Getting sick of Madden? Check this roid-raged, bone crunching game out!
User Rating: 8.1 | Blitz: The League X360
Blitz is not a game with beautiful graphics, lets get that striaght. The illegal hits and "bullet time" give it the arcade feel and fun the original games had. Lots of different modes to play in quick play games give it lots of replay value (over 15 bonus modes). My favorite would have to be butterfingaz mode where every hit causes a fumble which causes a very frantic and fast paced game. Football games are supposed to be fun and this one deffinately is. Career mode consists of a storyline involving a owner building a team from the ground up to try and create a win in the blitz "super bowl" type game. The team that you build starts in Division III. Their are three divisions 1,2, and 3, divison III being the worst. You have to work you way up form division 3 to division 1 and win the Championship. The goal is to be the first team to ever go from Division III, to Division I and win the championship in "The League" history. The good is you get to customize your teams uniforms and faces(the face option do not have as many choices as the uniforms) from thousands of combonations. The bad is the storyline is not very well written and it is mostly told by short cutscenes that make everybody looks evil and money hungry( but in all honesty The NFL is not much different). Also it kind of dies down near the end and the A.I. could have some tweaks here and there along with the removal or lower of the rubberband A.I. However, it still makes the game a little more interesting than Madden.
Blitz the league is not the greatest or prettiest football game of all time but it is definately the most enjoyable football game out for the Xbox 360. If you are not a huge NFL fan and are looking for an arcade feeling football experience check this out. The same goes for NFL fans looking for something different from the tired Madden games this is deffinately worth a rental to see if you feel this is worth the $30 dollar price tage.
