NFL '97

NFL '97 is an American football game released for the Sega Saturn by Sega. Licensed by the National Football League, it is the eighth installment in the Joe Montana Football series of games, & the fourth installment in the post-Joe Montana era of the series.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The graphics are awful to look at. The football players either look like poorly-made clay models that were then digitized onto the console with no thought as to how it would project onto the screen, or are ugly looking boogers that somewhat resemble football players at some degree of disgustingness.
 * 2) * The football field has nothing of interest at all, with it having less depth than a kiddie pool.
 * 3) * The textures are of a very low quality, more-so resembling Super FX textures, than Sega Saturn textures.
 * 4) * The yellow goal post looks like it was made out of solid pee, which is very disturbing.
 * 5) * Not only that, but it also runs on a rather low frame rate of what seems to be 15 frames per second.
 * 6) The ball physics are poor, with the ball just flying like it was rubbery & squishy instead of an actual football, which is hard & bulky.
 * 7) The passing system is seemingly random. Very few times will you ever be able to get it to where you're destined to toss the football towards & 9/10 it'll go in the wrong direction. Oh, & when that 9/10 chance happens, there is also a 9/10 chance that you'll lose because of that.
 * 8) Limited customization options in the menu are apparent.
 * 9) Lazy presentation that just takes you to the game with nothing even remotely exciting to show you about the Saturn's capabilities.
 * 10) The game as a whole is a lot worse than even the previous games that were made on less powerful hardware.

Reception

 * The game received mixed to negative reviews throughout its time on store shelves with nobody giving it any praise what-so-ever.