NFL GameDay
Review from the Net
Ok I bought Gameday yesterday and my friend and I started a season today
I'll start off with some problems
1) If 2 people are on the same team and your on defense it's
very difficult to pick a man. Ex. We're playing as pittsburg and i'm on
woodson as my friend presses the circle button to pick his man i get
switched off woodson. This happened throughout the whole game, if one
of us tried to switch to another player before the snap the other guy
would get dwitched off. Sometimes if we were both switching at the same time
one of us would have his highlight disappear and you couldn't control anyone.
This would also happen on kickoffs. My friend would recieve the ball and
I'd try to switch to someone to block and there would be no one on the field
that i could control.
2) Passes get picked off almost everytime from tips. We threw 5 int's each
in a 5 minute quarter game and picked off about the same amount.
3) The stats keeping SUCKS!!. Sure you get the stats for the team after the
game but they aren't saved for the season. You can look at the Top 20 in the
league for offense (Passing, recieveing, Rushing, Kicking) and defense (
tackles, sacks , ints, punting) Madden 95 for SNES had about 10 times as much
stats. I was hoping for stats on kick returns, punt returns, blocked passes,
blocked punts and kicks, etc but there wasn't any.
4) As someone mentioned before there aren't any first down markers on the field
so it's tough to judge a first down if you're running on the sideline.
Also it doesn't always tell you how far you ran/passed for after every play.
5) One of the biggest problems in 2 player cooperative mode is that you
have to run the exact route on a pass play if you want to catch the ball.
The best thing about Madden 95 was that my friends and I would pick
receivers and run different routes to get open and the quarterback would throw
the ball to the person. In Gameday the quarterback already has the exact
spot on the field picked out for him to throw the ball to and if the
receiver isn't there you can bet that a defensive guy will be there to pick
it off. I understand the need for timing and routes but if you're covered
doesnt the quarterback look for someone to get open?
I'm sure the rest of the posts on here will be all about how great this game
is so I don't need to include anything about the graphics etc
Although it's true that Miami is a dark green rather than aquamarine
and that there are only 2 stadiums grass/stadium or turf/dome .
Overall I'm very disappointed with this game and will probably take it
back in exchange for FIFA which come out today and wait till Madden comesout
Paul Pompetti
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