I was initially sceptical of Rematch, wondering why the team behind intricate martial arts games Absolver and Sifu were making what looked like an awkward turn to street rules football. But that early doubt was almost immediately overhauled by a sports game that's bizarrely true-to-life – warts and all.
Rematch is a small-sided football game, in which you play in teams of either three, four, or five players. Unlike the FIFA or Madden genre giants, however, Rematch places you in control not of the whole team, but a single player. The focus, true to developer Sloclap's previous work, is on physicality. You've got intricate control of your player, and that transfers to intricate control of the ball – you're responsible for accurately threading passes, placing tackles, or aiming shots.
