NFL Quarterback Club
Reviewed by Dyson Turner
At first glance NFL quarter back club will seem like an
average attempt at a football cart. Don't let that fool you,
this happen to be one of the best games on the market in my
opinion. When I first got it, I thought that I was in for
another Madden clone. Then I played it and seen the fast
plays, the smooth players, and all the options this truly
did surpass what Madden and the others did. This game has
some features that make it better than most out there too
bad the later ones never did or they would have been just as
great as this one was. Some people will think at first
glance that this is your typical football title, and nothing
real knew here. This standing out among the clones out there
and want to be's as one of the best games on the market in '95
Graphics 7.0/10
Well the sprites were small there is no getting around that.
But they did move with great speed and were animated well. I
particularly liked the way the announcer looked the one that
would talk at half time and before the games. Well he never
said anything but there was text at the bottom of the
screen, and his mouth moved. The field did look great, and
some field's grass actually did look different than others,
and gave it a more realistic effect. You did see the
audience and they waved and cheered, as the camera would
quickly scroll by them. The football was too big though,
because when a player fumbled it at least came up to their
knees, well you wouldn't want a small to scale football like
the one that a player their size would have to carry. The
quarterback challenge part boosted some pretty realistic
graphics, the likes that I have never seen when this game
was made. The profile pictures were as realistic as it gets
although the SNES ones did look quite a bit realer and more
authentic. The quarter back challenge behind the quarterback
view was excellent and you really felt you were behind the
helm as a real guy doing the challenge. Even though the
overall graphics could have been better things like these
more than make up for it.
Sound 7.5/10
The opening music that played reminded me of a pre game show
music that you hear on Television. The other music when the
guy did the pre game show reminded me of game show music,
there could have been a better job here. The only other time
you hear music is in between quarters and when you pause the
game. The on field sounds were great, you had realistic
sounding hits, and some player voices. They would say things
like I'm gone. The referee also had things like Touchdown,
Out of bounds, and First down. Plus many more, the audience
sounded good as well. They would roar for the home team a
jeer the away team, which was pretty realistic the time this
game was made. There was different roars for each thing you
did, like the crowd would go crazy when you made a
touchdown, but it was only moderate off a big play or first
down. This all added to the realism of the football game and
it over all made it a good experience.
Game Play 9.5/10
This game is for 1 to 4 players. You have a regular season,
and a playoff mode which can keep going on and on. You also
can have exhibition games, and the pro bowl. The NFL License
is not here, but only numbers on the actual game. The other
mode besides, season is for old games. You can relive some
great football moments, like the Bills Giants game. There
are 27 real ones and 3 fantasy one's. Some are easy but some
are quite hard. There is also a quarterback challenge. You
pick out of 19 of the top quarterbacks from '94, then there
are 4 areas they get challenged in, and 3 of them have great
behind the quarterback views the other does not. The 4
challenges are accuracy- that has moving targets and some
not moving. Speed- this is the only one that is not behind
the quarterback, you have to go through an obstacle course
for the fastest time. The their distance, you see how far
you can throw the ball. Read and Recognition, this is where
almost all the targets are moving, some have yellow flags,
these are the cornerback, the one's that don't have yellow
flags are the receivers you can hit the long one for big
points. You can also create your own quarterback, and put
him against the pros. You can also put your quarterback in
the preseason games, the quarterback challenge trains him.
The difficulty is adjustable, but the A.I. really isn't that
hard, you can probably win games with realistic scores. This
game has a battery back up feature that saves your season
and your quarterbacks.
Overall 8/10
This is a very challenging game. With all these features
especially the last minute option games, you are in for a
very good time. The replay value is high because when you
win 10 old games you get a secret. Plus the Quarterback
challenge is tons of fun. The only problem I had with this
game was player size, the y all could have been quite a bit
bigger than they were. I guess because they put so much into
the quarterback challenge and that all the other features
that were in the games this part had to sacrifice. I like
the fact that the season keeps on going and never stop, this
makes the game fresher, and your guaranteed not to play the
same teams every time you decide to play. You and a friend
really could have some heated realistic games on this one.
This was the first and last Quarterback club to feature the
QB challenge. Which are a pretty sad thing considering how
much fun, and how cool the QB challenge, were truly the best
feature in the game, and how the game got its name. If you
are tired of Madden and Montana give this one a try.
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