Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff Review

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(More customer reviews)Let me first say that if you're a newcomer to the Tecmo Bowl franchise, and you're looking for a football experience similar to Madden or NCAA, look elsewhere.This isn't for you.Tecmo Bowl Kickoff is a game that will pull at the heartstrings of gamers like myself--adults who grew up playing the original Tecmo Bowl or Super Tecmo Bowl on the NES or SNES, respectively.

For those gamers, I'm sure this game has been on your radar.So how does it stack up?Let me start off with the bad.This game is not NFL licensed, so forget about playing your favorite teams with all the marquee players.There are 32 teams in two conferences divided across four divisions, and you can customize names and uniform colors, so you can recreate your teams and rename the players to match, but that's a lot of work to do right off the bat.

Next off, and this one was a big no-no for me, you can't track your players' stats.You can't access your individual player's stats to see how many yards they've run, TDs they've thrown, or ANYTHING.The only way you'll see that is if you're in the top 20 in the league's ranking.The best you can do is you can track your overall team's basic numbers in a VERY confusing to read chart.

Finally, some of the menu/displays are just weird or don't even make sense.One instance is that there is no way to figure out if you're five yards or fifty from the goal if you're going for a field goal--it doesn't show--or if it does, it's hidden in a strange, confusing interface.Another example of strangeness is that in the defense leaderboard, it shows the teams with the most yards.WHAT?If you're the top defense, you should be the team who's give up the LEAST yards.

Even with all these negatives, for people like me, Tecmo Bowl is still a ton of fun to play.The zig-zag running technique still works.There are still the same four running and four passing plays.The cheesy cutscenes still flash across the screen.While you're playing this, you'll be brought back to those days after school, when you were firmly planted in front of your TV, cursing the impossible interceptions and smiling as you sack the QB for the tenth time in a game.

It maintains the original look and feel of its predecessors, but it unfortunately does not add anything, and in fact, loses some of what made the original games so much fun.If you enjoyed the original games for the simple gameplay, then you'll really be in heaven, but if you are like me, and loved all the stats, you'll be disappointed.Overall, a good effort, and it gets three stars just for the nostalgia, but fumbles the ball with the loss of the biggest and best features of the original.

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Product Description:
Tecmo Bowl is back! The classic, over-the-top, all-American football game enables players of all levels to engage in a fun filled, fast paced, arcade style of football. Based on the most popular Tecmo Super Bowl, KICKOFF lets long time fans and newcomers feel right at home with the simple controls and fun, huge plays and exciting cut-scenes. The legacy returns!

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