Sep 03 2008
Backyard Football for the Wii
I do not like football, but I do tend to enjoy the Backyard series of sports games. I did not purposely try Backyard Football out because well why would I play a video game of a sport I think is boring. After being disappointed by the lack of sensible Wii controls for Backyard Baseball I really did not expect Backyard Football would be any good.
Last weekend I ended up trying it out with the kid I babysit. I was surprised to find that it was not that bad to play. It was actually a little fun, however, I would never play it again unless he wants to play it again because there more interesting games that I would rather play on the Wii, such as Fishing Master, which we moved on to playing and I am almost addicted enough to it that I want to buy it for myself.
As my brother pointed out to me when I told him I thought the controls were decent for the Wii, they really are not too realistic. Sure you do throw the ball flicking the Wii remote similar to a football, but you do not run down the field by alternating the nunchuck and Wii remote, which has come to be the simulation of active running in Wii games. What my brother pointed out as most unrealistic is that you do not like raise your arms to catch the ball on passes, although I think you can do that to do an interception, however I am not positive and either way you do not have to do that to complete passes or make interceptions.
Overall I think Backyard Football lives up to my expectations of the Backyard Sports series, unlike Backyard Baseball for the Wii. However, unless you are into football games it is not a must try.
