If you're a football fan, you'll love this.
But what in the heck is wrong with that?
It's the tried-and-true football sim, pretty static camera, joystick moves you no matter which direction you press it (no "turning" and "forward" and so on) pick a play, press the button for the corresponding reciever, a lot of controls nobody uses, etc. I wish someone would try a new style of football sim (like a behind-the-player camera no matter who you were, you stay as that guy even if you're playing single player and someone else gets the ball, camera turns when you do, etc.) but this works. Gameplay: Same basic gameplay but with some rennovations. You can call almost any audible or even map a specific player, you can control more than one player at once at times, there's the *hit stick*, the defenses are a lot better, and so on. They touted being able to stop scrambling quarterbacks with contain plays, which does work, but you're almost never going to be using contain plays because then they go deep on you, so scrambling is still a trustworthy strategy (you can run your quarterback every play of the game if you want to.). Also, you can create a fan, playbook, stadium, or of course, player or team, and so you can have some limited fun seeing your created stuff all over the place. What's even better than that is that you can import images for new helmet logos and import your own music for the menus and mini-games. The gameplay is good.
Graphics: Great if your computer can run them (most computers should be able to now, except for one of my computers that always overheats, which slows down teh framerate, which makes you lower your settings, etc.)
Sound: Good. The sound effects are realistic, the commentary is horrible but you can turn it off. Half the music is great, the other half... uh...
Value: Good. Multiplayer costs extra but unlike most PC games you can play multiple players from one PC, which rocks.
Tilt: I love football. Enough said.
One last note: Use the Falcons' playbook no matter who you are. They have two of the most consistent pass plays, and some great running plays, and all the trick plays if you're into that kind of thing.