Ondrej Holzman The biggest soccer holiday, the World Cup, is about to break out in Brazil, and you can get in the mood for this spectacular sporting event with the funny and slightly addictive Puppet Soccer 2014. Definitely don't expect a sophisticated soccer experience from this game for iPhones and iPads, it's more about a form of entertaining relaxation in a pleasant form full of caricatures of well-known football players.
Puppet Soccer 2014 does not introduce any new game model, on the field, which is the screen of your iOS device, there are two goals on each side, two soccer players facing each other and their task is to get the ball behind each other's back. Kick, head or push him there with your body. The controls are simple, you have directional arrows, an up arrow to jump and a "shoe" to kick. It's up to you how you aim (an arrow tells you when you kick).
But what Puppet Soccer 2014 did well, and what could be of interest to soccer fans right now, is the connection with the upcoming World Cup. It will take place in June and July in Brazil, and you can play the entire tournament ahead of time in Puppet Soccer 2014. You choose one of 32 authentic participants and, most importantly, you have several perfectly crafted players to choose from each team, which means you get to know their biggest stars in each team.
Every player is of course different, Puppet Soccer 2014 is all about kick quality, jump and speed, and you can upgrade each attribute with the coins you get as you unlock more and more players. In total, there are over 60 of them in the game, and each one caricatures a real player. You will recognize Messi in the Argentinian team, Ronaldo in the Portuguese team, Pirlo in the Italian team, and Neymar will lead the home team of Brazil. But it's up to you which player you like the most in the end. Everyone has a chance to win the world championship.
But so that 90 minutes (in the game it's 90 seconds) isn't just boring kicking the ball, you can collect special bonuses that make the ball bigger or smaller, freeze the opponent, chewing gum makes it impossible for him to get off the ground, and the snail slows him down perfectly. For each scored goal, winning match and progression to the next stages of the tournament, you get the already mentioned coins, which you then use to improve your players. And if you get tired of fighting AI, Puppet Soccer 2014 also offers two-player gameplay. Here, however, it is much more convenient to play on the larger iPad display, when the screen is split in half and each player has more space than on the iPhone.
Puppet Soccer 2014 is free to download and inside the app you can buy in-game coins and diamonds for real money, which are also used to upgrade and unlock new players. If you can't wait for the football tournament in Brazil, Puppet Soccer 2014 can shorten the wait.
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multiplayer would be interesting
Multiplayer is currently on one device with the help of splitscreen, in time we will hopefully add the one between two
I smoke all the time, my friends and I played the flash game Big head football, and this one is quite similar, so it's great. Play the game for 2 players or multiplayer and I have nothing to complain about
We are gradually improving, it doesn't work all at once :-)
I'm just wondering what the situation is with any player face licenses. Great effort from the author (I saw the app on AppParade), but so that he doesn't have any problems in the future...
Caricatures are used quite often in games, the bigger problem is with the license for a name together with a face or a team. That could be a problem. We changed the names enough to avoid legal problems.
Thanks, we will work on the improved multiplayer after the championship.