![]() Apart from a rubble-strewn gravel road running through the middle, it was easy on the eye, especially the children’s area, a tree-dotted grassland of mini-tightropes, diablo and hula-hooping. ![]() The site took the form of a long strip with venues, bars, fairground rides and shops running down it, and the Main Stage at one end. It was very 21 st Century, a 4,000-capacity commercial event aimed at modern families. But let’s not kid ourselves Forgotten Fields is a hippy entity. The old countercultural ones, decades ago, had almost none, surviving on an anarchistic community spirit. It’s a weird line, organization at festivals. Mostly, everyone was busy getting stuck into wine, cider, and beer, sat on cool boxes and fold-up chairs, chatting eagerly as barbecues sizzled, their children cavorting about, shrieking in the setting sun. There were other moans too, but who wants to read a whingeing list of campsite fails? Better to focus on the positive. And about the main festival arena – where all the food stalls were – not yet being open as evening approached. Grumbles were also heard about hours-long queues to an overloaded campervan field. They had intended to pitch up in the advertised family camping but it soon appeared that designation of specific areas had descended into a shambles. We eventually found our pack of friends – six adults and three children. Someone had placed a big, and somewhat angry-looking, cardboard sign on their drive shouting, “THIS IS NOT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FESTIVAL!” We were among those circulating the back roads of rural Sussex but eventually, after phoning someone on-site, my partner-in-crime and I found the only two festival signs either of us saw all day, which were at the site entrance. The first thing that Forgotten Fields forgot was almost any signage to their festival, thus, on Friday afternoon, the A26 and A267, on either side of Eridge Park, were full of cars trawling up and down seeking any hint of an entrance. Perhaps Kendal Calling taking place only a week before stretched Forgotten Fields’ organization beyond its creators’ abilities… ![]() All, however, had complaints of one sort or another. It came out approximately head-to-head between 2/5 and 3/5, with the caveat that most had enjoyed themselves due to excellent weather and good company. Screen Rant was provided with a digital download code for the purpose of this review.On Sunday, before leaving the site, I took a verbal poll of tens of attendees, asking them to score the festival on the usual five star review scale. Mario Strikers: Battle League releases on June 10 for Nintendo Switch. Next: Best Nintendo Switch Games To Play In June 2022 Mario Strikers: Battle League is a good game with fun to be had, but a lack of identity and some lackluster roster variety means its one that won't stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other greats in the Mario sports catalog. In a lot of ways, Battle League feels like the blueprint for Nintendo to expand its sports offerings into its own inventions, rather than continuing to pair up its characters with an existing pastime. The significant changes to design in terms of gameplay make it feel utterly unfamiliar to those who enjoy soccer, while it's adherence to some of the elements of soccer make it less ambitious than it could have been. While that's not necessarily a problem for those just looking for a good time, it does make me wonder why Mario Strikers: Battle League can't just invent its own sport and be done with it. There's also stat attributes associated with each character, which makes designing a team a little bit more involved - some character, like Waluigi, are fast but not technically proficient, which means he's better off setting up plays while better finishers, like Mario, should be on the end of them. That said, the roster players get is full of the staples of the Mario franchise, with those not making the initial cut being less prominent characters like Boo or Shy Guy. ![]() Related: Nintendo Switch Sports Review: Super Simplistic Mega Fun It's a little surprising, since part of the replayability in these types of games comes from character unlocks, and it definitely hurts the title's appeal to have so much of the total roster available from the start. One of the most immediately noticeable elements is the lack of character unlocks in the game's progression system, which seems to be saving these for DLC. Mario Strikers: Battle League features 5-on-5 team battles, with each team made up of recognizable fan favorites from the Mario franchise.
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