My hometown has a soccer team now. I live in the United States, so this is kind of a big deal. It's been a cool experience to have a local team, and has led to some really interesting experiences, such as watching the lovely yet bizarre spectacle of internationally ranked goalkeeper Roman Bürki stalwartly defending the honor of my brand new hot pink midwestern American soccer team. When I see him bravely fighting in goal, a bunch of howling fans at his back, in Missouri for some reason, I am faced with one thought that outranks all others: give that man a gun.
Turns out that I'm not the only person to have had that thought. FEAR FA 98, by Madrid-based developer Jacob Jazz and recently fully funded on Kickstarter is the beautiful game with a brutal twist. Instead of my sweet, debatably successful team of pink-clad Missourians, the players of FEAR FA are serial killers, "sectarians", and psychotic nurses, the stadiums are named things like "Semetary Hill" and "Chainsaws United," and if your team is struggling at halftime you can summon demons to help you out (Roman Bürki should be allowed to do that too). The stadiums are full of puzzles and traps, so you're playing not just against the opposing team but also against a hostile environment that keeps things interesting by constantly changing. Plus, if the referee makes a call you don't like you can kill him with a chainsaw. What's not to like?
