NFL Tour
NFL Tour est un jeu vidéo de sport de football américain au gameplay arcade, publié le 8 janvier 2008 par EA Sports BIG et développé par EA Orlando. Conçu comme le successeur de la franchise NFL Street, il a été adapté pour la PlayStation 3 et la Xbox 360, avec Trey Wingo d'ESPN comme commentateur vocal. La division EA Sports BIG, à l'origine du titre, est également responsable de séries comme SSX, NBA Street, NFL Street et FIFA Street.
L'accueil critique est mitigé, avec une note moyenne agrégée de 58,13. Official Xbox Magazine a ainsi estimé que « NFL Tour doesn’t go to cartoonish extremes, and its self-imposed limitations send some long-term potential off the field on a stretcher, but the smooth play an… », tandis que Kombo a relevé que « NLF Tour keeps its feet grounded in believability while taking a more arcade style approach. To boil it down, Tour is a happy medium between Madden and NLF Bli… ». Du côté des joueurs, les avis divergent : l'un regrettait le déséquilibre et un système où l'équipe recevant le ballon en dernier l'emporte souvent, tout en saluant le mode multijoueur local à quatre, alors qu'un autre qualifiait le jeu de « Garbage, from its 'roid-raging cover athlete to its inexplicable control scheme to its bizarre inclusion of television (un)funny man Jay Mohr ».
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« NFL Tour doesn’t go to cartoonish extremes, and its self-imposed limitations send some long-term potential off the field on a stretcher, but the smooth play and slick presentation keep it a worthwhile sport. »
« NLF Tour keeps its feet grounded in believability while taking a more arcade style approach. To boil it down, Tour is a happy medium between Madden and NLF Blitz. »
« The wacky gameplay, broken tackles, and cheating computer may get the best of you. On the other hand, those of you that are arcade buffs or are particularly good at sports games should love it. »
« I know I want more moves and I pretty much have given up playing against the computer, but when a friend comes over, this is one of the first games we throw in to play. There's just something about Tony Romo running up the side of a wall and leaping into the end zone for the game-winning score while Rodney Harrison whiffs himself into a face full of plexiglass that I can't get enough of, even if it's the only time the Patriots lose all year. »
« Single player's weak, but multiplayer's great. [Apr 2008, p.87] »
« Unfortunately for fans of EA's NFL Street series, your option this year is a relatively thinned out, shallow arcade football game. »
« The game has been stripped of it’s former glory and is now just a below-average sports game in an already over-crowded genre. »
« The good news is that you'll have some fun with NFL Tour, especially with friends. But the joy will be short lived when you realize that the feature set is comparable to the original NBA Jam -- just pick a team and play. It's a thin package that comes off as more of a $30 budget title than a full-fledged effort. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« I don't get all the hate on this game. Yes,it is unbalanced,and the team that gets the ball last often wins. But you get 4-player local multiplayer,a decent career mode,and fun,but flawed gameplay. RB's can plow through a whole team themselves,QB's are deadly accurate,except for Jason Campbell,who plays for the Redskins,and WR's have superglue on their hands. The graphics are okay,and the framerate is solid at 60 fps,and does not stutter Sound effects and soundtrack are decent. Overall,NFL Tour is a flawed,but relatively enjoyable game. »
« Garbage, from its 'roid-raging cover athlete to its inexplicable control scheme to its bizarre inclusion of television (un)funny man Jay Mohr. If you complain about Madden's seeming lack of innovation, one needs only look at this game to see the dark side of "innovation". »
