Originally when I got back into gaming as an adult, the Dreamcast was the console I had been playing.
The NFL 2k Football games totally blew my mind. I am a huge football fan and I thought they were super realistic compared to the Montana Sports talk Football of my earlier days of gaming. I guess I was never a "Madden Football" fan.
I always preferred another NFL game to Madden.
When ESPN NFL 2k5 came out I was in Sim Football heaven! The animations looked real, unlike Maddens (Gears of War type Animations) There was gang tackles, you could control the defense like never before, you could double cover the wide receivers, the playbooks were authentic. There was a trophy section called "The Crib" where you unlocked items from your favorite teams to put around your crib.
There were celebrity people to play against like Steve-O from Jackass and Carmen Electra. Where the Computer simulated what the celebrities did when they actually played the game themselves. This was also a feature online, you could download the top players "Profile" and play against it, even when they weren't there, and it would copy all the things they would do. That way you could practice against them.
There were online leagues, I won mine. There were online ranking systems, I was in the top 10.
The running game actually worked in this game. THere was even the unique First person Football mode. Which was fun to mess around with.
Best of all 2K sports realized what a total rip off it is to sell a new sports game eact year for a full $50 or $60 when most games just give you an updated roster.
So there solution was to charge $19.99 for all there sports titles. Due to this, I was able to buy ESPN 2k5 Football on Playstation 2 and XBox and I also was able to buy 2k5 Baseball.
The folks over at EA Didn't like this very much, they were outclassed and outsold by ESPN NFL 2K5, so what did they do? They purchased the very expensive exclusive NFL license.
So now Madden is the only game that can have actual NFL players and and stadiums and things like that. My big concern is that with no competition EA doesn't have to improve the product. People will buy it because it is the only game in town. They aren't forced to get better.
I have not bought an NFL game since then and I cant wait until the license runs out. I think it is a mistake to let any one developer have rights to something like the NFL or MLB or anything like that.
Now what can we do? Well I have done the class action thing, I've signed the petitions and now I guess we just have to wait for the Exclusive deal to fade away. It should have never happened to begin with honestly.
I am happy to see EA fail again and again, I love the fact that less and less people are buying Madden each year. You reap what you sew EA.
Replaced is a staggering visual achievement, blending 2.5D retro-futurism with a captivatingly grim premise.
Pragmata has sold 1 million copies in two days, Capcom has announced.
I didn't know it came out last Friday, or I would have bought the game. I will try again for this upcoming weekend.
Im really digging it. It reminds me of games from the PS2 era, not visually or how it plays, but like the spirit of it. If you were around for that golden age of gaming, you’ll get what I mean when you play this.
Have you tried Kanitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess (also Capcom)? That feels like a PS2-era Capcom game.
Agreed! The art style is amazing in that game. I bought it immediately after I played the demo but haven't started it lol
I know what you mean. I think it really feels like Vanquish, with some Dead Space and Binary Domain thrown in. So maybe more PS3 era but yes it is great.
The next thing I'm mine when I've had my fill of crimson desert. A nice linear action game to contrast the open ended 😗👌
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now become the second title to win Game of the Year at all five major awards shows.
It just wasn't for you in that way i guess. Can't really argue with it when it wins all the awards and it's the highest rating by players of all time
I thought this game was a load of rubbish. Trying too hard to be art(sy) by people who don’t really understand art but want to make it look like they do. Found it obvious and shallow and just not a fun game. Just seemed like every relentless second they were clutching at trying to feed this superior narrative… the irony being that’s kind of what I’m doing now… maybe that’s art imitating art….
Didn't know the Golden Joystick fan votum was considered one of the "major awards"?
I always thought it's "only" the Big Four - VGA, Bafta, GDC and DICE.
Nonetheless, congrats to Clair Obscur!
uck e.a. they are trash .hot alley trash
No mention of FIFA? One of EA Sports biggest franchises and it's ignored?
@danarc
No offense but I don't like nor play soccer games. I know it might be successful? but I do know EA didn't buy the license to Soccer and ruin that, there is competition for that game. EA isn't forced to make a better NFL game however because people will still buy it because there is no competition.