Mutant Football League

Mutant Football League is an American football video game. It is a spiritual successor to Electronic Arts' Mutant League Football. The game was released on Microsoft Windows on October 31, 2017, released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 19, 2018,[1] and on Nintendo Switch on October 30, 2018.[2]

Mutant Football League
Developer(s)Digital Dreams Entertainment
Publisher(s)Digital Dreams Entertainment
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Release
  • Windows
  • October 31, 2017
  • PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • January 19, 2018
  • Nintendo Switch
  • October 30, 2018
Genre(s)Sports

Development

The game was developed by Digital Dreams Entertainment, led by Michael Mendheim, designer of the original Mutant League game. In 2013, Mendheim ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund the game's development, asking for $750,000. The project failed to reach its goal, but Mendheim persisted with the project. In 2017, a second Kickstarter campaign raised a more modest goal of $60,000.[3] Mendheim stated that due to the original funding failure the game will not have as much content as originally planned, and that the main purpose of the second Kickstarter was to fund development of online multiplayer.[4]

Gameplay

Mutant Football League is a violent, over-the-top interpretation of the game of football. It draws inspiration from the original Mutant League Football, as well as other games in the genre such as NFL Blitz.

The game features 7-on-7 action, with teams made up of various mutants, including Skeletal Deadheads, Monstrous Orcs, BruiserBots, Mutant-Humans, Hell-Spawned Demons, Rampaging Werewolves, and Criminal Aliens.[5] The fields are littered with obstacles, including buzzsaws and landmines. Players can call normal plays, as well as "dirty tricks", which include bribing the referee, and using a chainsaw to cut through the opposition.

Teams

Many of the teams are parodies of real-life NFL teams, with names like the Nuked London Hatriots and the Deadlanta Vultures. Players also have humorous names spoofing real-life NFL players, like Bomb Shady (Tom Brady), Von Killer (Von Miller), Wham Neutron (Cam Newton), Throb Bronkowski (Rob Gronkowski), and Hambonio Crown (Antonio Brown).

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Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
MetacriticPC: 74/100[6]
PS4: 62/100[7]
XONE: 72/100[8]

Notes
  1. Parody of the Pittsburgh Steelers
  2. Parody of the Baltimore Ravens
  3. Parody of the Jacksonville Jaguars
  4. Parody of the Oakland Raiders (relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2020 season, becoming the Las Vegas Raiders), as well as the Oakland Invaders (USFL); consist of mainly Skeletal Deadheads, as well as one Monstrous Orc named Martian Beast, being a parody of Marshawn Lynch (nicknamed "Beast Mode")
  5. Team name is a reference to a variation of the TLC match of the same name from the professional wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling
  6. Consist of all Criminal Aliens
  7. Parody of the Houston Texans, as well as the Houston Oilers (which are currently known as the Tennessee Titans), with Hexxon being a parody of the Exxon Mobil Corporation, headquartered in Irving, Texas
  8. Parody of the Indianapolis Colts
  9. Parody of the Kansas City Chiefs
  10. Parody of the Cleveland Browns
  11. Parody of the Los Angeles Chargers (previously known as the San Diego Chargers)
  12. Parody of the Denver Broncos
  13. Parody of the New England Patriots, but in this case based in London, England, rather than Foxborough, Massachusetts
  14. Team name is a reference to the 1980s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard; consist of mainly Monstrous Orcs, as well as one Mutant-Human named Iron Jaw Macgilicutti
  15. Team name "Terminators" is a reference to the movie franchise of the same name; consist of all BruiserBots
  16. Parody of the Arizona Cardinals, with the team name being a reference to the group of vices in Christian theology of the same name
  17. Parody of the Atlanta Falcons
  18. Parody of the Green Bay Packers
  19. Parody of the Philadelphia Eagles
  20. Parody of the Los Angeles Rams
  21. Parody of the Dallas Cowboys, with the team name being a reference to a party's intention to do injury to another party (Malice), as well as a fictional superhero character (Hellboy) created by Mike Mignola
  22. Parody of the Seattle Seahawks, with Microhard being a parody of the Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area
  23. Parody of the Chicago Bears
  24. Parody of the Detroit Lions
  25. Parody of the New Orleans Saints; team name was created by Christian T. Howard, whose name is also parodied in the game as a Rampaging Werewolf quarterback, Crimson Howler
  26. Parody of the New York Giants
  27. Parody of the Minnesota Vikings, with the team name being a reference to the Purple People Eaters, defensive line from 1960s to 1970s, as well as the 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley
  28. Parody of the Carolina Panthers, but in this case based in Charleston, South Carolina, rather than Charlotte, North Carolina
  29. Parody of the San Francisco 49ers
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References
  1. Moyse, Chris (5 January 2018). "Mutant Football League touches down on PS4 and Xbox One this month". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Theriault, Donald (September 20, 2018). "Mutant Football League To Kick Off October 30". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  3. "Mutant Football League Handily Meets Its KickStarter Goals". WWG. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  4. "Mutant Football League adds the voice of NBA Jam, and predicts tomorrow's big game (correction)". Polygon. 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. "GDC 2017: Michael Mendheim talks Mutant Football League". Shacknews. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  6. "Mutant Football League for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  7. "Mutant Football League for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  8. "Mutant Football League for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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