NFL Xtreme
Reviewed by Greatest One
NFL Xtreme and NFL Blitz are football's answers to
basketball's NBA Jam. All these games feature the outrageous
and over the top action of the sports, while bending (and
often breaking) the rules. NFL Xtreme features all the NFL
teams (except Browns and the Houston team) and a number of
NFL players. The game is played on a five-on-five format,
with no regard for rules. Everything goes, from pass
interference to late hits. trash talk is abundant in the
game as well as a lot of taunts. The hitting is violent and
often causes the players to lose their helmets. Some players
may even have their jersey's ripped out.
Quarterbacks can throw balls as far as possible. Its not
rare to see 90+ yard passes in this games. Once you have the
ball, you have a variety of moves to evade the defenders.
You could spin, turbo and even somersault over the would be tackler.
One thing this game features that blitz doesn't is a create
a player feature. You can create your own bruiser and give
him various abilities. Unfortunately, Xtreme doesn't feature
a create a play. This mode was a lot of fun in Blitz, as you
could make your recievers run all sorts of crazy routes. The
addition of this mode would make Xtreme a lot better game.
All in all, Blitz is the better game, but Xtreme isn't too
bad. But, just like NBA Jam, the novelty wears thin after a while.
Graphics: 6.
The players all look the same. The tight end and the
recievers look to be the same build. The animations are cool
though, especially watching a player staggering around after
getting popped in the head.
Sound: 6.
There isn't that much commentary and the trash talk is
limited to just a few sentences. The sound effects and the
crowd noises are decent though.
Gameplay: 7.
Similar to most football games of now. Snap the ball and
pass to the reciever with the icon on his head. The computer
is very easy.
Replay Value: 6.
Its good fun for a short time, but soon you would want to
play a realistic football game like Madden.
Overall: 6 out of 10
Blitz provides more fun, due to the create a play, but you
can count on Xtreme for a few hours of entertainment.
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