The old mantra is that 'offence wins games, defence wins championships', but your defence will never get a pick-six on Retro Bowl. This creates a weird balance when building your team in the background. If it's higher, they'll score less often. It's just that the player isn't able to take control of any aspect of the defence, with the game skipping through opposition possessions with your D's star rating the only thing that really matters. Retro Bowl absolutely has defensive play, and your opponents will be playing defence against you on every snap. That's because your defence doesn't exist in Retro Bowl. Something you might've noticed in my assessment of Retro Bowl is how all my explanation revolves around the offensive play. Each game is super quick to drop into - it's been my go-to for bus journeys. While in the mobile version, I often found myself swiping up and down to juke around, controlling a running player with the Switch's sticks feels nice and easy. There's also a lot of control afforded to you when running with the ball. It's not quite as satisfying as the mobile version where you pull back on the QB's arm like you're aiming a slingshot, but does a fine job with the Switch's control limitations. To pass, you just drag an aiming reticule to where you want to throw the ball and your QB will do it (to varying degrees of success depending on their skill rating).
The simpler the better, and New Star Games did a great job of translating the game's controls, which were perfect on mobile devices with touch screens, to a console with analogue sticks and a bunch of buttons. The worst thing about the NFL is watching a great play happen only for it to get called back for a holding call on a random offensive lineman. There are also no penalties, which I think benefits the game big time. Rules like touchbacks after kickoffs aren't present - you have to run the ball back every time or you'll concede a Safety.
Certain aspects of the real-life NFL aren't included in Retro Bowl, and the game benefits from this - although it's worth knowing if you expect to be able to play it as though it's a Madden game.
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