The bread and butter of Blitz is the super fast and super violent gameplay that was born with the great arcade game NBA Jam and expertly adapted for football by the team at Midway. The turbo charged running and passing, side laterals, vertical air attack, crushing tackles and that all-important extra curricular activity after the play is in there for 2000. It's almost a shame but the wealth of new features like the extra stadiums, wind effects and play editor still play second banana to the skull crushing gameplay that we loved in last year's game. The offense is more or less the same with three pages of plays to choose from and similar pass patterns available. The computer controlled teams will blitz more often on third down.
Conservative play calling is out the window because there are very few out patterns in the game.
There will be no nickel and diming your way down the field here. You have to be aggressive and go up top or hope that you called a play that will confound the defense so a receiver will be open right off the line. The new four player mode is actually the best enhancement to Blitz' gameplay. You get four buddies together, choose your teams and let the insults and trash talking begin. This was one of the main knocks against the first Blitz game for the N64, which was only 2 players, and it has been properly corrected this time around.