Classic remade and done well. Brings me back to the old days of playing this with my buddy all day long.
The Good:
The plays are just like the original. Even picking them is the same. You can switch out plays from your playbook pretty easily to keep the action from getting stale.
The gameplay is very true to the original.
Easy controls and uncomplicated gameplay make for a great "sit down for 20 min. of enjoyment before I leave for work" sorta game. I am currently playing a season and sense the games take like 20 min., I can get in a game whenever I want really.
The graphics are ok. Not the best, but just fine for this simple game.
They fixed it so its not so easy to run circles around the defense. In the original you could just keep "juking" the computer and literally run circles around them. Not so anymore. And I like that.
The Bad:
The same damn catch, fumble, interception, and incomplete pass movies play each time one of those happens. Meaning, there is only one movie animation for each event. So that gets stale.
Due to Electronic Arts' exclusive licensing rights with the NFL and NFLPA, Throwback uses fictional teams and players. (This isn't so bad, but I'd like the real teams and players please.) I mean sure, they still have Green Bay, but a Roman leaf is the logo for the team. WTF is that.
Overcap:
All in all, TBT is a great game that can be enjoyed by most anyone. I really hate sports games, but simple ones like this just hit the spot. Despite some minor issues, this game delivers exactly what I wanted. A classic game brought back in HD.