Precision-Aim Tackles - Take over the hit-targeting control system to inflict serious pain on explicit areas of your opponent's body
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Realistic Injuries & The Return Of Late Hits - Featuring vicious tackles and gruesome injuries, including the return of late hits and three-man tackles that pack the power to shatter helmets, crack bones, tear crucial ligaments, and send teeth flying
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Enhanced Clash Mode & Touchdown Celebrations - An enhanced Clash Mode is triggered with a single-button, letting you slow the competition and unleash special offensive and defensive maneuvers. After collecting pay dirt, trigger the player-controlled touchdown celebration and let the fans know who deserves the green
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Campaign Mode - As the only videogame with a story mode exploring the darker side of pro sports, Blitz II puts you in complete control as you venture through brutal on-the-field competition and entertaining off-the-field drama in your quest to reach the League Championship. Peter Egan (Playmakers) returns to pen the most entertaining Blitz storyline yet
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Online Competition & Downloadable Content - Available modes include a Campaign Mode, Quick-Play Versus, and fully featured Online Modes
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11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Once again, Blitz series provides a great arcadic alternative to MaddenNov 18, 2008
By Dmitry Kristal The Good:
* Compelling Storyline * Do stuff that you cannot do in other football games(drugs, bet on games, date, sponsors, cause intentional injuries, etc...) * Frank Caliendo (as John Madden) play-by-play is nothing short of hilarious * Build your team, player from bottom all the way to the top * Solid Soundtrack Exclusives
The Bad:
* Once again, possible "Rubber Band A.I."
The Bottom Line:
Looking for a politically-incorrect alternative to Madden series? Look no further than this one. A new play-by-play of Frank Caliendo as John Madden is worth the money alone. There are so many funny lines, it will keep you laughing for the whole game. A new feature in this sequel is that you can be selective when injuring your opponent, as you get to decide which body part you want to injure seconds before the collision. If somebody injures you, you now have the option of taking care of injury right on a field with mini-games: trying to align a syringe while the ailing players moving and shaking and even a mini-game where you have to put the bones back into the sockets. Other interesting storyline decisions that you would have to make will be dating your sponsors. Do you want to date one girl or date other girls and use their sponsorship to your advantage? Once again, there will be many Easter eggs to hunt and pick-up on, as Minnesota franchise goes on a wild ship cruise and the New England team gets accused of cheating. Lawrence Taylor comes back as a major character, while Bill Romanowski doesn't. The computer seems to play much better when falling behind, which could suggest that just like last game, they are utilizing the "Rubberband AI." however, If you are a football fan and a fan of Frank Caliendo, this is a must get! Due to the nature of this game, it should only be played by mature audience.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Not for everyoneNov 19, 2009
By A. Pawson
"Legendary"
I loved the first Blitz game. It was football the way it's supposed to be played. Even without NFL teams or players, Blitz provided the hard-hitting action needed in football. Broken necks, concussions, and fractured tibias (coupled with a doctor's view video of the injury) made it fun. It became a competition of how mayn opponents can I hurt, and how long can I keep them out for?
Blitz 2 takes a lot of good strides, but misses on key notes. Here's a list of Pros and Cons:
PROS Hard-hits and lots of injuries Good, in-depth career mode Lots of creation ability on logo, team name, uniform colors and style, etc. Offensive Coordinator's comments are profane and funny, but run their course quickly Addition of "special" commentator Mohn Jadden is a riot!
CONS Not enough to unlock that I care about (i.e. four new game modes, but 20 behind the scenes videos) Injury cut scenes can't be skipped, even when it's not your team Mini game for injury impact detracts from game, slows down gameplay, and gets really annoying really quickly Injury remedy mini games get annoying after a few games Loading takes a while, even for exhibition games
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Better than the LastOct 16, 2008
By Ambiguouocity I have always been a fan of the Blitz series. I never liked sports games very much, but this is something different. Who doesn't like injuring the other teams players. Blitz the League II is far better and more versatile than the original Blitz the League. The injury system is more graphic and you actually have to participate in helping the injury recover quickly with either giving a shot or resetting the bone. They also have a player creation system in campaign mode that is developed like a press interview which is really cool too. On a scale of 1 - 10 I'd give the first Blitz the League a 5 and this one an 8. If you're a fan of the Blitz series, this one won't disappoint.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
rent, dont buyJan 26, 2009
By G. Feldkamp It's fun for a couple of hours...the AI is so dirty and cheap, it takes some of the fun out of playing the campaign. Not bad in vs. setting though. Co-op campaign wouldnt have been a terrible idea either.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Definitely tided me over for the fall releases (2011).Sep 10, 2011
By Diamonds I was a big fan of the first Blitz The League they did on the original X-Box so I wanted to pick this up, but forgot it existed for a while. Low and behold when I remembered it existed, I checked it on Amazon and got it for a bit under 20 bucks. The story is decent, but only your success at challenges at performance in games affect the story, you don't make too many choices, and the ones that you do make, don't really affect the story that much. The gameplay is lots of fun, if a bit unbalanced. I went with the default 2 minute quarters and had no problem racking up around 30-50 point a game (depending on the opponent, and challenges that I might have to try for the game). That isn't to say that the opponent didn't have their chances to score as well - basically the defensive AI is a bit weak or at least exploitable.
The campaign is a lot of fun, taking a custom team you make from zero to hero, and there is actually some replayability there depending on the positions you choose for your star player (you play the role of "Franchise" the league's first double threat offensive and defensive player) since a Defensive End plays a bit differently from a Cornerback and a Tight End plays differently from a Quarterback (there are 4 positions to choose from on offense and defense for your player). I've played through twice and even though some of the fall releases for video games are coming out by now, I still intend to go through a third time in the campaign picking two different positions for "Franchise", and trying to do better at some challenges to try and see the story play out a little differently.
Overall I'd reccomend it to fans of arcade sports games, or gamers looking for a good value for their money, and definitely fans of the last game, or hell, even someone looking for something different than the tired Madden formula (there's actually quite a bit of violence in Blitz, mainly related to the injuries and dirty hits). Truth be told I am not a big sports game fan, but I love football and and I loved Blitz The League II.
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