It's back and it's better than ever! NFL Blitz 2000 adds 4-player support, new offensive and defensive plays, realistic weather conditions, new stadiums and a Tournament mode! Customize offensive and defensive plays to your liking. Call audibles at the line of scrimmage. You've got control now! Passing made easy with new "Blitz Passing" for one-touch long bombs! "ON-FIRE" mode gives super power performance to your players! With non-stop action and a "pick-it-up-and-play" learning curve, NFL BLITZ 2000 is THE game for every football fan!
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NFL Blitz 2000 is pure arcade football madness and an absolute classic! Forget the rules, it's all about huge hits, ridiculous passes, and scoring touchdowns galore. The graphics are dated, sure, but the over-the-top action and hilarious commentary still hold up incredibly well. If you're looking for a quick, fun football fix with friends, especially those nostalgic for the N64 era, Blitz 2000 is a timeless gem.
I was a kid who knew nothing about football, or really most sports, so exaggerated video game versions of sports like this and NBA Hang Time were perfect. I remember how cool it was that I could make my own plays, and I created a play called "No Touchdown For You" that scatted defenders around the field in set locations instead of tracking individual opponents. I was unstoppable. Imagine my disappointment when I got older and found out that this was not representative of real football and that someone else already invented this type of play I made up and it's just called 'Zone Defense"
was that really necessary?
Never have I found a game so aggravating, so infuriating, and so addicting as NFL Blitz 2000. On a surface level there is a sports game but lying underneath all of that is an artificial intelligence designed to drive me completely insane.
Leading the game by a possession in the 4th quarter, the AI will 100% make a 4th Down Conversion Touch Down in the last 10 seconds to completely demolish any chance of success. Making a safe play in the first 15 seconds of play, the AI will intercept it because fuck you.
Even playing with friends leads to its own level of frustration as fumbles feel insanely random and you can't even trust the field goal kick to be fucking accurate when the meter says it's supposed to.
And yet somehow, I keep finding myself coming back for more, like a weeping housewife returning to her abusive drunken husband. Every loss another literal smack in my face as I start losing control of my sanity with how ridiculous it all feels.
I'm not writing this review to evaluate the game but rather to exorcise my fucking demons at this point because this game keeps putting me through one of the worst self-hate loops I've experienced in my fucking life, and has drained any desire for me to play other games. It's just NFL Blitz, all the time, and no matter how much I practice, no matter what I do I never get better, I'll never get better because the universe is against me.
I'm going fucking crazy.
Leading the game by a possession in the 4th quarter, the AI will 100% make a 4th Down Conversion Touch Down in the last 10 seconds to completely demolish any chance of success. Making a safe play in the first 15 seconds of play, the AI will intercept it because fuck you.
Even playing with friends leads to its own level of frustration as fumbles feel insanely random and you can't even trust the field goal kick to be fucking accurate when the meter says it's supposed to.
And yet somehow, I keep finding myself coming back for more, like a weeping housewife returning to her abusive drunken husband. Every loss another literal smack in my face as I start losing control of my sanity with how ridiculous it all feels.
I'm not writing this review to evaluate the game but rather to exorcise my fucking demons at this point because this game keeps putting me through one of the worst self-hate loops I've experienced in my fucking life, and has drained any desire for me to play other games. It's just NFL Blitz, all the time, and no matter how much I practice, no matter what I do I never get better, I'll never get better because the universe is against me.
I'm going fucking crazy.
My record today from playing with 2 friends after like 2 weeks of practicing:
0 Wins
4 Losses
0 Capitalizing on Interceptions and Fumbles
Yeah I think I should quit while I'm ahead, call me laundry because I'm always getting washed, I am a hack fraud.
The Jaguars are cursed in everything.
0 Wins
4 Losses
0 Capitalizing on Interceptions and Fumbles
Yeah I think I should quit while I'm ahead, call me laundry because I'm always getting washed, I am a hack fraud.
The Jaguars are cursed in everything.
Maybe the best version of Blitz.