#9 of 2008: NFL Tour

by pastapadre
Posted December 5th, 2008 at 10:32 am

NFL Tour is a game that, while lacking in many areas, was still a lot of fun. Tour was able to achieve the accessibility that many other arcade style titles have not been able to. It kept things simple with the control scheme and limited the amount of plays but there was still enough variety to keep things interesting. It was all about the brisk pace, constant action, and offensive prominence. Tour was designed primarily to be an enjoyable head-to-head experience and in that regard it did well.

While Tour wasn’t properly balanced what that did lead to was each game seemingly being decided on a single big play, or by which side would play the clock the best to end up with the final possession and a chance to win. Online play also ran well which resulted in some fun games including the tournament I held on the site. One thing I really look back on is how it got myself and a friend of mine playing against each other again. It had been a while since we had a game that we would go out of our way to play but Tour actually turned out to be just that. In all I ended up putting more time into Tour than I have most other sports titles this year.

No, NFL Tour isn’t this year’s The BIGS. Considering how much I played it and how much fun I got out of it I couldn’t justify leaving it out of the Top 10 though. And what would a Top 10 list be without a somewhat controversial selection?

#9: NFL Tour
#10: Tiger Woods 09

Tags: top 10, year in review

T-Dogg

Any Word of a New NFl Tour
T-Dogg

Any Word of a New NFl Tour
swizzy

witch 1 of U BITTIES B HATIN on BIG SWIZZ DOGG???

QUIT FAM
swizzy

witch 1 of U BITTIES B HATIN on BIG SWIZZ DOGG???

QUIT FAM
pastapadre

Nothing that I'm aware of. I would expect some arcade NFL game sooner or later. Not sure if they'll continue along the lines of Tour or do something more like the 3 on 3 NHL Arcade.
pastapadre

Nothing that I'm aware of. I would expect some arcade NFL game sooner or later. Not sure if they'll continue along the lines of Tour or do something more like the 3 on 3 NHL Arcade.
billy

pasta has just lost all credibility by putting this in the top ten
billy

pasta has just lost all credibility by putting this in the top ten
Justin Tuck.

I rather Play Madden 09 than NFL tour.
Justin Tuck.

I rather Play Madden 09 than NFL tour.
Jim

NFL Tour was absolutely one of the worst football games ever made even considering it's arcade elements which honestly aren't much different than the game pretending to be a sim (Madden).

Pasta, are you nuts? Did Phil Frazier pay (blow) you off or something? You've gotta be kidding.
Jim

NFL Tour was absolutely one of the worst football games ever made even considering it's arcade elements which honestly aren't much different than the game pretending to be a sim (Madden).

Pasta, are you nuts? Did Phil Frazier pay (blow) you off or something? You've gotta be kidding.
Smokez4Dayz

Really? a POS game is listed? NFL Tour? what else excites you? can I wave a shitty baby wipe back and forth in the air? will that reach the fun level that NFL Tour is? You must watch paint dry, thats why this game was fun to you…NFL Tour is listed…my god, he wants EA to pat him on the back. No , this shitty list won't get you hired by EA, stop the endless cock sucking, even porn whores come up for air.
Smokez4Dayz

Really? a POS game is listed? NFL Tour? what else excites you? can I wave a shitty baby wipe back and forth in the air? will that reach the fun level that NFL Tour is? You must watch paint dry, thats why this game was fun to you…NFL Tour is listed…my god, he wants EA to pat him on the back. No , this shitty list won't get you hired by EA, stop the endless cock sucking, even porn whores come up for air.