Mike Barner wrote: "The classic NFL Blitz returns and tries to make its comeback. NFL Blitz is an over the top arcade football game featuring humorous announcers, gameplay and customizable rosters.
NFL Blitz has always been known to simplify NFL games by making them extremely fun. Even hardcore sports fans engage into the series competitively. If you notice, the playbook for NFL Blitz isn’t large, and big plays will usually gift you with a lot of yards in the long run. You’re still enable to use the “big heads” mode and other unlockables to fulfill that classic feel from the 90’s."
It seems now is the time to capitalise on a renewed acceptance of, dare we say it, the video game side of sports video games, and here are five classic arcade titles that really need to come back.
Sick and tired of only being given the choice of playing Madden when it comes to football video games? Westapo of Gaming Rebellion goes over two of his favorite non-Madden games that are still a ton of fun to play: Tecmo Super Bowl or the NES and NFL Blitz for PS3/Xbox 360. Both games hold up remarkably well.
When NFL Blitz rebooted under EA Sports in 2012, with the franchise's creator back on the case, it lacked nearly all of the oomph that made the 1997 original so appealing, even to non-sports fans. No late hits, no over-the-top bodyslams. Quarterbacks weren't really sacked so much as they were shoved to the ground. Receivers were hip-checked and stumbled to the turf.
