Games Toaster: REVIEW: Gaelic Games: Football

Developer: IR Gurus | Publisher: SCE | Format: PS2 (exclusive)

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From the in-game cameras angles you don't quite get this too often.

Reviewer: Cian Ginty The advertisements promotes the fact the game is like bring a GAA football match into your home, the slowness of game play and the lack of any players images dilutes the likelihood of this actually happening.

The stunning stadiums, Micheál Ó Muircheartaig’s commentary, and the only chance out there to play your county team in a computer game is outweighed by rough player animations, weird cameras angles (even if changing from the default view can help), and game play that doesn’t do the job of translating the speed and feel of Gaelic football into digital form.

It has been suggested that the multiplayer aspect saves the games, even slightly. But we haven’t got the chance to properly test this theory. On an observational note, the lack of player names and images alone has been enough to put off a number of younger fans, who have been feed the idea of getting the 100% genuine product, coupled with the idea of sports stars as the ultimate celebrities.