Arena Football: Road to Glory

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Arena Football: Road to Glory
Arena Football Road to Glory cover.jpg
Arena Football: Road to Glory cover art
Developer(s) EA Tiburon
Budcat Creations
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: February 22, 2007
[1]
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer, multiplayer online

Arena Football: Road to Glory is a PlayStation 2 video game developed by Electronic Arts (under their EA Sports brand). It was released on February 22, 2007, [1] and was the follow-up to their first Arena Football video game. The cover features fullback/linebacker Bob McMillen, from ArenaBowl XX's champion team, the Chicago Rush. The game includes all the rules, rosters, and teams for the AFL season. For the first time the Arena Football minor league, AF2, is included in the series.

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Reception

Arena Football: Road to Glory scored a 62/100 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [2] Siwicki Sports Feed, an independent opinion website, reviewed the game in 2018 and said it was "high flying, high scoring, and smashing people over the walls" fun. Also stating "the presentation and user interference [ sic ] are awful. If you can get passed this, a fun and exciting game awaits." [11]

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