So i played this game for over an hour now. It's a fun simple game, it's a bit disappointing that the matches aren't controllable though but what do we expect it's a joseimuke game (games targeted at women) so it's definitely gonna be easy and simple.
• GAMEPLAY
It has two gameplay modes, the futsal matches and the member training/practice.
In the Futsal Matches, it's automated, basically you dont control how your boys movement, pass or shoot the ball. Their performance in the match depends on how strong their cards is. In the middle of the match you can choose which skill you want to use and then inorder to perform it well there will be a mini rhythm game that will pop up. It's a two button rhythm game and you will press both of them at the same time.
In the Training/Practice mode, It's basically like Enstars Basic, WAVE!!, or any other games with simulation gameplay. You choose 5 boys and they will train in various training grounds in chibi form, after you complete it you will get items/materials that you will use to strengthen your cards.
• GACHA SYSTEM/STORAGE SIZE
When you start the game they will give you 800 gems enough to do 1 multi pull summon. The rates are 3% for the 4*, 17% for the 3* and 80% for the 2*. Sadly they dont have any sparking system (yet) so getting your fave boy will be harder to get unless the gacha gods loves you. It also has a Friend point system and you can get 3*s there. Rerolling isnt easy here since theres no reroll button.
The game is also huge about 3GB in total, I'm guessing it's because of the 3D models used in matches but who knows.
• PLOT/CHARACTERS/ART/VOICE ACTING
Sadly since i can't understand japanese i wont be giving any comment on this one but the main story is fully voiced and they also have Live2D.
The game has 31 characters if im not mistaken and there are a total of 5 groups. Design wise i really like Kaito so far.
The card artwork quality is average. It's not that bad but it's not amazing either. I dont think this game has a lot of budget so I'm really fine with the art quality it has right now. Maybe in the future it will be better.
Sadly from what i researched, all the seiyuu casts in this game are newbies or not well known. It's unfortunate because it just means this game won't be popular quickly unless they pour tons of marketing for this game which I doubt bandai will do if they didnt even bother hiring popular VAs.
OVERALL- It's a nice game if you just want to pass time or if you like the boys' character designs. I dont think this game will last more than 6 months though. If it does then it's a miracle. But so far I'm having fun watching the boys pass and shoot the ball~ 🤣
I'm not going to be nice about this game so if you're gonna get upset you might as well skip this.
Game size 3gb (how is a game that just got released already this size? especially for how simple it is, which i'll get into later)
Takes like 10 minutes to get through the tutorial. There is no way to quickly reroll so you'll have to clear data. Major issue that I have here: The game has you do an initial DL of about 300mb then has you download 1.3 gb (which is standard for a lot of games) but even after all that you are STILL downloading 12mb here and 20mb there. wtf? I get if that happens when pulling in the gacha or even in the story because of art and voice but that should not be happening in random parts of the game. You can download the full game from the menu (didn't check to see how much it was.) Another issue was definitely the waiting on the downloads themselves or just on loading screens. I sat there for a good minute at one point waiting for the download to start and when it finally did my screen turned off because I hadn't interacted with it. Well when I went to unlock the phone again it sat there not downloading. Closed the game and opened it and it did the same thing. Literally had to clear data just to get it to work again. Only way to link the game is via a bandai namco ID. You can sign up for one (JP) or if you already have a Japanese one you can just login. Both the login and registration allow you to use another service such as LINE, Apple, Facebook and Twitter.
Let's talk about the actual game itself though. Just when I didn't think a sports game couldn't dumb itself down any further Futsal Boys decides it wants to come smashing on to the scene. You're a manager (nothing new here) for these teams of high school boys (seems to be that whatever school's story you decide to read is where you're the manager? not gonna lie I didn't bother to read much of the story) and you do the most basic of things. For training you essentially just toss the ball to one of them and then they play for a bit. If there's crap on the floor they get upset and you have to clean it up. The actual matches are just as bad. The only thing you really do at this point is cheer at certain times and it's like a rhythm game.
None of the voice actors for the boys were recognizable to me. The voices people will recognize are the coaches and directors from the schools. The art is also whatever. From the roll I did you at least get the boys in various outfits and not just for school or for their team. Another thing that annoyed me was that there was no mention of the ages of these guys. They had birthdays (with no year which is standard) but no actual ages. They all ranged from 1st to 3rd years so I'm guessing the ages were 15-18.
You get a free 10roll (not rerollable) and it guarantees a 3* and higher. 4* is the highest rarity in the game and the rate is the standard 3%. you are given enough to do one ten roll (which is 800 gems) and a single (which is usually 80 but they have a gacha that allows you to do a single for 40 gems once a day.) You also get a ticket that doesn't guarantee anything.
There's an anime coming in Jan of 2022 as well. I feel like if they had added more well known voice actors the game/franchise in general would've seen some interest but I doubt there will be much.
If it wasn't obvious I'm not gonna bother with this game. For all the above mentioned reasons.
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2.2I'm not going to be nice about this game so if you're gonna get upset you might as well skip this. Game size 3gb (how is a game that just got released already this size? especially for how simple it is, which i'll get into later) Takes like 10 minutes to get through the tutorial. There is no way to quickly reroll so you'll have to clear data. Major issue that I have here: The game has you do an initial DL of about 300mb then has you download 1.3 gb (which is standard for a lot of games) but even after all that you are STILL downloading 12mb here and 20mb there. wtf? I get if that happens when pulling in the gacha or even in the story because of art and voice but that should not be happening in random parts of the game. You can download the full game from the menu (didn't check to see how much it was.) Another issue was definitely the waiting on the downloads themselves or just on loading screens. I sat there for a good minute at one point waiting for the download to start and when it finally did my screen turned off because I hadn't interacted with it. Well when I went to unlock the phone again it sat there not downloading. Closed the game and opened it and it did the same thing. Literally had to clear data just to get it to work again. Only way to link the game is via a bandai namco ID. You can sign up for one (JP) or if you already have a Japanese one you can just login. Both the login and registration allow you to use another service such as LINE, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Let's talk about the actual game itself though. Just when I didn't think a sports game couldn't dumb itself down any further Futsal Boys decides it wants to come smashing on to the scene. You're a manager (nothing new here) for these teams of high school boys (seems to be that whatever school's story you decide to read is where you're the manager? not gonna lie I didn't bother to read much of the story) and you do the most basic of things. For training you essentially just toss the ball to one of them and then they play for a bit. If there's crap on the floor they get upset and you have to clean it up. The actual matches are just as bad. The only thing you really do at this point is cheer at certain times and it's like a rhythm game. None of the voice actors for the boys were recognizable to me. The voices people will recognize are the coaches and directors from the schools. The art is also whatever. From the roll I did you at least get the boys in various outfits and not just for school or for their team. Another thing that annoyed me was that there was no mention of the ages of these guys. They had birthdays (with no year which is standard) but no actual ages. They all ranged from 1st to 3rd years so I'm guessing the ages were 15-18. You get a free 10roll (not rerollable) and it guarantees a 3* and higher. 4* is the highest rarity in the game and the rate is the standard 3%. you are given enough to do one ten roll (which is 800 gems) and a single (which is usually 80 but they have a gacha that allows you to do a single for 40 gems once a day.) You also get a ticket that doesn't guarantee anything. There's an anime coming in Jan of 2022 as well. I feel like if they had added more well known voice actors the game/franchise in general would've seen some interest but I doubt there will be much. If it wasn't obvious I'm not gonna bother with this game. For all the above mentioned reasons.