With January’s retail gems still weeks away (the Silent Hill HD Collection hits stores on the 24th, while Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Soul Calibur V will be available on the 31st) console owners may have to rely on a trickle of downloadable diversions during these first few weeks of the new year. Meanwhile, things are a bit worse for the 3DS owners, with no compelling cartidge-based titles due until the first Vita games start hitting shelves. It will be interesting to see if this software shortage will add any luster to the launch of Sony’s new portable.
It seems now is the time to capitalise on a renewed acceptance of, dare we say it, the video game side of sports video games, and here are five classic arcade titles that really need to come back.
Sick and tired of only being given the choice of playing Madden when it comes to football video games? Westapo of Gaming Rebellion goes over two of his favorite non-Madden games that are still a ton of fun to play: Tecmo Super Bowl or the NES and NFL Blitz for PS3/Xbox 360. Both games hold up remarkably well.
When NFL Blitz rebooted under EA Sports in 2012, with the franchise's creator back on the case, it lacked nearly all of the oomph that made the 1997 original so appealing, even to non-sports fans. No late hits, no over-the-top bodyslams. Quarterbacks weren't really sacked so much as they were shoved to the ground. Receivers were hip-checked and stumbled to the turf.
Blitz is back? I'll definitely try the demo out.
He's on fire?
Hopefully this is way over the top and not just the Madden engine with a few physics tweaks.
Thanks, Raptorman!
pretty empty week.