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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
NCAA 12 Demo Impressions
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 11:42 PM.
It’s awful hard to get good impressions on a football game with only 2 minute quarters as it hurts your ability to run many plays and you tend to play hurry up and pass more than usual. What really hurts though is the inability to access the sliders. I’d love to see sliders available in next year’s demo. The game does not fit my skill set on either AA (cpu offence is really weak) or Heisman default and so my fun factor isn’t as high as it could be. Overall it’s a pretty decent demo where I don’t ... Read More
Category: Football
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
MLB 2K11 vs. Show 11
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 07:35 PM.
After being frustrated with a few things in 2K11 like franchise fatigue (broken) and injuries (crazy number of them = broken) and a lack of ground balls, I played the Show 11 demo and decided to rent the game for two days. I played roughly three full games so it’s not a big sample size but I’ve also got years of previous Show experience (06 through 09). It’s pretty clear to me that there are strengths to both games and that I would suffer frustrations in both games so I will simply stay with 2K11 ... Read More
Category: Baseball
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
MLB 2K11 Review
Posted on April 12, 2011 at 06:34 PM.
This review is written after playing almost 50 games of the retail copy. It deals exclusively with offline gameplay and does not touch My Player. There are many improvements to 2K11 over 2K10. There is no question that 2K11 is vastly superior to 2K10 in many ways but it still has some significant errors. Unfortunately the reputation of being a buggy and unfinished product is earned and 2K11 lives up to its past errors.

UNFINISHED AND BUGGY

There are some issues with ... Read More
Category: Baseball
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Baseball Video Games Sales Down Through 2 Weeks
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 08:16 AM.
MLB 11 The Show has sold quite poorly compared to MLB 10 The Show on the PS3 and worse than MLB 09 as well. Through two weeks MLB 11 The Show has only sold 130,000 copies per vgchartz (http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/49246/mlb-11-the-show/). MLB 10 had sold 219,000 through two weeks and MLB 09 had sold 157,000. Despite the fact the game added analog controls gamers have chosen to either wait or not buy the game.

MLB 2K11 hasn't fared much better. On the 360 2K11 has sold 82,000 ... Read More
Category: Baseball
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
MLB 2K11 Demo Impressions
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:12 PM.
It’s disappointing that 2K Sports released such a limited demo. This is what they usually do but releasing a demo without difficulty options, camera options, slider options and no commentary doesn’t allow you to get a true feel for how the game will be. The commentary is one of the best things about the game (based on 2K10) and yet people aren’t able to experience it. At least I knew that going into the demo. Overall I’m happy with my demo experience although how I really feel about the game ... Read More
Sunday, January 2, 2011
JAMES BOND BLOOD STONE REVIEW
Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:25 AM.
Blood Stone is a typical 3rd person shooter that features Daniel Craig as the rough and tumble Bond agent. The game puts a heavy emphasis on the story which is as good as a typical Bond movie. The graphics are decent with nothing to complain or rave about. Much of the focus is on taking cover and firing but stealth does play a significant role in the game. While you can choose to “crash the party” some areas are nearly impossible to defeat without using stealth. There are also quite a few racing ... Read More
Category: On My Mind
Thursday, December 30, 2010
NFLPA is Toothless
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 07:20 AM.
The NFL fines and disciplines players any way they want and the NFLPA just bends over. The most popular and profitable sport in North America and it's union is a gutless piece of crap. The way they have fined some of the defensive guys, with no real appeal process, has been poor imo and criticized by many. But the NFLPA just shuts its mouth and does nothing about it.

Now Brett Favre gets fined $50,000 for not co-operating in the Sterger case? I've lost a lot of respect for the guy over ... Read More
Category: Football
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Are Bad Calls Good for Sports?
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 09:02 AM.
I like instant replay. I hate seeing bad umpires or referees blow calls and ultimately games. There was a bad call in the ninth inning of the Yankee game last night where the outfielder, Greg Golston, made a shoe string catch that was ruled a trap. It didn’t cost the Yankees the game but it could have. There is an outcry for expanded instant replay in baseball. But how far do you go? Does that include challenges on balls and strikes the way tennis has for line calls? How much human element ... Read More
Category: Baseball
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
NCAA 11 Review - After the Dust Settled
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 01:52 PM.
After playing around 75 games of NCAA 11 I have a pretty good grasp of my thoughts on the game. I’ve played the game after each patch (with patch #2 having a terrible effect on the cpu running game) and I’ve also used a conventional offense and spread offense. Overall the game is solid but still has some crucial areas it needs to improve upon. I don’t play online so I will not comment on that aspect.


PRESENTATION

• This area improved a bit. ESPN integration ... Read More
Friday, August 13, 2010
NCAA 11 Sliders
Posted on August 13, 2010 at 09:54 AM.
I play on All-American, Slow speed, with 7 minute quarters. I've had to make some adjustments post-patch but I'm pretty close. These sliders work for me and are for my reference and others that may want to know what I'm using. They are not guaranteed to work for anyone else.


NCAA '11 PS3 SLIDERS

DIFFICULTY AA
GAME SPEED Slow, 7 min
SPEED DIFFERENTIAL 50

OFFENSE HUM CPU
QB ACC 45 50
PASS BLK 50 45
WR CATCH 50 55 ... Read More
Category: Football
Thursday, August 5, 2010
New Sliders for NCAA 12
Posted on August 5, 2010 at 11:26 AM.
I really like NCAA 12. It's not perfect but it's a lot of fun. A lot of things in a game can be fixed via sliders. Sometimes we can’t fix everything and some sliders that we like do not exist. I’m proposing some new sliders for NCAA 12 to allow us to fine-tune and fix the game to our liking.

New Man and Zone Pass Coverage Sliders
There have been many complaints about how good man pass coverage this year. The effectiveness of man vs. Zone coverages has been debated in the ... Read More
Category: Football
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
NCAA 11 Early Impressions
Posted on July 14, 2010 at 09:23 AM.
I like to blog my early thoughts so I can go back and look at how my feelings evolve over time with a game. I posted this in the main impressions thread as well.

I’ve played almost 3 games now with seven minute quarters and I’m enjoying it. I wasn’t blown away at first but I think I’ve grown to like it more as I continue to play it. I still feel that after three games it’s still way too early to judge how the game will play but I think this will be a good game.

... Read More
Category: Football
Thursday, July 8, 2010
MLB 2K11 Wishlist
Posted on July 8, 2010 at 07:47 AM.
I'm finding that MLB 2K10 is a very fun and very flawed game. I still enjoy it but there are plenty of areas where it could be improved. I only play one season, and I never get through a full one as I drop it for football when NCAA comes out, so I won't even touch on the franchise issues that others are reporting (player progression as an example). My only beef is that the patch ruined the proper displaying of player names on jerseys for edited players (they simply still display the old name). ... Read More
Category: Baseball
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Don't Bulk Up RBs!
Posted on July 1, 2010 at 07:57 AM.
While some teams like that big bruising RB that can handle 30 carries a game, that bulk should be natural and not forced. The college game is more suited to quick and speedy backs so guys like Best, Forsett, Bush, J.Rodgers, Devine, etc all flourish. Of course big backs like Ricky Williams and Ron Dayne can also excel in college but my point is that any type of back can have success in NCAA. The pro game is more suited to the bigger backs but I think the NFL makes a big mistake when it asks kids ... Read More
Category: Football
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
NCAA 11 Demo Impressions
Posted on June 15, 2010 at 08:36 AM.
POSITIVES
· I thought the pass rush was pretty good on AA. Played 5 games on that level and it's too easy despite my rust. I went 4-1 and beat OSU pretty easily with Miami.
· Playing as a DL is a lot of fun. Less suction blocking imo. I was able to get some nice sacks with the Miami DE and the Clemson DE. It felt instinctive and fun with the r-stick moves. Probably too easy to get user pressure as opposed to my cpu lineman teammates although I never tried any game ... Read More
Category: Football

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