Legend Bowl Review: The Best Indie Football Game
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2022
- Legend Bowl is a football video game developed by one man, King Javo. The story behind the game is as awesome as the game itself. Yes, it's very good, and a legit Madden alternative.
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Legend Bowl is now out on all consoles!
it’s so fun. i even made most of the nfl teams
Is there a way to get download the rosters?
@@EkstraStuff yep
@@EkstraStuff all u got to do is go to proset 24 change the names and logos and it’ll be there
@@yurskii2k974 i haven't bought it yet but I wanted to know. How do you do it?
Awesome video! Appreciate the support. Just so your fans are in the know, we are actively working towards console releases this football season. Thanks again and stay tuned!
I'm excited, let's go!
Thx King
Shut up and take my money
@@w_4ca 😂 You know you can’t buy it from him directly in a UA-cam comment section, right?
Big Javo
King Javo is also a really down to Earth and chill guy and is very humble as well. He just loves football and wanted to share that love with the rest of us. I wish him luck with the console release - I'll be looking out for it on PS4!
August 9th!
Get out there and support Independent developers, especially the ones who try to make sports games because they tend to struggle without licenses.
Your money is your vote people
imagine having historical draft classes for franchise mod. being able to start in the 70s and draft joe cool and change nfl history
one can dream
You can mod it. There is a franchise mod but I'm not sure if it has what you're suggesting exactly
Try Action! PC Football by Dave Koch Sports. Buy the base game, then buy the season you want to play.
I can only imagine what the people who told this guy "if you don't like it, make your own game" are feeling now. You've piqued my interest in buying this.
Also, I would recommend Mutant Football League. It's something I tried out a while ago, and very much enjoy. I feel your community would appreciate it.
Mutant is really fun
I was a beta tester for Legend Bowl when it was coming out glad you're doing a review 💪🏽💯 much love keep up the good work!
Maybe you can answer this question. It looks like the camera makes it hard to see your receivers. Are you just throwing the ball hoping that your guy is open? This looks really good but I feel like I would get frustrated if I'm always throwing blind.
@@2buxaslice You can change the zoom and also QB skill rating determines how much you can see.
I think you should take a look at the Out of the Park baseball games. They are not football, and have no gameplay, but they have to have the deepest and most in-depth franchise modes ever made in a sports game. If the OOTP devs made a football game, i would instantly buy it.
Ummm...OOTP is great but is definitely not more in-depth than Football Manager.
@@No-Kung-Fu I don't know man...OOTP is pretty crazy. They seem very comparable. I've played both but it's been awhile. What does FM have that OOTP doesn't?
@@No-Kung-Fu They are both in depth in different ways. I feel like football manager is more rralistic than OOTP, but in OOTP you can play around with things more
2 words for this game
GAR-BITCH
I love OOTP, but it is definitely not for everyone. It has no gameplay and is completely focused on stats. It’s too niche to be a super popular game sadly
The NFL Mod for this game literally makes this a near perfect football game
I wish someone would make a hockey game like the old genesis EA NHL games but with a full franchise mode. That would be sweet.
Have a look at NHL04 rebuilt. Lots of work gone into updating it. Even physics improvements.
@@steveoath there’s also super blood hockey, it isnt realistic but a lot of fun
Working on it. 😅
And super blood hockey is inspired by those classic games and also does have a cool and unique franchise mode of its own
Great video Softdrink! If this was out for one of the consoles I would buy it right away
It's worth mentioning the community's work on this as well. A lot of those fake advertisements were made by the awesome people of the Legend Bowl discord, and a lot of team names and logos are made by yours truly. Javo still deserves a bulk of the credit, but I also think it's just cool to have a game where the community latched on and pitched in even if it's in the small ways we can.
Console ports are in the works (updates will probably slow down as they porting work progresses) Definitely the most fun I've had with a football game. There's a few things here and there that are still missing (laterals for ex.) but It's a one man show and it feeeeels sooo good to play. There's real drama on the field, but none of it is artificial. Franchise mode is deep enough to keep me satisfied and coming back season after season. Really hope it takes off on consoles since that's where most sports fans are, but as a PC gamer, I'm loving that I get to play this little masterpiece first.
Sorry To Bother You But Is There A Sort Of Range For When It Might Hit Consoles? I Can't Find Anything.
@@TheCokeCrusader1 In the discord he says NFL season is the goal, but it's a soft target. It might be here at the end of the year.
@@TheCokeCrusader1 No concrete date yet. His goal is the beginning of next NFL season.
This game is GAR-BITCH
all softdrinktv does is overhype garbage 🗑 games just to get the views
August 9th! It’s official!!
I might be weird for this but I think that the art style being what it is only makes the game look more enticing for me
Finally, he did it!!! I love this game and been waiting for you to review it. I've played 30 seasons in the franchise mode. This game is great. It deserves all the support. It should be on consoles by this year. If it does well enough Legend Bowl 2 will be a thing.
August 9th!
That parody EA Sports logo
"New cover art! First pack free!"
😂
Don't forget to join the Legend Bowl Discord for the NCAA and NFL mods which are both really good.
Man this game looks great. I honestly love the art style. Brings back memories of playing Bill Walsh's college football on the Genesis. Of course that game never looked quite this crisp. I think going for 2d and just focusing on gameplay was a fantastic idea. I have to check this out
I remember watching the dev updates for the entire creation process. It was lit. I watched @KingJavo create the sprites, animations, and code it all by himself. Javo has been putting work in on youtube for over a decade
Coming to console. I can't wait
So, wait a minute - this game is totally, totally customisable, and with extra mods you can have college teams as well? All 128 FBS teams? With comparable schedules? And with all that customisation, you can even make your own leagues, the number of teams determined only by your own imagination?
If this is going to get a console release, I might get this to make a custom British league and use the customisation features to the max.
Thanks for bringing this game to my attention - top work.
Thank you for such a well spoken and articulate video review, it's becoming a lost art! Subscribed. :)
You've sold me on this game. I 100% intend to pick it up at some point now, especially with it having a solid franchise mode. I am definitely one of those people just totally done with Madden and EA's awful handling of the sport. I came from the era of great Madden and 2K football games and watched the series flow from amazing to awful back to good and then straight down hill for a while with very little progress toward improvement ever since the game went to Frostbite engine. I don't mind graphics if the game plays well and it legitimately looks like a great game to play. The 8-bit/pixel style is very appealing in my opinion and for being a game made by a single person, that's extremely impressive work from top to bottom.
Pretty much went back to the SNES/Genesis days and made a new age classic. Love it.
The blistering speed and incomprehensibility with which you said "All-Pro Football 2k8" is impressive. I had to turn on captions, which misread it as "Ultra Football 2k8", and then did more googling until I figured out what you had said. Slow down there, kiddo.
The work put in on this game is amazing..... Thank you Javo! The review is on point and appreciated 👍
It's honestly really fun and is very challenging in harder difficulties
The player sprites remind me of “Day of the Tentacle”… and I love ‘em! I’ve wanted something similar to the OG Madden games on the Sega Genesis for ages… hoping this gets a Switch release.
I need this on switch
Good video, I can’t wait for you and Angry Joe to rant and tear apart Madden 23
Huge fan of yours and I hope you see this, I was hoping if you could do a series on the nfl 2k21 mod with a created team? Just love your created team series and would love to see more🙏🏾❤️
Acclaim's NFL Quarterback Club '96 allowed you to select a year as well but I need to check to see if it let you play in the past
The coach and rookie back and forth was dope in the cutscene at 2:41 it actually felt like a coach talking to a player and not a generic cutscene that’s unrealistic or socially awkward af
Do the Mutant Football League next
I’ve been playing this game for a while now they keep it updated and it’s way better than maddens franchise the customization option are great and plus if your wanting a switch up in graphics and style then this game is great I’d give it a 8/10 only cus I wish there was a pro bowl or something that could get the best players involved
Well, I think you sold me. As soon as this drops on consoles I'm buying it and convincing a couple friends to pick it up, as well. Thank you for the review.
You can buy a hot dog stand, I'm sold on that alone
seems awesome ive heard more and more about it. And i think with a franchise mode now it sounds really enticing. thanks for the Review and Thank you King Javo for your hard work!
As a casual football fan, I think the level of complexity for franchise is perfect, unlike 2k5 which is a little more complex for my liking
I am really hoping for this to be released on switch as I would love to play this handheld.
Still waiting on the next episodes for Buss Jibber and Buss Jibber Jr ! But I appreciate the game reviews as well
I knew this game would turn into something special, appreciate the review!
amazing review! can you post a review of sunday rivals, since it exited early access? also when are seamen and bus jibber jr. content coming?
"Well...you didn't"
King Javo:Yes I did.
Would love if you did a series on this gane
Idk if you have done this already, but I was thinking it would be really cool if you did Tecmo Bowl retrospectives (NES, SNES). Those were some great arcade style games you would like. Or even better ones like "Super High Impact" for the SNES, that was like Blitz before Blitz was a thing.
I have had this on my Wishlist for so long and now I want it so much more
Love this game, I've been having a blast with the USFL Mod. I started my Franchise Mode in 1986.
I wish this was available on ps4
Or switch
They are working on it, dude. Potentially by end of year or maybe start of the NFL season.
great review man!
Such a fantastic feature filled game that is constantly evolving.
Just released on Switch today. Downloading now!
Legend Bowl reminds me of an updated 90's Madden up to Madden 98.
Waiting to see Sarasota Seamen played by you in this game!
I remember my soldiers playing techno bowl back in the day. I would walk into one of their rooms and I would hear FUMBLE lol.
Haven't heard of this game until yesterday when I saw it released on Switch. Figuring that would be the inferior and less updated version, I bought it on Steam instead. Omfg, everything you said was spot on. This game is consuming my free time now.
This looks Cool. Will definitely support this and college bowl when they come to console..
This looks good I always wondered why this idea wasn’t more common but pro bowl kinda explained to me why
Is it truly fully customizable? Can I rename the team nicknames? Can I create players from the ground up?
YES! Someone made a video about this game! I love this game!
im not even 3 minutes into the video and i'm already sold. this looks so fun
Impressive. Especially the depth you are talking about.
My favourite part is the fact you can make custom ads tbh
Is it minor in the grand scheme of things? Yeah but it adds to an incredible game
i fw it imma check it out great video gang💯
I bought this game last year. I agree this game is fantastic! I have not played it with franchise mode working yet. But I will!
Finally! It’s here!
NFL QB Club 97 let's you choose a start year with their Season mode
Can’t wait for this to drop on console
Let's get this on consoles. Love Retro Bowl definitely want to play this too.
Yes I love Retro Bowl
This game looks PHENOMENAL. Deep franchise AND fun sim-esque gameplay? YES.
I once won a game against the computer in 2K1 2-0 & that is something unthinkable in a madden game
If this comes to Switch I'll get it.
Reminds me of retro bowl on my phone 🔥🔥🔥
I need a basketball version
Great video.....could you do a review on FOOTBALL HEROES TURBO....
Man, I need this for my Series X ASAP!!!!
This would be perfect on the switch
This game is so good it has me wanting to make videos again.
I NEED THIS GAME ON PS4! I've Wanted Any Madden Alternative For So Long.
This isn't an alternative by any means...
@Beaverish Buck Teeth not the point. It's not alternative. It's arcade. It's like comparing the show vs rbi baseball
@@Mbolf24 By Alternative I Meant Any Game Besides Madden With A Playable Franchise Mode (Although Maddens Isn't Very Playable)
Jeez what really pissed me off in that Madden 22 clip.....was that the goat David Mills wasn't in it 😭
If this comes out on macOS, I'll def support
I loved Retro Bowl so I’m certain to enjoy this.
Ok I'm about to get this game
I might test this out
What music do you use in your videos?
I'm 41 and I'm from a day when 4 or 5 football titles came out every single year and madden was king then. The only years madden wasn't king was maybe in the late 90s. Theres a reason madden is the only title around today with or without the license exclusiveness from the nfl
would be dope if a big company picked this up and they built on it!
A “big company” would necessarily be focussed on maximising profits for minimal investment… because a big company’s first loyalty is to its shareholders… not its customers. They’d make the game worse, rather than better. Just think about why no big company has already produced a football game this good in over 20 years.
If a big company get this it will not be a complete game. It will be litered with micro transactions that will require you to login every day (have internet connection/always online game) that will make you addicted to it because you need to play every day for measly rewards.
Took everything that makes retrobowl great and improved it 30x
What about someone who wants to experience football without knowing anything about what plays to choose or any of that? does a game exist for people like that?
Retro Bowl for mobile, this dude covered it on his channel too
Will this come to Xbox by any chance? Just dont have a pc to game on.
Buying this when it comes to switch
It wasn't brought up so I am pretty sure I know the answer, but as someone knew to seeing this game be brought up, is there any customization in terms of playbooks? As simple as just pick different formations to make a playbook, or is there, or will there potentially be, anything close to create a formation and make plays based on predetermined routes and concepts, or even as far as create your own plays? That is a big thing that football games are missing nowadays, is that real free customization of plays and playbooks. Another thing for me, and this is just personal taste and doesn't matter, but just different uniform sets you can create so you can quickly change what you're wearing in game. I'm an Oregon ducks fan, so I enjoy having 100 uniform options for game day.
Yes there is a playbook customizer that you can download on the discord and people share their playbooks. looks like it will be only available for PC though, for now. There is home, away and alt jerseys currently. It's one guy so if the consoles sell well enough there will be an improved sequel.
"2D 16-bit Age" video games: AGAIN, BEYOND AND FOREVER!
You sold me on this.
I’m sold. You need a job in marketing
The game has a few problems.
One is once you're able to score at will on Veteran you move up to SuperStar or Legend.
The problem with that is every time you kick off the AI damn near returns it for a touchdown every time.
Great game and all but it needs better balancing.
Turns out I could be wrong here and if you pick the play kick middle you have to kick middle or you will get wrecked. I think I was kicking in the wrong direction of the picked play causing me this issue.
Why they keep comparing this to Madden? This is John Elway's QB meets Joe Montana football.
Omg it looks like a better looking Madden '93... which is one of my favorite football games ever! How am I just now hearing about this!? Damn
Good review. Accurate.
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