GAME REVIEW - Blitz: The League
Daniel Sozomenu
January 2006
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Midway (PS2, Xbox)
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This game evades EA's horsecollar grip on the gridiron with a manic, potty-mouthed, arcade-style testosterone fest hawked and headlined by NFL legend
Lawrence Taylor.
Blitz is full of fun quirks — eight-per-side gameplay, 30-yard first-down markers — but it hits its stride off the field in illicit subjects à la ESPN’s smart but shortlived
Playmakers (whose writers contributed here). Detailed X-ray graphics document each catastrophic injury, but just pump up the victim with painkillers and trot him back out for the second half.