Bang Average Football Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published May 1, 2024 · Updated April 30, 2024

Bang Average Football Review, Experience the thrill of the beautiful game in Bang Average Football – the fast-paced, addictive, easy-to-learn football game for 1-4 players! Play against your friends for footballing glory in multiplayer, or turn a hopeless club into national champions as player-manager in Story mode!

Bang Average Football Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
76.1MB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – resolution, graphics preset quality, fullscreen, particle traits, and animated match entities.
Football gameplay.
You can remap controls for both the keyboard and the controller.
Accessibility options – game speed, use high contrast hits, show player team indicators, disable flash, and disable screenshake.
Gameplay options – show fps, enable replays, pause when the window loses focus, and never use the controller for player one.
Three save slots.
Two game modes – quick match and story.
Character creator – name, male/female, skin, hair color, hairstyle, facial hair, and outfit.
Story mode has three difficulties – Easy, medium, and hard.
You can setup story mode to allow you to simulate matches, and skip opening cutscenes.
Team creator – name, nickname, and home and away kits.
Cool gimmick where the controls menu puts you into a closed-off area where you can see the controls and practice, this even happens when in a game.
Plays like Sensible Soccer in that you have control but it’s very loose and the ball doesn’t stick to your feet.
You see a power bar when holding down the pass or shoot button.
Full game stats breakdown after full time.
Outside of playing games in the story mode, you have a town that you can walk around, and interact with players, fans, and the chairman.
Reputation plays a part and you can see how you are doing by going to the pub and chatting with fans and the landlady.
Earn state points in story mode to put into either – speed control, passing, shooting, power, tackling, handling, and agility.
Practice mini-games can trigger before a game, they are optional but they usually carry a state point for finishing.
Full team management from assigning numbers to tactics and formations.
You get quests to do in the town and again these are mostly optional and can be done in any order.
The game has a story layer that is intriguing and well-implemented.
Colin’s challenge is where you get a set of goals to hit in order to earn more state points.
Earn coins from doing quests and from games.
Visit other towns interact with people and explore.
Controller assists – shot assist, pass assist, cross assist, and switching players (natural/reversed/basic). The assists can be set to (off/weak/strong).
Weather changes as you advance time or play games.
Auto saves regularly.
Multiple-choice encounters can happen in story mode.
Upgrade and improve the stadium using coins earned. You get control over what gets done.
Rain and snow will affect how the ball moves in terms of speed and accuracy.
All players have a rating out of ten.
You can set the mentality and pressing of the team.
Create and save your own team presets so you can swap between them before future games.
A lot of fun to play.
Scratches the retro itch for old football games.
Goal replays can be saved as a GIF.
Provides a solid challenge.

Bang Average Football Review Cons:

The dripps/practice could do with being before your first game.
People around time repeat the same lines a lot and it all feels very canned.
The controls take some getting used to.
Simulating a game is instant, you don’t get to watch it play out or anything.
The performance is not always great, I had it hitch or lag a fair few times which really messes up timing and charging shots.
Slow start with a lot of walking around and little tasks.
Simulate matches means it will simulate all games, it’s not a choice per game.
Doesn’t offer online play in any way.
Cannot skip or fast forward goal celebrations and replays quickly.
Doesn’t have official names and teams, more an FYI.

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