felix
04-11-2005, 04:08 AM
Hey all..
Im an avid sports game fan.. I have been since playing some of the early snes sports games like Madden and NBA vs playoffs series.. Its been fun to see how much sports games have changed over the years.. Anyways, I want to hear your favorite sports games (not based on $ value) but based on a value of how much you enjoyed playing them..
NES
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Allstars baseball - This was back before the licenced teams and players.. You could play boys vs girls depending on what teams you chose and the best part was that it was baseball at its best. The controls were great, had a good difficulty curve and kept baseball basic.. the way baseball should be. If you wanted to throw a curveball, you simply pushed the directional button the way you wanted the ball to go... You didnt have to know all the technicalites of a curveball or how to hit it.. You just knew if you pushed the button to the left, the ball would follow.. My point is that baseball is a simple sport.. its the american pastime and I think that this game captures it in all its beautiful simplicity.
SNES
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This is tough.. because sports games really started to take off.. You had the Madden series, The NBA live series, Mariocart and other arcady games like that, and quality golf games where tossed in the mix. All in all, I have to give it to EA games for making the best sports games at the time.. Between the NBA live series and the Madden series, they kept things current and updated their games enough to make buying another copy of virtually the same game worth your hard earned scratch.
Dreamcast
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I know I am going to take flack for this, but I loved virtua tennis 2.. I hate tennis, but this game kept me entertained for HOUR and HOURS.. only game to keep me this tied up for this long was FF3..
PS1
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This one is tough too, because you have EA sports vs 989 games.. I personally think that the EA sports did a better job but its still a tough call.. Best game (in my eyes) was NCAA football 2003.. Good graphics, smooth animation and the dynasty mode was amazing.. im in my 14 season with BYU with 6 national titles under my belt.. Go COUGARS!!
PS2
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I am an avid hockey fan.. I watch hockey, I play hockey, I go ice skating about 3 times a week and I love every second of it.. People say that the best hockey game for ps2 is the ESPN hockey game.. I disagree strongly.. If you want the true hockey experience, play NHL 2004. It is the closest game to REAL hockey to date. If you dont know the legistics of hockey or have never played REAL icehockey (as in a league or dropin) then maybe you should stick with the espn nhl games.. Oh, I didnt pick '05 because I think it isnt even close to the same game is 04.. the engine on 04 is better and the hits are a little more realistic.. plus with the changes (all for the worst) it just kills 05..
Anyways.. I want to hear your fav sports games and why..
Im an avid sports game fan.. I have been since playing some of the early snes sports games like Madden and NBA vs playoffs series.. Its been fun to see how much sports games have changed over the years.. Anyways, I want to hear your favorite sports games (not based on $ value) but based on a value of how much you enjoyed playing them..
NES
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Allstars baseball - This was back before the licenced teams and players.. You could play boys vs girls depending on what teams you chose and the best part was that it was baseball at its best. The controls were great, had a good difficulty curve and kept baseball basic.. the way baseball should be. If you wanted to throw a curveball, you simply pushed the directional button the way you wanted the ball to go... You didnt have to know all the technicalites of a curveball or how to hit it.. You just knew if you pushed the button to the left, the ball would follow.. My point is that baseball is a simple sport.. its the american pastime and I think that this game captures it in all its beautiful simplicity.
SNES
------------
This is tough.. because sports games really started to take off.. You had the Madden series, The NBA live series, Mariocart and other arcady games like that, and quality golf games where tossed in the mix. All in all, I have to give it to EA games for making the best sports games at the time.. Between the NBA live series and the Madden series, they kept things current and updated their games enough to make buying another copy of virtually the same game worth your hard earned scratch.
Dreamcast
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I know I am going to take flack for this, but I loved virtua tennis 2.. I hate tennis, but this game kept me entertained for HOUR and HOURS.. only game to keep me this tied up for this long was FF3..
PS1
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This one is tough too, because you have EA sports vs 989 games.. I personally think that the EA sports did a better job but its still a tough call.. Best game (in my eyes) was NCAA football 2003.. Good graphics, smooth animation and the dynasty mode was amazing.. im in my 14 season with BYU with 6 national titles under my belt.. Go COUGARS!!
PS2
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I am an avid hockey fan.. I watch hockey, I play hockey, I go ice skating about 3 times a week and I love every second of it.. People say that the best hockey game for ps2 is the ESPN hockey game.. I disagree strongly.. If you want the true hockey experience, play NHL 2004. It is the closest game to REAL hockey to date. If you dont know the legistics of hockey or have never played REAL icehockey (as in a league or dropin) then maybe you should stick with the espn nhl games.. Oh, I didnt pick '05 because I think it isnt even close to the same game is 04.. the engine on 04 is better and the hits are a little more realistic.. plus with the changes (all for the worst) it just kills 05..
Anyways.. I want to hear your fav sports games and why..