time, you can have multiple games with various people going at the same time.
Game has great potential but too many serious breaking bugs and missing features. During the 5 hours i played i encountered 2 game breaking bugs (AI players running through walls and players stuck in impossible situations where no move is legal). The team editor is broken so you cant change the nema or stats of your players. Some times the game fails to render icons during the matches. There is also no way to affect the starting positions of your players. That means that custum players are meaningless because you migh end up with your blockers on the end sides and runners on the scrimmage line. This game is not finished and should not have left alpha stage.
Excelente juego que no puede faltar en la colección de un amante de los juegos por turnos, sus mecánicas son fáciles de aprender pero es mas profundo de lo que aparenta,sus gráficos son muy buenos así como su música. Tiene un modo campaña muy solido y un generador de torneos aleatorios,su multijugador es muy divertido y desafiante,puedes tener varias partidas al mismo tiempo y si no estas en el juego te llegara un correo si asi lo deseas para notificarte si tu oponente ha efectuado su movimiento.Tiene un precio muy asequible para el numero de horas de juego que te puede proporcionar, además de darte una copia extra para un amigo.En resumen, compralo.
Oryginalna turowa gra taktyczna. Nie interesują mnie gry sportowe, ale ten tytuł to przede wszystkim dobra turówka i strategia z niebanalną rozgrywką. Świetna muzyka zasługuje na uwagę.
Z minusów trochę mała kontrola nad kamerą, brak wizualnych różnic pomiędzy poszczególnymi zawodnikami, co prowadzi czasem do pogubienia się kto był kto podczas filmowych ujęć roztrzygających turę. Zdażyło mi się też podczas kampanii, że gra się zablokowała (postać mająca piłkę nie była w stanie wykonać ruchu) i musiałem całą kampanię zacząc od zera...
Generalnie jednak jest to świetny, bo oryginalny tytuł i dla strategów rzecz zdecydowanie warta uwagi.
A tu macie moje video z pierwszymi wrażeniami z gry: http://youtu.be/o-ZP3qjuo7g
재밌기는한데 왜 서버와 연결이 안된다고 자꾸 그러지;
많이 재밌습니다 사서 할만합니다.
머리쓰는게 디게 재밌는부분
Mode 7 est de retour !
Ceux d'entre vous qui ont détesté Frozen Synapse peuvent tout de suite passer leur chemin ! Sans être une redite de leur création d'origine, Frozen Cortex repose sur des concepts similaires, et un principe de gameplay fondamental : le tour par tour simultané.
Sauf que cette fois, oubliez le côté flingues et terroristes, on troque tout ça pour des arènes sportives futuristes qui feront penser deux minutes à un mélange de Blood bowl, de football américain et de Tron avant de s'apercevoir que ce jeu n'a rien d'une simulation sportive. C'est du jeu de tactique 100% pur jus, avec une emphase particulièrement marquée sur l'anticipation des déplacements de l'adversaire.
Le solo est au rendez-vous et cela fera bien plaisir à ceux que le multi (pourtant assez fondamental sur un jeu de ce genre) n'attire pas. Il y a une campagne solo en permadeath, ainsi que la possibilité de jouer une saison complète, ou encore de jouer une partie complètement au hasard.
Le multi est classique, on appréciera l'option "find me a game" qui permet de laisser faire le programme pour lancer une partie en multi.
Les règles du jeu sont hyper simples et pourtant, maîtriser ce qu'on fait demandera un apprentissage bien réel. C'est la force des productions Mode 7 : des jeux faciles à apprendre mais difficiles à maîtriser.
J'apprécie particulièrement la possibilité de pouvoir customiser complètement mon équipe dans le mode campagne, avec beaucoup de paramètres à prendre en compte, et le rendu visuel est agréable à l'oeil, on y retrouve même une certaine patte graphique qui faisait la particularité de Frozen Synapse, surtout dans le rendu des couleurs.
C'est évidemment un jeu assez particulier qui laissera beaucoup de gens complètement indifférents, je pense, mais qui passionnera les autres, et pour longtemps.
Pour vous aider à y voir plus clair, je vous ai préparé une petite vidéo découverte :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgTmbjZsHSE
UPDATE: The crashes have been fixed as far as I can tell. :-)
Heads-up: OSX users might want to wait for the patch announced for monday 23th, the game currently crashes after a few minutes of playing. At the moment it's unplayable.
I can already say this game looks to be quite awesome, but those wanting to play the game this weekend already on OSX are probably out of luck. Think continuous crashes to desktop on Mac, regardless of what you do.
Full review will come later, have to put in some more time.
I may have found the game I was looking for. A turn-based tactical game, with an element of sports (gridiron). I love how you always have to be on guard, and you can never be too careful when making a play. It's incredibly frustrating yet equally as fun.
Put it this way: I keep losing, and yet I keep coming back. Mode 7 are obviously doing something right if that's the case.
Awesome game with hilarious comments from the commentators. I find it highly addictive, the graphics (at least in my opinion) look great, it's pretty easy to learn (although you do need a good pair of eyes sometimes to see every possibility you have to score). So let's say 9/10 :D
Frozen Synapse라는 전작이 있는데, 전작이 총쏘는거였다면 이건 스포츠로 바꾼겁니다.
(근데 전작은 솔직히 개인적으로 노잼이었음; 이게 훨씬더 재밌네요. 보는 맛도 있고)
반실시간 반턴제 미식축구? ㅋㅋ 도대체 장르를 뭐라고 표현해야할까요.
분명 턴제는 맞는데 실시간으로 작동하는 나의 로봇과 상대팀 로봇이 행할수있는 최적의 이동경로를 예측, 계획해서 실행하고
가장 많은 점수를 따는 팀이 승리하는 게임입니다.
게임의 특징은 페이즈가 두개로 나눠져있다는겁니다.
처음 페이즈는 아군유닛을 어떻게 움직일지 계획하거나 혹은 적유닛이 어떻게 움직일지 예측하는 단계입니다.
예를들면 내가 여기서 패스를 할건데, 상대방 유닛이 내 공을 뺏으러 올수있는 거리에 있는지 거리를 미리 가늠해서 이건 좀 아니다싶으면 아군유닛의 경로를 바꿔줄수 있겠죠.
여기서 본인이 아군유닛으로 계획한 것이 두번째 페이즈로 이어집니다.
두번째 페이즈는 실행입니다. 계획단계에서 내가 아군유닛에게 지시한 동작들이 그대로 실행됩니다.
물론 적 유닛은 내가 예측한 대로 움직일수도 있고, 내 생각과 정 반대로 이동해서 허를 찌르는 경우도 있습니다.
게임이 끝나면 결과창이 뜨는데, Full Replay를 꼭 눌러서 보시길바랍니다.
처음부터 경기끝날때까지의 진행상황을 한번에 쭉 보여주는데, 영화한편 보는 느낌입니다.
말이 주저리주저리 많아졌는데, 제가 아는 인디게임중 탑10에 들만한 턴제전략게임이 아닌가 싶네요.
아무튼 재미있으니까 사세요. 멀티플레이도 지원돼서 세계인들과 대전도 가능합니다.
요약
- 반턴제 실시간 시뮬레이션 미식축구 게임
- 계획 & 예측 & 실행의 삼위일체
- 싱글도 재밌는데, 멀티도 재밌음.
First of all let me just say that for heavens sake buy the soundtrack tier! I expected greatness from Nervous Testpilot and he delivered. Excellent stuff!
Oh, the game is good too! American football meets Frozen Synapse = Frozen Cortex. It has many same elements like simultaneous turns, arenas with walls, mind games etc, but the mechanics are very different. The limited options that the units have makes the game less about the individuals and more about how you work as a team. You need to have a game plan, not endless patience simulating every possible move the opponent might make.
When you really get down to it, i don't think Cortex has as much depth as Synapse did, but it's okay - Cortex is a different kind of breed and requires different kind of thinking. And it still has that "Yes!!! Just as planned!" joy to it.
Some may have wanted this to be Frozen Synapse 2. Why? It doens't need sequels, its already an excellent game with little room for improvement. And it hasn't aged one bit. I'd say play them both! This dev makes unique tactical games and deserves our support!
I just picked this game up yesterday, and Ill say its pretty cool. I am a sports guy, and I love strat games, so this was a no brainer for me. The game is fun and with more time, Im sure I will become fairly good at it. However, that is IF I get to play more. The game crashes on me at various points in the match. I have only played one full game out of a dozen or so trys.
Once they figure out this crash bug, Im sure Ill log plenty of hours on this would be gem.
I recommend with the caviat that the bug is fixed (obviously)
Super fun, super addictive. Graphics are enchanting, and the commentators are absolutely hilarious. Gameplay rules are pretty simple but lead to deep matches. Highly recommended for anyone who loves strategy or turn-based games or just having a good time.
Frozen Cortex is simple, clear, and yet infinitely complex. With the fantastic artificial intelligence system and randomized playing fields, even single player games are constantly keeping me on my toes and learning more and more about the game systems.
As someone who did not get very much into Frozen Synapse due to its complexity (facing / direction being vital elements), Cortex has instantly captured me by providing the same level of depth with simplified mechanics. As Ian Hardingham explained in a recent video, Cortex is based off a simple premise - "If you are standing still, you control the space around you. If you are moving, you are vulnerable." Mode 7 has done a fantastic job in creating a modern, fast-paced strategy game that keeps you guessing with every play.
In addition, the music is fantastic. But I'm pretty sure everyone on this page knew that already.
I would highly recommend this game to strategy lovers. It's an excellent take on the genre that provides a breath of clarity many modern strategy games seem to lack. Frozen Cortex is clearly a labor of love from all involved, and in my opinion, surpasses and improves upon Frozen Synapse in every way.
Honestly. I think the game is great. defo going to be one to look out for. love playing the game and enjoy winning.
A few ideas to bounce off to you guys. Maybe some more customisation in your players and equipment. maybe voice commentators to call the game while playing. give the real time feel that your in the moment. I also notice that their are few ammount of turns to play during a league match. try to change it but didnt work. maybe have your players earn like expericance points for like tackles and touchdowns. to boost you players skill level. just seem point to keep buying players that are better later. maybe a sub bench and like injuries to the robots, like body detachment or cpu melfucation. give it yet again a more real like at how the game is played. considering there robots they will pack more of a punch then humans. also.. a suggesting. maybe have like the traps or trap doors in the game. like a robot can get push down a hole in the floor or player gets on a emp mine.. and fumbles. just suggesting. but still i love the game and it as alot of potentail. can't wait to see the full game release.
I really don't understand why I like it. It's buggy, it's strange. It isn't a popular sport in my country.
Futuristic colourful robots trying to make a touchdown. Meh.
But I have a one little thought about why I like it. It's a game by Mode 7. It means a complexity, tactical turn-based gameplay and perfectly tuned random level generation and nervous_testpilot's soundtrack. It's a quality mark.
Being a football (American) fan and a Madden player for 20 years I wanted a different type of football game. I couldn't find anything outside of an emulator for a football type game. I researched Blood Bowl and while it seems cool, it just doesn't suit my style of strategy and sport simulation.
I bought Frozen Synapse a year ago and had a lot of fun playing that title, so I felt this game could be a great mix of tactics and sports feel.
With this game, I am able to release my inner coach mind into my team of 5....robot athletes. The visuals are really good, and the gameplay is good, for an early access title.
The game modes for single player are AI skirmishes which are fun, and challenging but limited.
No story or career mode, but I am sure there is one to tie in sooner or later.
The multiplayer is way off....line?. No one on the servers.Correction: one player was on and invited me to a game, played 1 turn and went offline. I was so excited to play against a human, but never got the full blooded chance, yet.
The best thing about this game is the strategy to fully control every robots pattern, without the Madden dogsheetery to come along with it. I am happy with the purchase, and will put in well over 17 hours (1$ an hr) to make this game worth my money and time.
At it's current state it's a 7/10. With a story mode and more customization options it can easily be a 10/10 title.
If you like Madden and/or FS you will enjoy this game.
Этот OST. Подобного качества ост я не видел со времен UT'99. И то, UT не дотягивает до уровня Frozen серии. Эту игру стоит взять хотя бы ради оста, к которой прилагается игра.
Что же касается геймплея, то разработчик решил особо не заморачиваться и приделал замечательную систему от Frozen Synapse к классическому Американскому футболу. Получилось хорошо. Если вы фанат вдумчивого геймплея, то это игра для вас. Если же вы предпочитаете драйв и экшен, тогда увы, не по адресу. Ваши рефлексы, реакция, они тут не востребованы.
This game is fantastic. It's simple to learn, so you can get up and playing really quick. Good for playing in short bursts as a break from work or studying, but i've also found myself playing for an hour + at a stretch.
I don't usually play strategy games, but this one has captured my attention.
also, its very stable and well-functioning. I don't know why they are callling this early access.
The AI could use some serious optimization (it should not take 20 minutes to do a turn), and it's not really an American Football game (no backwards passes? what is this?). But it's simple enough to pick up quickly while being deep enough for fairly complex strategy, and anything that hits that balance is worth a gander. Honestly, though, I'd wait for it to come down in price and for the AI to not take forever.
I suck at this game. I mean really, really suck. I've played the pants off Synapse but for whatever reason I just can't extract the same balance out of Endzone. This doesn't mean its not a good game. It is a fantastic game which I just so happen to suck at. Alot.
9/10
It's so chalenging and fun even in Beta , so much depth and customization......so much drama also ¡¡¡ love it ¡¡
Even in Beta the price tag it' s a no brainer, it's worth every penny, imagine when it 's full release .
If you have no experience with Fronzen Synapse fear not....this game is easy to start playing...
If you have experience with FS it's not the same, it's more dynamic, climatic and bone crunching ¡¡
I don't play sports games and barely know football etc but this game is amazing. It's early access but the main part of the game is finished and mostly bug free.
So, tried the game out for an hour the night before. Learned the game, cool, cool. What really dragged me in, however, was playing it for 20 minutes the next morning. If you don't have much time, need to study etc, then this has to be the game for you, man. Been thinking about how to improve my play the whole day. Now, in between study sessions, I just throw around some challenges, play for 30 minutes, and I have my fix.
handegg/10 - Murca strong
Highly recommended. This is Mode7's second game. It continues along the same path as their previous game: Frozen Synapse. It's a simultaneous turn-based strategy game, both players take their turns, then the game plays out their turns simultaneously, and they see the result. The previous game, Frozen Synapse, took this idea to warfare. It was a somewhat difficult to grasp, rather complex game that was also incredibly tense and rewarding.
Frozen Endzone captializes on the lessons learned from Synapse and focuses. It doesn't quite dumb it down, though there are less options. It simplifies in the service of clarity, and provides players with a limited toolset that allows for a wide variety of strategems.
Forget the aesthetic of sports, it is just that, aesthetic. It's a reason to present the tactics available. This is absolutely not a sports game. This is a strategy game, in the vein of Chess, digitized for the modern era in a way that's not possible with physical board pieces.
Each player controls a team of robots, and each of those robots has a unique set of stats that govern how fast they can run, how widely from where they stand they can block, how widely they can intercept, etc. One team starts with the ball nearby, and must pick it up before the turn is over. A turn ending occurs at an event, such as picking up the ball, throwing the ball, catching the ball, turning the ball over, or when a specified length of time occurs. The rest of the offense (that didn't go for the ball), can wait in place, allowing their block radius to have meaning, or move as much or as little as desired (they can also wait, THEN move). The defense spreads out, or converges, or whatever they feel necessary. Their objective is to "block" the player with the ball, catch the ball instead of an intended receiver, or force the offense into "punting" by throwing it to the ground somewhere.
The player with the ball has two choices, he can immediately pass the ball, anywhere not blocked by a "high" block. He can try to get it where another player can catch it, or throw to the ground, hopefully at an adventageous position for his team (or at least not too advantageous for the other team). He cannot pass backwards. Alternately, he can run, and if he does so, he cannot pass again until a turnover occurs. If he runs, he must go forward at least (3?) blocks in a specified time period. The rest of his team can block, if standing still. He either makes it to the end zone, a period of time elapses without making it, or he is tackled, and loses the ball.
The period ends when a team moves the ball, held by their own player, into the opponent's endzone.
What's thrilling about this is how quickly the tables can turn. I was cautiously moving my offense up the field, passing the ball. I saw an opening to ground the ball near the endzone and pick it up with another player. Unfortunately, I miscalculated the distance, I realized that player was about to get blocked, and saw an opponent near my endzone, unguarded. I scrambled a player there, but it was too late, one endzone to endzone pass later, I lost.
This probably sounds complicated, it looks it, written out. But really, one 5 minute tutorial and it should all make sense.
I have not yet played much, but I'm already hooked. Highly recommended.
