Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

[centauris]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

good news.

roster changes and playbooks show up online

[Brandwin]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

I don't know, my kickoffs into the endzone were all touchbacks. CPU punted to me and it gave them a safety.

On the graphics, I will say I find some of the fake logos amusing and wrong. A hawk/eagle for Dallas? A shark for New England? A cow skull for Seattle? I mean, Seattle's totally known for it's western themes, right? I know they were trying to not be the NFL, but come on.

ah, okay. I didn't have the CPU get a touchback on me. Hopefully that's not true.

very disappointed... bombs do not exist.

jump balls do not exist.

Jump balls?

[CreatineKasey]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

It ain't the same game. The 80 yard bombs are gone. You can't change the colors of the teams, just the names, and it doesn't effect the field graphics. So if you change Los Angeles to Oakland, the endzone still says Los Angeles. It feels more like the PS1 version than the SNES game. There's also a nice little issue where a punt that goes into the endzone results in a safety rather than a touchback.

So... overall it's not *bad* for an 800 point game, but we're better off just playing the hacked 32 team NES roms instead.

You guys.... bombs were out of the SNES version. The NES version had the crazy jump balls all the time.

I'm pretty sure jump balls are in, I remember seeing a highlight with one.

I played a few plays and I'm very very excited. I've always wanted this, and now it's finally here!

Does anyone know if edited rosters are displayed online??

[RaiderKtulu]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

ah, okay. I didn't have the CPU get a touchback on me. Hopefully that's not true.


Jump balls?

Jump Ball - when a pass is overthrown, on the old version, occasionally you'd get a cutscene where both receiver and defender go up for the ball. I don't think anyone can say they don't exist yet though, they didn't happen that much.

On the safety, it was a ball that was caught in the endzone, and I stood there and got tackled. Maybe you have to push a button to kneel, not sure. Had them kick one past the endzone and it worked properly. I could've sworn the original game turned it into a touchback as soon as it crossed the line though. Maybe I'm thinking NES instead of SNES.

[centauris]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

You guys.... bombs were out of the SNES version. The NES version had the crazy jump balls all the time.

I'm pretty sure jump balls are in, I remember seeing a highlight with one.

I played a few plays and I'm very very excited. I've always wanted this, and now it's finally here!

Does anyone know if edited rosters are displayed online??

yes they are.. I did a test with Favre. it showed for me. but I don't know about my opponent. i'm winning 39-0

[centauris]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

ugh.. my online game didn't count.

[centauris]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

update: We can not change playbooks for online play.

and I do not see an option to play 2D online?

anyone?

I thought they said we could play 2D vs 2D online

[CreatineKasey]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

yes they are.. I did a test with Favre. it showed for me. but I don't know about my opponent. i'm winning 39-0

It's exactly the same game. I remember it. I played hundreds of hours of the genesis version which is very similar. It's got a bit tighter defense and overall less extremes than the NES version. It's one of the reasons why the NES version is considered superior by me: true superstars in the game. This game has pretty modest ratings everywhere. There's very few monster standouts like TSB on the NES.

Anyway, it's still got great gameplay and will be a treat to play online against others. It'll be *slightly* less extreme than the NES version in terms of big plays and wacky outcomes. They still exist, no doubt, but in smaller quantities.

Other quick questions: NG dive = in or out?

Do we have time to edit our playbook during an online match? If not, does anyone know how to edit playbooks and save them?

EDIT: Have you tried the menu option in game to edit the playbook? There's an option to do it in single player.

[centauris]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

It's exactly the same game. I remember it. I played hundreds of hours of the genesis version which is very similar. It's got a bit tighter defense and overall less extremes than the NES version. It's one of the reasons why the NES version is considered superior by me: true superstars in the game. This game has pretty modest ratings everywhere. There's very few monster standouts like TSB on the NES.

Anyway, it's still got great gameplay and will be a treat to play online against others. It'll be *slightly* less extreme than the NES version in terms of big plays and wacky outcomes. They still exist, no doubt, but in smaller quantities.

Other quick questions: NG dive = in or out?

Do we have time to edit our playbook during an online match? If not, does anyone know how to edit playbooks and save them?

I play the NES in leagues and stuff.. but i'm really enjoying this.

the NT seems to get blocked when you try it. that's good.

I can not see a way to edit playbooks for online matches.

The option does not exist when you are playing.. and I don't see the option in settings.

EDIT: The menu option does not exist in Online play

[Skyliner80]

This is in essence the SNES TSB....which does have the jump catch cut scene..i believe it's from birds-eye view. I don't know if it has the WR/CB jump-ball like in the NES TSB (which had way better cut scenes). As long as I've played TSB(SNES), I'd never seen the double jump-ball. Does anyone know whether or not the 16-bit cut scenes have a current graphical counterpart? Or does the switch to 3D have it's own animations?

[elgreazy1]

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MAN! I love this game. Simple, easy, fun and for $10 why not? I know I'm not getting a deep SIM here but just a basic game.

My only gripe at this point is when it comes to editing players' names in that you can't tell who you're editing. The Season Mode has some nice menus for roster management that helps you figure out who is who - also it breaks down every player's strengths & weaknesses - but from the Main Menu you merely see players and positions. For example: I accidentally made Emmitt as Johnston and vise versa, had to exit my game, go back, re-edit. Not horrible, but merely having the player's number next to his name would help leaps and bounds in editing.

By they way is there a way to share rosters or do we need to manually go in and input it ourselves?

[Brandwin]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

Jump Ball - when a pass is overthrown, on the old version, occasionally you'd get a cutscene where both receiver and defender go up for the ball. I don't think anyone can say they don't exist yet though, they didn't happen that much.

On the safety, it was a ball that was caught in the endzone, and I stood there and got tackled. Maybe you have to push a button to kneel, not sure. Had them kick one past the endzone and it worked properly. I could've sworn the original game turned it into a touchback as soon as it crossed the line though. Maybe I'm thinking NES instead of SNES.

Well, it should be a touchback no matter what.

Ah, okay. I remember the cutscene, I was thinking an actual way to jump. I was going to say, I don't remember that.
As far as playbooks, I could change plays during a single player game, not sure about before or during online play.

[CallMeDrop]

If you can edit rosters online...who's gonna be the guy that turns this game into Tecmo Bowl 2010? We need this!

[ExtremeGamer]

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If you can edit rosters online...who's gonna be the guy that turns this game into Tecmo Bowl 2010? We need this!

You can edit names, not numbers or ratings.

And there's 28 teams, not 32.

So it's not really possible.

[elgreazy1]

re: Tecmo Bowl Throwback Impressions (PS3 and 360)

Yeah, make no sense to give players current info, but it's doable. To each their own, honestly.

And no, we're the Wesley CRUSHERS not the Wesley Crushers.