You like to play it rough? then play it thru Blitz....
The gameplay is almost the same with madden but it's much easier..the playbook are quite simple, but there's not much of it. The "clash" mode is a cool feature that shows the impossible to be possible during the game..and the "Unleash" moves are as cooler as u could think of. The good part about the gameplay is that it is a user friendly control game..The controls will be simple once u get it right...how? just go thru the tutorial course in the menu and u will be a PRO in the Blitz. The tackles made in the game are very fun to watch..it's a hard hittin,bone crunhing tackles..u can even make a dirty tackle to wear your opponents down..and if u hit hard enough,u will see a cut scene where the camera will zoom in your opponent's body in an x-ray view and show the bone that is shattered..it's a very nice feature..the story mode is about 8 hours long..there are about 36 games overall in the story mode..
The training is quite realistic as you train almost every player in your team.u can even enhance your player by taking drugs or supplements..upgrade your training levels and buy good equipments for your team..U can also place a Bet before u start a game,to win more cash for your team's upgrades.
And after you win the game..u can take your created team and play it online..
But..what's the bad side? Here it is...Firstly..it's the career mode..it's nice to see sports games to have storylines...it's unique coz in life..there is a story in every sports behind the stadium and in the game. But, the problem with it is that is totally Linear! The story lines are fixed and u can't change it no matter how u play the game. Blitz is also lack in management..when u start the career mode,u MUST create your own team before u can proceed.
u cannot use the existing team that Midway provide u with in the story mode.After that, that's it...U can't choose who is the one to be your sub player..who is the one who should be in the field..and u can't even subsitute any player during the game..it will auto sub for u..it's not a bad story afterall..but the story will definitely get repetitive the more times u play the career mode.
Secondly,what do u expect in an Xbox 360 game in the first place? You expects it to be next gen..and that is,it must be different from the current gen version..but guess what? it's a straight port...the graphics are just about 2% polished up..but it still resembles the xbox version..looks nicer than the PS2 one though...The field and player models arent really nice to look at..it's acceptable..but not beautiful..the animations are pretty solid though.
The sound in this game is average..tackling and bone crushing sounds are fantastic..but the voice over..isn't really up to the standard..some of the dialoges the players use are quite lame,and it tends to get repetitive after 4 games or so..the voice acting is not as fierce..and Bill romanowski..is average too..he didnt make it sounds as if he's in the field..Come on bill..u should show how tough u are in the game as how u were in the field. and some of the soundtracks are quite boring.
some issues that i still have question is the training part..It's very hard to train your players and increase your team's ratings..yes u can see the progress in your players..but your overall team's rating will be very low to compete in the last two to three games before the finals..and the A.I..i think it's scripted at times that no matter what happens..they will intercept your ball if u pass..and if u run..they will cause u to fumble..i think that part is frustrating.
Overall..it's a very fun arcade game in terms of gameplay..but a frustrating part when u think about the A.I...they are not clever,they are not smart,they are not stupid..but they are just too good in prediciting which way u will go especially during your few games before the finals..that what really piss me off the most. The graphics and the lacking of management really brings the game down for an xbox 360...But no matter what..blitz is still the game to get if u like roughness in Football...it's always fun to hit the enemies from every sides and break their bones..and dominate them in most games..
Well Done Midway and Point Of View..keep the blitz coming..with more features and fix some bugs..and this will be a tottally fun game besides Madden..
NOTE: This game is banned in some countries and there is no NFL License in the game.