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I downloaded the demo of Total Pro Football and played around with it for the last three days. Couple of things:
- Is it me or is the PBP flat and repetitive? "Screen pass to Brooks... And he's got 53 yards." I'm expecting a little more variety and more excitement.
- Is it me or is the play resolution wonky? I threw a crapload of screen passes and was routinely getting 10+ yards. Conversely, I'd get about 8 or 10 runs in a row that went for 1 yard or less.
- Is it me or is this software just a touch buggy? Draft picks would disappear and reappear. I could have sworn I set my depth chart only to tell me it wasn't. I have to re-pause the draft to get the draft going again. Only one lock up but a certainly a few hiccups.
- Is it me or does that game speed slider have a hair trigger? OK, this is a bit slow. I'll slide it over just ooooonnnnnneeee notch. Flash, flash, game over. Same thing with the draft.
- Is it me or did they do a great job on the draft? I love the presentation, the trading, the player pictures, the announcer, etc. The whole thing is done very well.
- Is it me or is this a dead game? I didn't see too many mods or leagues being played. I didn't see too much buzz on their board. Got the impression I was playing Ghosttown Pro Football.
I'm not too optimistic about the near future. Maximum Football seems to be VERY slow in coming and would have only a rudimentary career mode. Madden is essentially for joystick jockeys only.
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