Tecmo Bowl Throwback Review

[stlstudios189]

$10 awesome.

[Bears_16_and_0]

the online lag issues need to be mentioned in the review its a major problem

[Matt Young]

Quote: Originally Posted by JkA3

pretty good review. I don't compare the review of 8.5 to Madden's in any way.

Agreed. I feel that the standards are different for downloadable games as opposed to disc based releases. Even though I don't know what the scores were, I'd imagine it would be like comparing NHL 10 to 3 on 3 NHL Arcade, if they had similar scores.

I mean, sports games or not (even more so on the "not" side): Thee are many excellent games one can download for $10-20, but if those were sold for $60, people would **** all over that mess.

[metallicatz]

Yes the review score was based upon what the game is.......not how it compares to anything else. If it had been judged on how it stands as a modern football sim it would've gotten a -3/10. But the new visuals look pretty nice for a Tecmo game.

Like others.....I was gaming Tecmo since the very beginning and there is strong nostalgia there but all too often nostalgia doesn't stand the test of time. $10 pricetag or not, I doubt I can justify spending anything over two bucks on Tecmo Bowl. If I wanted retro...i'd rather have Joe Montana Sports Talk Football.

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by dbeth

When did games lose the allowance to be fun without all the bells & whistles?

When they started being fun WITH all the bells and whistles, imo.

Not saying old games/remakes of old games should be thrown out, but they ARE competing with "modern" games, and I think it's fair to review them as such. I mean, there's a reason why when Square re-released the older FF games, they updated the graphics and what not. I think they knew that putting out an 8-bit game that's basically like playing the game on a rom wouldn't fly well.

To me, a truly great old/classic game can stand up and show well on those terms even allowing for the "leaving it old school" aspects like graphics or sound.

[TecmoBowl]

Looks like I have a game to download!

Too bad it isn't fully customizable. I've had a blast playing ROMs of Tecmo on my PC with current NFL rosters and even college teams.

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by TecmoBowl

Looks like I have a game to download! Too bad it isn't fully customizable. I've had a blast playing ROMs of Tecmo on my PC with current NFL rosters and even college teams.

Tecmo Rose Bowl was hot.

[jsou4646]

How is the lag when playing online.