Oof. Avoid this new downloadable title. Quite terrible. Anybody else play the demo? I can't see this being fun for even a weekend. And that's coming from a Blitz fan. Never god-damn mind, everybody.
No I just downloaded the demo. It's cool that the demo has like 6 teams instead of the regular 2 I've become accustomed to in all other sports titles. But all the teams play exactly the same and the gameplay is just so lacking. No PSN demo, Bret? Is that common? Every XBLA game has a trial.
Downloading the Demo now, I'll gauge whether it's bad or not. Frankly I'm not too happy about no late hits, so it's not off to a good start.
NBA Street Vol 2 is one of the best sports games ever. I never really played the NFL or FIFA editions though.
So yeah, it's a lot like NFL Blitz. All Offense, Defense is a joke: only reliable for possible fumbles or somehow sacking the QB, even though the AI has them on hair triggers. Honestly, this could be fun just to unlock every thing, but I could see this getting old very quickly. Sad though.
I cant remember the original enough to make a good comparison. I was never a HUGE fan like I was to NBA Jam. Honestly for me, the demo was close enough to the full game experience that I wouldn't care to pay $$ (1200 ms I think) to do challenges or play online. Played local 2 player and we just traded touchdowns. Kinda boring.