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Blitz II: Like Madden, But Doggy Style
Posted by Kotaku US Edition at 3:30 PM on August 7, 2008
Lawrence Taylor has quickly shot up my list of great people to interview. There was this Blitz: The League 2 launch party somewhere around Times Square tonight. Press people and whoever else got to play the game as well as take advantage of the open bar. The highlight of the night, however, was when I interviewed Lawrence Taylor -the football guy on the cover - in a round-table discussion. I didn't get a chance to ask a lot of questions, so when I did, I simply asked "Why should anyone buy Blitz 2 over Madden 09?" His response was, well, very...positional.
Why should anyone buy Blitz: The League 2 over Madden 09?
Lawrence Taylor:
"That's a good question. Well, it all depends. If you're use to the missionary position, that's what you're going to do. But if you want to sit there and experiment? From the behind, then maybe a little doggystyle and all that stuff, then you're going to buy Blitz 2. Now you (pointing at me), you might like missionary. That's something you can control. It's going to be the same thing every time. But if you want to experience and enjoy it. And get downright dirty with it, then you're going to get Blitz 2".
Uh..ok. I was kinda expecting your typical "The graphics are hot" speech, but it seems like he knows what he's talking about...I think. I was afraid to ask him what position I'd like if I bought neither game. Oh well.
Oh, in case you were wondering why kind of watch a man such as Lawrence Taylor wears, I snapped a picture of it.
That wouldn't fit around both my wrists combined. I spent the rest of the night standing around drinking free Budlight.
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snakepliskin
Posted 3:56 PM 7/8/08
I mothereffing love LT man. Greatest defensive player ever. I watched the man make a sack with 1 finger. Guy's just a total badass. Hes probably the only reason i bought the first blitz the league, even though it was total garbage. I dont see the second one being any better. But man if i had gotten to interview LT id have rattled off so many questions hed probably murder me.
snakepliskin
ColtBrennan
Posted 3:48 PM 7/8/08
yeah what the hell... a large party for this game?!?! hmmmm ok... sure.
ColtBrennan
wild homes isn't anything!
Posted 3:45 PM 7/8/08
Blitz is so gritty, I think I got addicted to painkillers just reading this story.
wild homes isn't anything!
Elly
Posted 3:45 PM 7/8/08
Which game is better for someone that does it solo?
Elly
Halosucks3
Posted 3:44 PM 7/8/08
They need to spend all this money on game development instead of large parties with coked up old football players.
Halosucks3
pastepunkjames
Posted 3:41 PM 7/8/08
That's one way of getting press coverage...
pastepunkjames
scotty
Posted 3:39 PM 7/8/08
But in all seriousness, as funny as the interview was, it was as informative as asking my grandma.
scotty
Ramza
Posted 3:39 PM 7/8/08
Midway should do themselves and never release this. Just scrap it. Instead just remake blitz 20-01 (the best one) and put it on PSN and XBL.
Ramza
G-PoNg
Posted 3:36 PM 7/8/08
Nice Watch
G-PoNg
scotty
Posted 3:35 PM 7/8/08
Haha, you like missionary!
scotty
Thrizar
Posted 4:25 PM 7/8/08
i'd buy blitz 2 but im having fun with RB and MGS4. and im looking to get SC4. im done for game purchases for the next few months
that and sports games are not my kinda forte
Thrizar
Polite Society
Posted 4:15 PM 7/8/08
@scotty: would your grandma tell you what position you like? ... wait, is that what you are saying? o_O;
Polite Society
Polite Society
Posted 4:14 PM 7/8/08
@Halosucks3: yeah, because games that have awesome development, but no money spent on marketing do really well.
Polite Society
mrplow8
Posted 4:44 PM 7/8/08
That's seriously the best analogy anyone could have come up with to explain why some people would want Blitz over Madden.
I haven't played a Blitz game since the N64 days, but I remember them being fun. I've always thought the Madden games were boring.
mrplow8
Elly
Posted 4:43 PM 7/8/08
@Vecha: Not if there's any truth to this: [kotaku.com]! :D
Elly
Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.
Posted 4:42 PM 7/8/08
@Elly: No More Heroes. Recharging your laser sword is a lot like solo play.
Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.
Vecha
Posted 4:42 PM 7/8/08
i thought that was a glock in the second pic...
Vecha
Snake726
Posted 4:40 PM 7/8/08
Oh so it's....no wait, still football.
Snake726
Minitroika
Posted 4:40 PM 7/8/08
John Madden Hot Coffee confirmed?
Minitroika
Vecha
Posted 4:39 PM 7/8/08
@Stick34:
Depends on the girl. Or the guy! HAR HAR HAR!
Vecha
Vecha
Posted 4:39 PM 7/8/08
Why not like the Butterfly?
WHAT? NEVER TRIED THAT ONE? OH FOR SHAME!
Vecha
Stick34
Posted 4:35 PM 7/8/08
btw, doggie style > missionary
Stick34
Stick34
Posted 4:35 PM 7/8/08
@Halosucks3: The budgets for marketing and development are completely different, usually diferent companies. It's not like they're taking money out of the development budget..
Stick34
BelmontHeir
Posted 4:33 PM 7/8/08
Well, he sold me on the game. And apparently Kotaku likes traditional sex that it can control.
BelmontHeir
scotty
Posted 4:31 PM 7/8/08
@Polite Society: Wha?!
Gah, echk, hell no!
Ptew, I just got a bad taste in my mouth! Bleh...
No, I meant, my grandma doesn't know crap about games, so she would be as informative... ;_;
scotty
NeVeRMoRe666
Posted 5:09 PM 7/8/08
Personally, being the football and sex freak I am, I'm going for both missionary and doggy...AT THE SAME TIME...
NeVeRMoRe666
Bloody
Posted 4:56 PM 7/8/08
Fancy Watch.. $4000
Sandals.. $8
Sexual Video Game Analogies.. Priceless?
To this day the only actual game I have ever broken (snapped the disk in half) was the original Blitz for the playstation. Rubberband AI sends my nerd rage into orbit. I haven't played a football game since and sadly i don't think he resold me.
I've always liked Lawrence tho.. hes a funny guy.
Bloody
NeVeRMoRe666
Posted 5:32 PM 7/8/08
@ColtBrennan: I promise you my friend, the second I figure it out, a green hued sex tape will be Fedexed to you IMMEDIATELY. I'm guessing if and when I do, my expression will look like that of Mr. Taylor's above...satisfied...but regretful...
NeVeRMoRe666
ColtBrennan
Posted 5:23 PM 7/8/08
@NeVeRMoRe666: will this be on youtube the SECOND IT HAPPENS... cause that would be a trophy and gamerscore points at THE SAME TIME.
ColtBrennan
mrplow8
Posted 5:55 PM 7/8/08
Their logo should be a copy of Blitz 2 raping a copy of Madden from behind.
mrplow8
K-Squad! (Badass Edition)
Posted 5:54 PM 7/8/08
And they think games like grand theft auto cause violence, when i was a kid at least i knew grand theft auto was bad, but at that age i thought elbow grinding somebody was okay.
K-Squad! (Badass Edition)
everybest
Posted 6:50 PM 7/8/08
That response was something I would have expected from okenny!
everybest
Gabexmosh
Posted 7:15 PM 7/8/08
I'm sorry, but that's pretty much the greatest sell I've heard. Dude has guts. And guts is enough. Hell, he can come to my house and fuck my sister!
Gabexmosh
Shiryu
Posted 7:50 PM 7/8/08
NHL Blitz was one of the most played vs games on PSX around my friends group. The amazing bit? Were european, by all rights, we should completly ignore American Football games. It has yet to beat Mutant League Football... oh, and why wasnt the first game for the Wii released in Europe? As such, I did not buy it and opted for Madden 08 instead...
Lack of choices, not lack of wanting to experiment doggie style, mister!
Shiryu
EvilMetsFan
Posted 8:59 PM 7/8/08
I fucking hate Madden ( the games). My whole high school life was Foot ball. Play, practicing and training. Blitz the League has been really the only sports game I was able to tolerate. I love when you tackle some and brake their spine. The bone break image that comes up is priceless. Also, Big LT fan here. Joe Theisman had it comin'. And, coincidentally, doggy style is my favorite position
EvilMetsFan
Terance!
Posted 8:47 PM 7/8/08
@Bloody:
Nerd Rage?
More "like, get some medication that isn't healthy no matter the cause" rage.
Terance!
Hulkamaniac
Posted 10:13 PM 7/8/08
well madden is boring to me brother so this game may have enough action to keep the Hulkster busy.
Hulkamaniac
MSUSteve
Posted 10:55 PM 7/8/08
I think the true lesson of this story is that Reilly, when confronted with an open bar, wastes the opportunity drinking BUD F'ING LIGHT. Huh?
MSUSteve
FanDam
Posted 10:46 PM 7/8/08
Lawrence Taylor used to send hookers to the hotel rooms of his adversaries the night before a game. That way, he'd be well rested, they wouldn't be.
He should've done that with the EA devs.
FanDam
thegunshow
Posted 12:24 AM 8/8/08
@Bloody: "Watch: $4000?"
Try $120,000. That's a Jacob and Co. watch. Me knowing that is pretty sad, I need to go do some work now.
thegunshow
doesntlikedede
Posted 12:59 AM 8/8/08
"I was afraid to ask him what position I'd like if I bought neither game"
anal? does anyone get that joke besides me ._. (not trying to get banned here)
doesntlikedede
Argyle
Posted 1:31 AM 8/8/08
I'm a reverse cowgirl kinda guy and my favorite football game ever was mutant league football on the genesis, so take that LT!
Argyle
Sabash
Posted 1:42 AM 8/8/08
@Ramza: Yes, not releasing a game that's already done would be a sound business decision. You should go work for them if all your ideas are so great.
Sabash
Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.
Posted 2:03 AM 8/8/08
@MSUSteve: He should've enjoyed a cold, refreshing Coors Light. Borne from a mountain stream and crafted by artisan brewmasters, Coors Light is a satisfying chill for those good times.
Coors Light, now in vented-top cans or Cold-indicating bottles. Get on board the Silver Bullet.
Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.
Jonaconda
Posted 3:50 AM 8/8/08
LT is the fuckin' man. How that guy's still walking after a professional career played with zero disregard for his own body is a modern medical miracle perhaps only equaled by Keith Richards living long enough to become a grandfather.
I'd like to give this game a try, but I've sort of reached a point with games where they either get bought or not, and I haven't rented in years. The old Blitz games for the 64/PSX were awesome though.
Jonaconda
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
Posted 4:23 AM 8/8/08
Geez. You meet LT, and all you come home with is a picture of his watch and his foot? Dammit man!
Quote was cool tho.
Knoxximus (360/PSN)
LosCakes
Posted 7:41 AM 8/8/08
@Ramza: Holy God, what he said!!
LosCakes
Rainbow Bright
Posted 12:29 PM 8/8/08
Blitz was rad, but its no Tecmo Super Bowl.
Rainbow Bright
TracknFieldSpoonKing
Posted 9:29 PM 7/8/08
I wonder if anyone was man enough to say "hey LT what's up with the Hammer toes and thong flip flops you got from the Rave at the mall"?
TracknFieldSpoonKing
digamma
Posted 3:43 PM 7/8/08
Blitz tries way too hard.
digamma
DrWhen
Posted 7:46 AM 9/8/08
Perfectly spoken!
I liked the first one mostly because of Taylor and the crazy stunts you can do and the kind of control you had over everything else that goes on in a football game. The screens for the new one look pretty nice and I like how they focus on the beat down aspect of the game.
DrWhen
Thunder-1
Posted 1:11 AM 10/8/08
@Thrizar:
And you commented on this then why...?
Thunder-1
wtchthegme
Posted 5:03 AM 13/8/08
Wow! who would have thought 'doggy style' is the ideal way to describe Blitz II - I couldn't agree more.
My favorite, comparable to Madden being released, is this...
[hardfortheyard.com]
wtchthegme