Despelote review

For such an ostensibly small game, there's such bigness to Despelote. On the surface this is a game about football, its humble joys and seemingly unstoppable knack for rendering whole nations enraptured. Beneath that surface however is something more inward facing, a reflective game about its creators, and the act of creating - about the act of remembering, too, this game being one about their own, half-imagined memories. The result is special, something personal and universal all at once. Read more

May 1, 2025 - 14:11

For such an ostensibly small game, there's such bigness to Despelote. On the surface this is a game about football, its humble joys and seemingly unstoppable knack for rendering whole nations enraptured. Beneath that surface however is something more inward facing, a reflective game about its creators, and the act of creating - about the act of remembering, too, this game being one about their own, half-imagined memories. The result is special, something personal and universal all at once.