Not so standard for 1995 though, which is when this game came out. Of course there are no licenses at all (except Emmitt's ugly face) which is pretty standard for bad sports titles. It's a good idea, but it's poorly executed and it has no value because the attached game is so unplayable. But with passing and running so inherently busted, what is the point? Plus it's painfully limited, so don't expect to be able to give your receivers triple moves or anything. I also lied, there is one more feature to the game besides just the options menu and exhibition games. Playing defense - completely busted, just sell out on the run every play Passing game - completely busted, the receivers will stop running their routes once you release the ball. Running game - completely busted, I use the same play every time and average 10+ yards a carry. So it ends up just being an annoyance and extra step in getting a play call in. But what's the point? Am I gonna rock the hands team from the I-formation? Or my big team from a spread shotgun? Not that I ever noticed any difference from what I picked anyway. "Big" would obviously be your large powerful players, "fast" would be your burners, and "hands" would be your best catchers. Before selecting your formation you have to select what I'm guessing is the personnel package you're sending out on the field. The play selection process tries to be different, but only succeeds in being cumbersome. Considering the game has one character sprite, a field, and a goalpost, they probably had one guy assigned to do it all. Hell, just look at the player graphic for Chrissakes. That's as close to praise as we can get at this point because everything else is (sub)par for the course. And it runs at 8 frames per second instead of 4. I actually consider ESF to be slightly superior to similar dreck like Pro Quarterback because despite also offering the meager gameplay modes of single exhibition game and nothing else, this one kind of actually resembles a football game, even if only superficially. Tired of the football games yet? We're only 15 games into this thing and Emmitt Smith Football is already the third gridiron title to appear (not counting Space Football because it should be called Space Rugby Pinball).
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