What sets Super Arcade Football apart from other arcade soccer games?

[captaincofresi]

I am just wondering this, since Sensible Soccer already has a HD freeware version available: https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/swos-2020 . So I think that is quite the competition, and there should be really something new and interesting like Futsal and/or Street Soccer in this game to set it apart from Sensi I think. As being a longtime Sensi player, I think there is an opportunity there on that front. Maybe a bit like Fifa Street 2012, but then with a good top/bottom long distance view for the field orientation ;-). And with a bit less tricks (read=less buttons), just the basics. So that it won't end up in button bashing. Or learning all the complex combo's.

And when Sociable Soccer returns to Steam/PC there will be another competitor for SAF. Just wondering how this game will show some features that will set it apart. At the moment I do not see that much innovation or different gameplay in SAF (from the most recent video of the new pixelart build). Maybe only the fantasy features like Meteorites now sets it apart, only that is something that is a feature I would turn off. To be able to play soccer/football.

Maybe some people who have played the latest build of the game can give me some insight into this. Since I am not a big fan of investing in Early Access if there is no clear direction for the game. That is how it now looks to me.

[GOALARG]

Sencible Soccer is dead, only it can get basic updates, graphics and transfers, but, ball physic is totality unrealistic, speed gameplay very very acceleratd, players look like ants, player direction has only 8 , up, down, sides and diagonals, no offside!, no marcs on the pitch when players sliders, no no and no it is dead, no gameplay updates anymore.

[captaincofresi]

Okay, thanks GOALARG for your opinion on Sensi. I get that you do not like the game and yes it's old. For a game that already had great 'easy to learn, hard to master' gameplay mechanics for its time (1996), there was no need for gameplay updates. It only had one gameplay update by the community: the addition of more compact formations for the AI and players, so you can play at a highger difficulty. And recently a bug in SWOS 2020 v1.2 was found that made the goalkeepers very difficult to pass, that is being turned into a feature for the SWOS 2020 Total Pack v1.2 (a special version of Sensi where you can customize a lot of visuals / sounds / difficulty for the game). So yes, I agree there are only minimal gameplay updates. You do certainly have a case as for the only 8-directions, this will make the gameplay in SAF stand apart from Sensi. The marks on the pitch for slides is also a nice visual addition in this game. So sure I can see that SAF does have a couple of nice new addtions that set it apart from Sensi. And as you mentioned a more realistic model for the ball physics is also something that sets it apart.

As for offside, I think that is a matter of taste if you like or don't like to have that in an arcade football/soccer game. I think it really depends al lot on how it is implemented, since it can really slow down the arcade gameplay.

That then leaves Sociable Soccer, a more realistic competitor for SAF. As they do have already addressed a lot of the cons you mentioned for Sensi. Just wondering if SAF will be able to compete with that game when it comes back to PC/Steam at the end of this year.

[GOALARG]

I think SAF has potential future, If you like arcade, ok, SWoS is for you, I love SwoS, but it needs improvements and SAF can make it, new blood, offside can be on off from settings, SAF gameplay speed is perfect right now, players run like real football, good (no ants like swos), ball physic is good too , I think needs 360 degrees gamepad directions, icon player name over its head, lineman with flag animation when offside hehe, gk needs more personality, it stay under goal, it needs walk full penalty box, marks on the pitch,5 hair styles: skin head, Valderrama style, normal , horse coil and Sidane style, 4 skin colors: messi, aguero , ronaldinho, Etoo skin colors. NO asteroids or on off settings, goal nets animations, no more !