is tecmobowl interesting to people that don't like sports very much? I watched videos and am guessing no.

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Posted by exodus on May 02, 2008 at 16:10:18 EST in reply to Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff just announced for the DS! No other details other than a later 2008 release. Holy crap, I hope they nail this one. The SNES ones were poo, but the NES ones and the Genesis one were just ace. (n/t) from NeoGutsman.

is tecmobowl interesting to people that don't like sports very much? I watched videos and am guessing no.

n/t

You never played it before? Were you too busy getting beat up at school?

(substance J)

(17:26:01 05/02/08 EST)

we couldn't afford an nes...I didn't get one til college.

(exodus)

(00:01:25 05/04/08 EST)

Hell yes - I didn't like sports games and I loved Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl. It's really accessible, and Tecmo boiled down the essence of the game into Tecmo Bowl. Much more straightforward than any other football game, and even better because they kept a lot of the plays simple and very few. The original TB had only four offensive and four defensive plays per team, and it still was loads of fun. I think I was spoiled by the minimalism of TB; my buddies ate up Madden '92 and '93 on the Genesis in college, but man, I hated those games. I was always so confused by them and wished for a simpler time. A time of Tecmo Bowl.

(NeoGutsman)

(17:46:37 05/02/08 EST)

definitely. tecmo bowl is pretty much the sports game for people who normally never play them.

(twelvestep)

(18:02:12 05/02/08 EST)

Ugh, I wish I had the gift of brevity. I prattle too much.

(NeoGutsman)

(18:11:59 05/02/08 EST)

You guys have never met Brandon. Don't be so sure.

(substance J)

(18:33:19 05/02/08 EST)

I don't think any video game based on football could be the sports game for people who don't like sports. Speaking as a person who doesn't like sports, football has to be the most inane thing humans have ever done. To make a decent sports game for non sports fans, you've got to start with something at least mildly interesting like basketball (NBA Jam) or tennis (Virtua Tennis), I think. Or possibly one-on-one frisbee-dodgeball.

(Sweater Fish Deluxe)

(03:20:37 05/03/08 EST)

i disagree. i love golf games of the hotshots/neo turf/pangya variety yet the actual "sport" is incredibly dull to me. it's all in the execution.

(twelvestep)

(06:32:50 05/03/08 EST)

Tecmo Bowl does require a basic understanding of football plays and strategies. That's why I think exodus would still hate it. But you've got to admit it's a pretty awesomely constructed game, right? Yes, I said got. Man, what a funny looking word when you type it all alone. Got.

(substance J)

(06:40:19 05/03/08 EST)

i feel the same way about "purple"

(twelvestep)

(02:17:42 05/04/08 EST)

I probably won't play it...looking at a few videos it didn't seem to have much to attract me. wheeeee!

(exodus)

(00:03:34 05/04/08 EST)

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