![]() ![]() Overall, Guts ‘n Goals is a fantastic game, and one that gives you tonnes of reasons to play. There’s also a Shop where you can purchase new Heroes, Skins and Weapons with your hard earned coins, and this refreshes over time to add new stock, or you can pay 50 coins to refresh it early. There’s unlockable sections that will appear upon getting beyond a certain point, with Challenges giving you a bunch of different tasks to try your hand at a currently still locked-for-us mode (that we believe will be unlocked after completing all MVP Hunter contracts, but damn that is hard) and Minigames, where you can play the eight Minigames outwith the Grand Prix mode (once you’ve unlocked them all). You can view all of the characters you’ve unlocked via the Collection screen, with a total of 409 items unlockable across Characters, Skins, Weapons, Stadiums, Gamemodes, Mutators, and Secrets. ![]() (Psst, it’s also ended up as an inadvertent little reference to Aggro Crab, as the hat and jumper I’m wearing in the photo they used for reference is some of their merch!). There’s tonnes of cute little characters in the audience - and I’m totally not biased here, since I’m one of them! You can see me in the screenshot above, on the left hand side with the red hat, ginger hair and yellow top, standing next to the lil’ axolotl dude. The soundtrack is really upbeat and works well with the frenetic energy of each match, with its Arcadey tunes and chaos on the pitch. Once new skins and weapons have been unlocked, they get added to the roster for you to choose between, though Skins are particular to certain Heroes, whereas the Weapons can be chosen by anyone. With a decent variety of characters to choose from, each with their own individual Skill, and customisable skins and weapons available. Characters are well designed, and you’ve got a bunch of gorgeously designed arenas to play in. The visuals are cute and bright, with pixel art style in the levels, and clean, vibrant artwork in the menus and splash screens. Matches have mutators that kick in during the final minute (if you haven’t reached the two-goal limit by that time), and these can really change things up, with a Spike Ball that will KO you if you bump into it, as well as mutators that cause all opponents to turn invisible - which can make for a truly challenging time - and this is just to name a couple The controls feel great, and whilst it does take a bit of getting used to - particularly as you’ll have a cooldown timer after using special abilities, and getting knocked down leaves you out cold for a count of three, there’s a lot of fun in successfully scoring a goal - especially after using a charged attack - and smacking down your opponents. Thankfully, if you lose any particular round, it allows you to retry instead of ending the run there - as this would have made it even more of a task to get through! ![]() You’ve got the standard Soccer Matches, as well as Minigames (including games such as King of the Hill, or a Splatoon styled paint the arena minigame) and Bonus Stages, such as getting the ball from one side of the room to the other within a set amount of time and you’ll need to successfully get through a sequence of these in order to win. Working your way through the main game mode, Grand Prix, can be pretty damn challenging, especially as Soccer Matches only require two goals to win - so it can make a match end fairly quickly. You’ve got a baseball bat (or one of a huge range of other weapons) to hit the ball - and your opponents - with, and you’ll need to fight to win in these surprisingly difficult matches. Developed by CodeManu and published by PM Studios, Guts ‘n Goals is different from your typical football/soccer based game, in that things are a little bit more… aggressive. ![]()
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