Gaelic Games: Football
| Gaelic Games: Football | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | IR Gurus |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Thuyen Nguyen (game designer), Justin Halliday (game producer) and (game designer) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Release |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Gaelic Games: Football is a sports video game developed by IR Gurus and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released on 11 November 2005 for the PlayStation 2 console. It is based on Gaelic football and was developed by Australian company IR Gurus that (at the time) made the AFL video game series.
No player names are featured although each county teams crest and kits are included due to licensing agreements with the GAA, the governing body of the sport. Gaelic Games: Football is the first GAA video game to be released on a video game console.[1]
Gameplay
[edit]The game features the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and NFL with commentary by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
Critical reception
[edit]Despite being commercially successful, Gaelic Games: Football received poor reviews from critics and fans who claimed it was nowhere near the standard of gameplay with games like PES and FIFA 06 had produced.[2]
Sequel
[edit]A follow-up game, Gaelic Games: Football 2, was released in November 2007. It was given very poor reviews by critics due to little improvement from the first.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ O'Reilly, Quinton (19 September 2015). "This is the inside story behind the Gaelic Football and Hurling games on the Playstation - Part 1".
- ^ "5 reasons why Gaelic Games Football on Playstation was a devastatingly awful game - JOE.ie".
- ^ "Gaelic Games: Football 2 (Game)". Giant Bomb.
- ^ O'Reilly, Quinton (20 September 2015). "This is the story behind *those* Gaelic Football and Hurling games - Part 2". TheJournal.ie.