AFL Challenge
AFL simulation for the PlayStation Portable.
AFL Challenge is a PlayStation Portable sports title centered on the AFL. Wicked Witch Software handled development, with publishing duties shared by Tru Blu Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment. Its schedule mirrors the 2009 AFL season, featuring every official club and a fixed best 22-player lineup for each, with no allowance for position changes.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Wicked Witch Software
- Publisher
- Tru Blu Entertainment; Sony Computer Entertainment
- Series
- AFL
- Genre
- Sports
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network
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Gameplay
Players can play through the entire season to the Grand Final. A team management system allows training players in skills such as kicking, tackling and running, enabling strategic choices during the season. Quick match mode is available from the main menu and season mode. Multiple camera angles, from close behind the player to wide stadium zooms, can be selected. Each player is fully animated, showing success or failure in actions like kicking, sprinting, tackling, hand balling and marking.
Marketing
Network Ten's program Thursday Night Live promoted AFL Challenge and its sister title Rugby League Challenge, claiming it inspired an inter-league kicking competition. TV advertisements for Sony's new PSP model and AFL Challenge aired on Channel 10 during the first week of the finals season. The game was also advertised on the official AFL website with a competition to win a PSP game pack, and on Sony's Australian PSP site with a front page advertisement.
Reception
AFL Challenge was universally critically panned. GameSpot's Dan Chiappini called it an unrewarding bore, citing shallow gameplay, technical issues, and horrible difficulty scaling, and gave it a 3 out of 10. PALGN said it was a dud that not even an AFL fan would enjoy, rating it 1 out of 10.
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