Joe Montana Football 94
Reviewed by Dyson Turner
Joe Montana '94 comes back with a newer and updated version
from last year, some things have changed most have not. Only
a slight few problems that plagued Montana 3 have been
corrected, as for the most part they have not been
corrected. The graphics still look the same, the sports talk
is more plentiful than ever the game still plays the same,
and the A.I. is still stupid. When you really think about it
there is not much new here, besides player's names and
battery back up for your seasons. Well when I first played
this game I notice very little change from last year, and
this is exactly how I felt I was just hoping some things
have changed for the better some did but the main problems
still are here.
Graphics 9.0/10
The overall field view got a little bit better from last
year. It looks a little bit more realistic now than ever and
it has a bit more color to it. Gone are the Sega Films of
the audience and things that made the game look realistic.
Now we have just cheesy drawings of ref's and no audience or
player clips like before. You do have two new camera views,
which make a total of 7. First theirs the view from the
blimp, which is very far away and it makes everything look
like a play diagram. You also have a horizontal view
reminiscent of older football sims. You have overhead behind
the quarterback view, which is behind the quarterback, same
type from last year. Then you have a closer up behind the
quarterback view, which is better than before. You also have
two behind the defense views, which are good to see the on
coming blitz but bad for the passing game. The cool looking
zoom view is back, and the players look even more detailed
during it, than last year's version. As a whole the graphics
department did well to represent a great looking football simulation.
Sound 9.0/10
The sports talk has much improved over last year's version;
there is even more sayings quotes and it sounds a little bit
realer as well. The music during the beginning changed and
it sounds like the old NBC pre game show music quite a bit.
Other than the music in the beginning and in-between
quarters there isn't any other music at all. You get some
great on the field sound effects though, and they sound more
authentic this time. You get the usual hits and now you even
get grunts from the players when they take a big hit. The
sports talk sounds the best ever, and its too bad this is
the last Genesis football title to feature it. Some new
quotes the announcers said is good, and he sounds a little
more "human" in this version. As a whole the graphics and
sound department did good work in this game and made it
better than before.
Game Play 7.0/10
This game is for one or two players. You have all 28 NFL
teams excluding Panthers and Jaguars since there weren't in
the league yet. You have a more up to date play book, even
though it still has the fake play names, you can usually
tell what they are by looking at them. You now have a few
newer features than last, which help the game a lot. You now
have full stat tracking and league leader list. These might
not mean much to you but to people who like to watch their
statistics this very well, and it makes you hungrier to win
some of those scoring titles. You also have real player
names for each player, if you look after the play, they will
has it on the top of the screen, example: J. Rice first
down. Even though only by knowing what part of the field
they are on is the only way you can tell who is where. They
even have their own individual stats even though you really
can't view them, you have to kind of know about football in
order to figure out their stats, which I have noticed. There
is also new a 3 season mode, which is much like the 3 season
from Tecmo Super Bowl. You can not play them in a row though
you beat one then chose the next one from '92-'94 That's it.
The only thing bringing down the Game Play department is
that annoying Zoom view. At least this time people can't
pick the ball off a mile away though. You still line your
self up with the ball, and watch is zip over your head. The
A.I. is still stupid they still follow you like a bunch of
lost puppies, and you can still make the easy score. The
difficulty is adjustable, and there is battery back up saves.
Overall 8.0/10
This one was slightly better because, it wasn't as defensive
heaven like the last one was. Instead of getting the easy
interception you now I have an easy fumble. The replay value
is medium because you might want to go back and beat the old
season as and the new one just to say you have done it, and
get a different variation of plays. I'm glad Sega decided to
get rid of the password system because we all know hackers
like myself liked to dig in and find out how to get the
super bowl. Which completely ruined the fun of the game, now
you have to earn it to get to the Big One. The fun factor is
high, because like last year it is very easy to score if you
use the right play that is, and you should be in for some
very high scoring offensive affairs. Since the defense has
been harder to get. Well when you think about it besides the
horrid zoom this game was quite good and fun and way better
than its sequel and the last sports talk game proved to be
one of the better ones. If your looking for a good oldie
classic for your genesis look no further than this cart.
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