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.
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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 |
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Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
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
editThe game features the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and NFL with commentary by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
Critical reception
editDespite 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
editA 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.