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apschwar's NFL Blitz (N64)
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| [January 15, 2008 04:04:15 AM]
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GAMEPLAY
Parts of Blitz are a little frustrating. There are some teams whose offense and defense rank a zero on Blitz’s overall scale compared to others with almost perfect scores. It makes it so you ever only want to play with three teams: Dallas, Green Bay, and Denver. Those discrepancies can make the game unfair, and can make it so you don’t want to play using your favorite team.
The game was still fun to play as I learned more and more tricks to scoring. Also, the character design adds to the feel of the game. Everyone is a gigantic muscular guy (even if they’re not in real life).
DESIGN
Blitz is an innovative football game because of the way it changes the traditional rules of the game. Allowing defenses to play dirty, but giving offenses unreal abilities help to balance everything out. While traditional football games may only have scores of 14 or 21, Blitz games commonly got to 40 or even 50 points.
The simple gameplay helps beginners quickly learn the game, but sometimes gets frustrating. Trying to throw to a receiver in the middle of the field often goes to an outside receiver by accident. On defense, sometimes you miss easy tackles because your character dives the wrong way.
In between quarters Blitz gives the players a hint to playing: a special move or something. The Blitz twist? The tip is given by a scantily clad cheerleader. This adds to the tone of the game. It’s very animalistic, playing into males urges for sex and violence.
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| [January 15, 2008 03:24:35 AM]
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SUMMARY
In NFL Blitz you get to play as any of your favorite football teams (but with players from 1997, the year the game was released). Most football fans will be able to tell pretty quickly, however, that the rules of football are a little different than the rules of Blitz. Although scoring works the same as in regular football, Blitz encourages the player to be much more violent than the real sport, allowing early hits, late hits, and well…really any kind of hit.
GAMEPLAY
It’s difficult not to get intense when playing Blitz. The violent nature of the game creates an atmosphere entirely different than any other sports game I’ve ever played. Being able to tackle a wide receiver after they catch a big pass is a great way to relieve the pain from your opponent completing a third and long.
It doesn’t take long to figure out that Blitz is a game about scoring. Quarterbacks can throw the ball the entire length of the field and receivers make impossible catches. Settling for a field goal or punting on fourth down are an option for play calling, but not part of the strategy that worked for me.
I had fun playing the game. I played with a few of my friends and we were all into the experience. Cheering for good plays or big hits on defense. I had a good time learning the controls of the game and the different strategies for offense and defense. Although they were easy to learn at first, there are subtleties that you can learn throughout the experience.
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apschwar's NFL Blitz (N64)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Tuesday 15 January, 2008
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