A few years ago, an extreme, hard-core football game came out called NFL Blitz. It focused on the things that would never happen in real football and was a major hit. Now comes Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed, which capitalizes on the Warner name and the Blitz style. While Unleashed's opening screen looks OK, gamers soon realize that this is just a Blitz knockoff with horrible graphics.
Players look choppy and their movements are terrible.
Also missing are the big-time NFL players. I hadn't heard of any of the Unleashed lineups or their teams and, thus, I was not familiar with any of their playing styles. Control and game play are easy to master. I had it down in one game. The best thing about Unleashed is the late hits, the only aspect that kept me playing.