It may not be the best football game out there, but it is actually quite enjoyable.
The story mode is focused around your player who is drafter into this league of fictional teams that consist of three divisions. You start in Division 3 and work your way up to Division 1 by winning each Division Championship. You create your own team which is basically your hometown team. As the story progresses it gets more intense. The GM of the league has a grudge against you because you refuse to play for his team, the L.A. Riot. Your team gets football legend Quentin Sands (L.T.) at the beginning of the story and he helps your defense big time. He will betray you in the game so look out (even though there is no avoiding it). In story mode you will rise up in the rankings and earn sponsors, meet women and take them home which benefits you big time when you need stuff like sponsorships or drugs. You can also train your players by purchasing upgrades. It really is a clever campaign Midway created and it really is the reason why this game is as enjoyable as it is.
Game play is also another fantastic thing about the game. It's like previous Blitz games but even better. You can get dirty hits on people and after a defensive play, you can just find a guy on the ground and play a quick mini-game where you beat the other guy senseless and make him lose stamina. If you are performing really well in the game, you unlock "Unleash" mode where you tackle or run over or around someone and just mess them up big time which most likely leads to them getting an injury. Watching a player get an injury in the game is just absolutely delightful. You will see them snap their knees or break their collar bone and they will sit out for either a few plays or a few games depending on the severity of the injury. If your player gets injured, then you will either have your EMT snap the bone back into place with another quick mini-game or give your player a shot of steroids or some kind of drug. Although if it is a serious injury, then that player will be out for a few games. The game play for Blitz is just all around fun and it's the most fun I've had with a football game in quite some time.
Although Campaign is fun, mutli-player is kind of a bummer because it's boring to choose between the teams and it's not even that fun. This is honestly a better single player sports game.
Althought Blitz doesn't have fantastic multiplayer, it is still a great game and it's worth playing if you want to kill some time and enjoy a good, bone crushing game.