iTable Soccer Online (Subbuteo)

Acidbottle · Posted by Acidbottle, 10-06-2009

iTable Soccer Online (ITS) is the very first iPhone videogame based on the legendary Subbuteo® table football game, today an official sport named Table Football, played according to the traditional rules of the game.
In Table Football, each player has 11 figures, and the object of the game is to score by flicking the ball with the finger into the other side’s net, following the rules set by the "Federation International Sport Table Football" (www.fistf.info).

• Two game modes: minigames and online championship
• Advanced game physics based on display touch
• Online multiplayer world championship for hours and hours of breathtaking challenges
• 4 minigames (Kick, Basket, Curling and Action) playable also offline (after sending record for first-time entry)
• Players to challenge filtered by total points, name, country and other statistics
• World rankings for both "championship" and minigames mode
• Team creation and personalization
• 84 countries and 168 kits
• 3 different types and weights of bases making a total of 9 dynamic combinations (thanks to www.astrobase.it )
• Help area with 5 video tutorials
• Translated into 6 languages (UK and US English, German, Spanish, Italian and French)
• Fostered by the Federation International Sport Table Football - www.fistf.info

anyone up for a TOFTT?

Menneisyys · 12-19-2009, 07:04 PM

Multiplayer demo video posted to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYjadJja0UY

I will also soon (in 1-2 days) post a more elaborate post on the game to the multiplayer update / news catch-up thread ( http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=419463 ) and, finally, may also update the main multiplayer article here at the User Reviews forum (see http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=34037 ). The latter will only be done later (if the quality of the title warrants it, that is).

NOTE: the usual remarks explained at the bottom of http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpo...5&postcount=10 (see section “4. The videos”) apply – that is, 3G vs. 3G S speed comparison; only one player etc.

Uhgii · 12-19-2009, 07:47 PM

It caught my eye at first, but I started losing interested while I watched the dev struggle to move the camera around and even play the game...

I'd need to see another video before I would reconsider.

Menneisyys · 12-19-2009, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Uhgii

It caught my eye at first, but I started losing interested while I watched the dev struggle to move the camera around and even play the game...

I'd need to see another video before I would reconsider.

My videos aren't advertisement or developer videos - that is, one can't expect a perfectly engineered one. Their sole reason is to show you how one can start multiplayer, what multiplayer options there are and also show what the game is about. They are NOT suited for a more complete introduction to the game, the physics it uses, all the tricks of the control etc.

Uhgii · 12-20-2009, 12:25 AM

Then I suppose I didn't realize what you were trying to achieve with the video.

I'd have taken your word for it (or the description) that it has working multiplayer.

And I still stand by overall feeling that it made the game look clumsy.

NZer · 12-20-2009, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Uhgii

Then I suppose I didn't realize what you were trying to achieve with the video.

I'd have taken your word for it (or the description) that it has working multiplayer.

And I still stand by overall feeling that it made the game look clumsy.

The video was specifically designed to show how multiplayer works. If you think the video looks bad then great!!! but probably best to keep it to yourself because you don't want to look silly eh?

To the Devs, thanks for the Vid and i'm going to give this one a try, after all its only 1.99 the price of a NZ pint of beer........mmmmm beer

Uhgii · 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NZer

The video was specifically designed to show how multiplayer works. If you think the video looks bad then great!!! but probably best to keep it to yourself because you don't want to look silly eh?

To the Devs, thanks for the Vid and i'm going to give this one a try, after all its only 1.99 the price of a NZ pint of beer........mmmmm beer

I look silly for voicing my opinion, and asking for an additional video properly showing off gameplay?

Apparently unless you're a fanboy, you're not welcome in threads. I guess I missed the purpose of Touch Arcade merely being a place for users to stroke developers' egos.

*Shrug*

Acidbottle · 12-20-2009, 05:25 AM

had nabbed this a while ago when it went on sale, was a shame to see it dip under the radar as it is quite a polished title.

it does take a long time to get the hang of flicking the ball around the pitch tho and sadly i wasnt motivated to perevere when noone was online to play against

should have been a freebie for a couple days to build up a community. really good attempt at subbuteo tho so maybe i'll give it another bash!

Menneisyys · 12-20-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by NZer

To the Devs, thanks for the Vid and i'm going to give this one a try, after all its only 1.99 the price of a NZ pint of beer........mmmmm beer

I'm not a dev. Ughii is right, the video could have been better, but, again, it's not an "official" one, just a quick video showing how the multiplayer should be started. The devs themselves would surely have spent far more time with planning and, then, shooting and post-processing the video than me. My video is NOT trying to be an all-in-one one, as is also explained in my Multiplayer bible.