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NFL2K was easily the best football game. The controls were so much better than Madden. Something about Sega games that made them so easy to get into. I could n
by mozumder 8y ago
NFL2K was easily the best football game. The controls were so much better than Madden. Something about Sega games that made them so easy to get into. I could never get into Madden.
On the Dreamcast where it launched, you could pick plays on your controller's LCD display, making sure your opponent never saw what play you picked. So good..
- godzillabrennus 8y agoNFL Blitz was also a fantastic game of that era. It’s a shame that sports games all basically are strangled into a mold these days.
- camhenlin 8y agoYeah, totally agreed. Blitz was great because it didn’t try to be too realistic and had a lot of silly and ridiculous stuff, which made it a lot of fun. I don’t like or watch sports, but I did have fun playing Blitz on the N64 with my friends. Games like Madden take themselves too seriously and (IMO of course) only seem to be good for actual sports fans
- bena 8y agoBlitz knew exactly what it wanted to be: arcade football. A sort of spiritual successor to games like Mutant League.
- trophycase 8y agoYeah NFL Blitz was awesome and still play it with my brother to this day.
- dopeboy 8y agoI bought Blitz for the PC and remember playing it using my Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. Sometimes I'd invite my friend over and we'd play against each other on the same computer. He'd get the keyboard and I'd get the joystick. There are some retro venues that still have it. Otherwise, it's pretty hard to find. I wonder if it can be played on Dolphin.
- pathartl 8y agoThe PC version will only play on older systems, but it's seriously worth it. Even in just a XP VM. It's easily the best version of the game.
- bb88 8y ago> On the Dreamcast where it launched, you could pick plays on your controller's LCD display, making sure your opponent never saw what play you picked. If you played as Bill Belichick, could you cheat? /s
- mozumder 8y agoAs a Patriots hater, I appreciated this.
- bena 8y agoThe VMU was novel and criminally underused. I think part of the problem was the novelty. No one knew what to do with it. I remember Resident Evil displaying your health as a heartbeat thing. But that wasn't as useful since it required you to be constantly shifting your focus.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoIt also didn’t come with the Dreamcast, so no guarantee that a player would have one.
- Karunamon 8y agoThe whole aesthetic of 2K was great. They really made it look like an ESPN broadcast, complete with the announcers. I remember once my dad was confused as to why the Broncos were playing on a Wednesday night. Was legitimately surprised when I told him it was a game.