Assemble the world's best footballers in a single, formidable team. Customize uniforms and stadia through a wide selection of effects. Compete with other players for the top spot in real-time.

Total Football is playable on Android and iOS.

To start, let’s look into some of the game features and find out if they deliver from a basic player perspective.

The most obvious of these is the real-life basis of the teams and players that this game uses. Total Football has partnerships with many actual football teams, so there’s a degree of realism in terms of how players, their jerseys, and team logos look.

Console-quality graphics make Total Football VNG an alternative to big mobile titles like EA Sports FC and eFootball. With an up-to-date spec mobile device and max graphics, you get detailed player face and body models. Football stadiums behave beyond static background effects once spectators move placards and cheer for either team on the field. Lower-spec phones can play the game smoothly with some adjustments to graphics and effects. Footballer movement is smoothly delivered even on smaller mobile phone screens: proof of the motion capture technology used to emulate body movements.

You can set up touch controls on three levels. Beginner maps out the best play style based on player positioning and the fastest route to score a goal. Experienced has less intrusive tooltips and hints by highlighting which actions can best benefit your situation. Those who like old-school controls and zero hand-holding can switch to Pro settings. A game controller with the appropriate adapter can be connected if you prefer pressing buttons and squeezing triggers over tapping the screen.

AI opponents also have a believable difficulty scale apart from fielding better-graded players than those on your roster. Attackers look for defensive gaps to carry out strikes, while defenders focus on the one with the ball or prevent teammates from disrupting the formation. You can also make manual adjustments to their behavior to match how you play.

Total Football’s single-player content has enough variety for the PvP-averse to stay playing. There’s a campaign mode, complete with a match calendar and rewards for breaking through a match bracket. There are limited-time and recurring challenge portions where specific plays have to be executed to complete a scenario. A fantasy setup in Manager Mode lets you experience handling a football team while your footballers play for you. This is going to focus more on training and equipping your teams with the best programs to claim the top spot.

Player-to-player interactions include ranked matches: the regular climb to the top of the server ladder. Seasonal rewards are reserved only for the best and most persistent in keeping their numbers ahead. Matches are done in real time, as opposed to AI-controlled ‘ghosts’ of player-owned team lineups. Custom matches are available in local multiplayer, for those playing on a single Wi-Fi network, and online multiplayer, where you’re pitted against others from all over the globe.

Now, for that game element guaranteed to consume most of your playing time. Footballers are classified according to Grades. A starting team with players rated at 83 and up can get you far into the game. Total Football VNG offers a few ways to get these players onto your roster. You can find most of these in the Recruitment menu, where you can spend Agent Contracts for a chance or opt for more focused banners using TF Coins. The latter are secured via in-app purchases.

Wrapping this up, don’t let the paid features dissuade you from trying out Total Football VNG. In case you’re out to compete, be prepared to spend while making the best team luck can give you.