NFL Tour

NFL Tour
Playstation 3 Cover
Developer(s)	EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)	EA Sports Big
Platform(s)	PS3, Xbox 360
Release date(s)	January 8, 2008
Genre(s)	Sports, Football
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone)
Media/distribution	Blu-ray DVD

NFL Tour is an arcade football video game. It was released on January 8, 2008. It was developed under the EA Sports BIG division of EA Sports, which is also responsible for such titles as SSX, NBA Street, NFL Street, and the FIFA Street games. The game could be considered a successor to the NFL Street franchise but converted to the new hardware (PS3 / Xbox 360). Trey Wingo from ESPN is the game's voice announcer.

Cover

In 2007, a fan vote decided which NFL player would be on the game's cover. The candidates were:

• Dwight Freeney of the Indianapolis Colts
• Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins
• Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers.

Shawne Merriman was named the cover athlete.

Soundtrack

• Aceyalone featuring Chali 2Na - "Easy"
• Airbourne - "Blackjack"
• All Time Low - "This Is How We Do"
• Biffy Clyro - "Saturday Superhouse"
• Black Tide - "Shout"
• E Da Boss featuring Gift of Gab - "Go Left"
• Flo Rida - "Radio"
• L.A. Symphony - "Break It Down"
• Lupe Fiasco - "Superstar"
• Madina Lake - "Stars"
• MxPx - "Shut It Down"
• Project 86 - "Illuminate"
• Rooney - "Paralyzed"
• Silverstein - "Bodies and Words"
• The Almost - "Say This Sooner"
• Young Dre the Truth - "Get It"
• Zion I - "Don't Lose Ya Head"
• Lil Wayne - "Got Money"

Reception

The game received mostly negative reviews.

Aaron Thomas of gamespot.com^[1] said that "NFL Tour would have made a great arcade game, but as a console game, it's simply too shallow to hold your interest for long." He complained that the game suffered from being "light on game modes," and lack of "depth." He scored the game a 5/10. Ultimately, he concluded that "If you're cool with spending $40 on a few hours of entertainment--go to town, but don't say you weren't warned. However, if you don't like wasting money, take a pass on this one altogether and pick up an old copy of NFL Street (or even NFL Blitz) if you need an arcade football fix."

Jeff Haynes of ign.com^[2] said "For a title that's being shown on the two most powerful console systems available, the game doesn't really take advantage of the visual capabilities of either one." Of the game's playability, he said "Missing tricks, gamebreakers and character progression or squad creation, this is an incredibly weak NFL title. At least you don't have to shake the controller for reversals." He ultimately scored the game a 4.7/10. Haynes concluded that "The largest draw of playing the game is the multiplayer. Otherwise, if you manage to go through the Tour mode once, you're not going to touch this game again."

1. ^ http://gamespot.com/
2. ^ http://ign.com/