...are starting to show up online. So far the game looks very promising from the reviews. Nothing really bad or good. Looks like the average is about 7 outta 10.

Basically if you loved TSB I-III, you'll love this game again. If you hated TSB or prefer realistic games like Madden, you'll probably be disappointed by this game.

The Good
* Basically the same as original Tecmo. Same plays, movements and eccentricities. Old Tecmo Junkies will feel right at home playing the new Tecmo.
* Good music.
* New Player "special abilities" is a nice touch
* Customization allows you to program all 32 NFL teams with actual players if you want
* While the screen is small you get used to it pretty easily.
* Wi-Fi lets you play Tecmo dudes all over the country.

The Bad
* Player customization is very clumsy. It is nearly impossible to recreate superstars like Ray Lewis or Demarcus Ware since the computer rations out points per player instead of allowing you to dispense the points how you see fit per team. That means you have 22 mediocre players instead of say 5 great players, 12 mediocre players and 5 lousy players. It's why when the computer plays each other during the season the games all seem to end 24-21.
* Speaking of the computer, the AI is awful. Traditionally the computer gets better as the season goes on. Instead you just keep thrashing the computer 40-0 week after week.
* Tecmo got rid of player conditions. That is a damn shame as that was one of the features that made season play so interesting and forced team owners to use substitutions.
* No endzone logos. Small thing but irritating to see nothing in the zone.
* The cursor for passing the ball is very difficult to distinguish . . . on passing plays, all receivers have a tiny white cursor above their heads. . . when you pick a receiver to throw to this white cursor becomes slightly bigger but hardly enough to distinguish. this is annoying when trying to get out of the grasp of a linemen.
* When rushing the QB, if your player jumps to block the pass, he remains suspended in air and cannot chase the play.
* No auto skip mode during the regular season, you have to see the stat page for every game played before you get to your game.

The Ugly
* Terrible icons for Team helmets. You think they could have included one miserable bird as an icon considering all the NFL teams that have bird mascots.
* Halftime stats page is atrocious. It is completely unreadable. Why didn't they just stick to the standard halftime stats page from past Tecmo bowls?
* Indeed, stats in general are poorly kept. Only the top 20 in each category are shown, including team ranks. The team defense is ranked in the reverse order so that the team who gives up the most yards is ranked first. Then for things such as most receptions, the heading is COMP which is the same used for QB Completions. Doesn't Tecmo have people testing these things before release?

Overall grade is a B-

Go through each team and put them on skp2. Then it will autoskip the games.

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Originally posted by dajabec:
Go through each team and put them on skp2. Then it will autoskip the games.

thanks!