Players in FOF2k4

[mtaystl03]

I gots a question: Will the players ratings include some of the changes this season has brought on? For example, will Domanick Davis be regarded a better player now that he has made a name for himself this season? McNabb a little worse? Dante Hall unstoppable at kick returns. Will Warner/Bulger have adjusted ratings? I doubt anybody knows for sure.

[Primal]

There isn't real NFL players in the game.....

[Bee]

I know for sure. The game has fictional players, not real ones.

[mtaystl03]

Jim bases the players on the real ones we just have to change the names. Right? Isn't that how it has always been in the past?

[Bee]

Loosely based. There's an editor if you want to change anything.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by mtaystl03
Jim bases the players on the real ones we just have to change the names. Right? Isn't that how it has always been in the past? This was addressed in the Q&A:PrimeLord: Q: Does the player file "somewhat mirror" the beginning of the 2003 NFL season or current standings? (Hypothetically is the Rams second quarterback their starter, etc.)
JimG: Yes, it somewhat mirrors rosters as of week 5, I believe. Maybe week 4.

[mtaystl03]

How does my FOF4 have all the real players' names? He didnt have a licence right? Please tell me somebody is going to do this. I dont see myself buying this game without real players.

[mckerney]

OPU!!! OPU!!!

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by mtaystl03
How does my FOF4 have all the real players' names? He didnt have a licence right? Please tell me somebody is going to do this. I dont see myself buying this game without real players. You downloaded them from a roster file provided here at FOFC most likely. I suspect that one will be made soon after release.


Amazing how not having "real players" can be a deal-breaker for a career sim. They'll all be gone in 15 seasons or so anyway....

[mtaystl03]

WHAT!!! WHAT!!!

[mtaystl03]

OK, thanks SkyDog

[mckerney]

Originally posted by mtaystl03
How does my FOF4 have all the real players' names? He didnt have a licence right? Please tell me somebody is going to do this. I dont see myself buying this game without real players.

Just look at all the stuff people have already made to go along with the game. Hell, we've already got the logos to go in game with each team, we have 30 years of historical draft files to go with previous versions, I'm sure someone will make a roster with real players.

[Bee]

There's always been a "user" created player file with real NFL players since Jim started using the fictional player angle that was released about the same time as the game. Primelord usually releases it...we should check and see how that's coming btw. ;)

Edit: Man, I need to stop posting in this thread. 4 or 5 posts by the time I finish typing.

[mckerney]

Originally posted by mtaystl03
WHAT!!! WHAT!!!

Not an OPU fan?

[NevStar]

Originally posted by mckerney
Not an OPU fan?

Ohio Paleontology University! Go Fighting Trilobites! :D

[Darkiller]

Originally posted by SkyDog

Amazing how not having "real players" can be a deal-breaker for a career sim. They'll all be gone in 15 seasons or so anyway....

It helps a lot of people getting into the new game, making it easier to fine tune the roster immediately, already knowing your strength and weaknesses.

[MissionComplete]

Darkiller hit my point exactly

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by Darkiller
It helps a lot of people getting into the new game, making it easier to fine tune the roster immediately, already knowing your strength and weaknesses. Exactly.

And I'm not sure about you guys, but at an hour or so per season, 15 seasons takes me quite a while to get through. It's not like the real players only last for a day or two.

[yabanci]

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
And I'm not sure about you guys, but at an hour or so per season, 15 seasons takes me quite a while to get through. It's not like the real players only last for a day or two.

on the other hand, you have people like me who take about a month or more to sim a full season and never get past 10 or 15 seasons. I prefer watching real players develop with a sprinkling of fictional drafted players. So having a real player file is vitally important to me.

[TroyF]

I'm not a fan of the OPU either. I'll probably sim through about 20 seasons, get all the real guys gone, then save the player file and start from there.

TroyF

[Icy]

I like real roosters at first to get more involved in the game. I can see the team i choose perform both in FOF and also at TV. Then i like the fictional rookies to develop and compare their evolution to the real players and see how the new generations takes over the old. It's all about inmersion in the game, i'm a CM series fan and had allways real soccer players there. It also helped me to learn a lot about other leagues or teams players.
I really hope that somebody post a real rooster pack at same time than the game is released.

[Abe Sargent]

I like real roosters too. I'm much more easily awakening by the crow of an actual cock as opposed to my own, erhm, "morning wood."

Or as I like to call it, "morning glory."


-Anxiety

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Anxiety
I like real roosters too. I'm much more easily awakening by the crow of an actual cock as opposed to my own, erhm, "morning wood."

Or as I like to call it, "morning glory."


-Anxiety :D

[CraigSca]

Personally, I'm sick and tired of games that ship with fictional roosters. To hell with Foghorn Leghorn, he's not even REAL.

[mtaystl03]

Originally posted by yabanci
on the other hand, you have people like me who take about a month or more to sim a full season and never get past 10 or 15 seasons. I prefer watching real players develop with a sprinkling of fictional drafted players. So having a real player file is vitally important to me.

Thats me!