Foul Play (video game)
{{Short description|2013 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Foul Play
| image = Foul Play logo.png
| caption =
| developer = Mediatonic
| publisher = Devolver Digital
| engine =
| platforms = Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
| released = Windows, Xbox 360
18 September 2013
OS X, Linux
28 October 2013
PlayStation 4,PlayStation Vita
23 February 2016
| genre = Beat 'em up, action-adventure
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Foul Play is a 2013 brawler action-adventure developed by UK-based indie studio Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital.{{cite web | url = http://www.mediatonicgames.com/foul-play-game | title = Foul Play | date = 18 September 2013 | website = Mediatonic | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160315083338/http://www.mediatonicgames.com/foul-play-game/ | archive-date = 15 March 2016 | url-status = dead | access-date = 28 November 2022}}{{cite web | url = https://store.steampowered.com/app/244810/ | title = Foul Play | date = 18 September 2013 | website = Steam | publisher = Valve | access-date = 10 December 2013 | archive-date = 7 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131207122733/http://store.steampowered.com/app/244810 | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = http://www.devolverdigital.com/games/view/foul-play | title = Foul Play | date = 18 September 2013 | website = Devolver Digital | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042232/http://www.devolverdigital.com/games/view/foul-play | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead | access-date = 28 November 2022}} It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on 18 September 2013 and for Mac OS X and Linux on 28 October 2013.{{cite web | url = https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/11729 | title = Foul Play Now Available on OSX [sic] and Linux | date = 28 October 2013 | website = Steam | publisher = Valve | access-date = 28 November 2022 | archive-date = 28 November 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221128193758/https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/11729 | url-status = live }} After a port to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita was announced in mid-2014, the PlayStation 4 received its early version of the game on 1 September 2015 in North America as part of the PlayStation Heroes charity campaign,{{cite web | url = https://blog.playstation.com/2015/09/01/win-a-trip-to-playstation-experience-with-ps-heroes/ | title = Win a Trip to PlayStation Experience with PS Heroes | last = Richardson | first = Shelly | date = 1 September 2015 | website = PlayStation Blog | publisher = Sony Interactive Entertainment | access-date = 28 November 2022 | archive-date = 28 November 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221128193808/https://blog.playstation.com/2015/09/01/win-a-trip-to-playstation-experience-with-ps-heroes/ | url-status = live }} while both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions were actually released on 23 February 2016.
Gameplay
Plot
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = (PC, X360) 69/100{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=pc | title = Foul Play for PC Reviews | website = Metacritic | publisher = Fandom | access-date = 10 December 2013 | archive-date = 22 December 2024 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20241222185521/https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=pc | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 | title = Foul Play for Xbox 360 Reviews | website = Metacritic | publisher = Fandom | access-date = 10 December 2013 | archive-date = 22 December 2024 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20241222185930/https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 | url-status = live }}
(PS4) 66/100{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 | title = Foul Play for PlayStation 4 Reviews | website = Metacritic | publisher = Fandom | access-date = 28 November 2022 | archive-date = 22 December 2024 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20241222185732/https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 | url-status = live }}
(Vita) 62/100{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/foul-play/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-vita | title = Foul Play for PlayStation Vita Reviews | website = Metacritic | publisher = Fandom | access-date = 28 November 2022}}
| 4P = (PC, X360) 70%{{cite magazine | url = https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/360/Test/35032/80037/0/Foul_Play.html | title = Test: Foul Play (PC, X360) | language = de | last = Oertel | first = Mathias | date = 30 September 2013 | website = 4Players | publisher = 4Players GmbH | access-date = 29 November 2022 | archive-date = 29 November 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221129002450/https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/360/Test/35032/80037/0/Foul_Play.html | url-status = live }}
| Destruct = (PC) 5.5/10{{cite web | url = https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-foul-play/ | title = Review: Foul Play (PC) | last = Hancock | first = Patrick | date = 21 November 2013 | website = Destructoid | publisher = Gamurs | access-date = 29 November 2022 | archive-date = 29 November 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221129002452/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-foul-play/ | url-status = live }}
| EuroG = (X360) 5/10{{cite web | url = https://www.eurogamer.net/foul-play-review | title = Foul Play review (Xbox 360) | last = Whitehead | first = Dan | date = 26 September 2013 | website = Eurogamer | publisher = Gamer Network | access-date = 28 November 2022}}
| GameRev = (X360) 8/10{{cite web | url = https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/61523-foul-play-review | title = Foul Play Review (X360) | last = Tan | first = Nicholas | date = 17 September 2013 | website = GameRevolution | publisher = CraveOnline | access-date = 28 November 2022}}
| GSpot = (X360) 6/10{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/foul-play-review/1900-6414442/ | title = Foul Play Review (X360) | last = Peele | first = Britton | date = 17 September 2013 | website = GameSpot | publisher = Fandom | access-date = 10 December 2013}}
| IGN = (PC, X360) 8.1/10{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/18/foul-play-review | title = Foul Play Review (PC, X360) | last = Corbett | first = Richard | date = 17 September 2013 | website = IGN | publisher = Ziff Davis | access-date = 28 November 2022 | archive-date = 27 November 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221127112922/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/18/foul-play-review | url-status = live }}
| Joystiq = (X360) {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2013-09-17-foul-play-review.html | title = Foul Play review: A midsummer night's demon (X360) | last = Conditt | first = Jessica | date = 17 September 2013 | website = Engadget (Joystiq) | publisher = Yahoo | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130920015913/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/17/foul-play-review/ | archive-date = 20 September 2013 | url-status = live | access-date = 28 November 2022}}
| OXM = (X360) 6.5/10{{cite magazine | url = http://www.oxmonline.com/foul-play-review | title = Foul Play review | last = Lewis | first = Cameron | date = 16 September 2013 | magazine = Official Xbox Magazine | publisher = Future US | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130918180907/http://www.oxmonline.com/foul-play-review | archive-date = 18 September 2013 | url-status = dead | access-date = 28 November 2022}}
| PCGN = (PC) 6/10{{cite web | url = https://www.pcgamesn.com/foul-play-pc-review | title = Foul Play PC Review [date mislabeled as "May 29, 2014"] | last = Benson | first = Julian | date = 20 September 2013 | website = PCGamesN | publisher = Network N | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130925024945/https://www.pcgamesn.com/foul-play-pc-review | archive-date = 25 September 2013 | url-status = live | access-date = 28 November 2022}}
| Poly = (X360) 7.5/10{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/24/4747228/foul-play-review-standing-ovation | title = Foul Play review: standing ovation (X360) | last = Riendeau | first = Danielle | date = 24 September 2013 | website = Polygon | publisher = Vox Media | access-date = 10 December 2013 | archive-date = 29 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131129033754/http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/24/4747228/foul-play-review-standing-ovation | url-status = live }}
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The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN said that the game "stages one of the most imaginative brawlers around, with bonus points for style in more ways than one." GameSpot praised the Xbox 360 version's art style and plot, but criticised its repetitive nature.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042232/http://www.devolverdigital.com/games/view/foul-play Foul Play at Devolver Digital]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160315083338/http://www.mediatonicgames.com/foul-play-game/ Foul Play at Mediatonic]
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