12-17-2008, 01:11 PM
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MVP
OVR: 28
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Austin, TX
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Re: Testing the Water with All-Pro Football 2K8
Here's what went wrong, in order:
1) Little to no information about the game during development: We were all left in the dark about what the game was going to be about.
2) Little to no marketing for the game: The only ad I ever saw for the game was a quick flash of the menu screen on a Dodge Caravan commercial. Weak...
3) Price point was too high: 2K5 sold for $19.99 WITH NFL rights, this game should have been at the most $39.
4) Lack of polish: Not even close to the level of ESPN NFL 2K5 which was a last generation game. This is not something 2K does, they always try to release the most polished game possible.
4a) Upgrade the graphics: Even games that suck can sell due to graphics. While this is not a major need for the APF franchise, it's hard to argue that the player models in APF were a big upgrade over the ESPN 2K5 models.
5) LACK OF CUSTOMIZATION: No NFL, fine, but there was nothing to make the game deep enough. Not enough logos, player models (hair, faces, equipment, facial hair, etc), etc.
6) No franchise mode, offline modes to speak of: Okay, maybe it was hard to do this with the Legends so that explains the single season, but what about mini-games, at least. Maybe APF was geared for online play, which is no biggie, but then that leads to this:
7) Limited online league customization: You can make basic leagues and that's about it.
8) COMPLETE lack of community feedback: The developers just left all the owners out to dry after the game was released. We only had 1 patch & that was it!!!? Hell, even Madden 09 has had 2 patches and EA frankly doesn't care about their customers.
9) Lack of downloadable content to keep the game fresh: Okay so no franchise? How about making that downloadable down the line. Or how about adding more Legends, more team logos, more stadiums, etc? This game is screaming to be patched & have expansion packs, especially if it's going to be a bi-yearly release (possibly).
10) Threw in the towel (possibly) after 1 game release: The kiss of death. Basically, we don't even for sure know if there will be another game.
All these small things could have been avoided and or built upon. As for the Legends, well you can keep them or leave them, I don't think they hurt the game sales but by excluding them (or at least signing one major legend as the cover athlete) 2K would have had much more money for further game development.
Last edited by elgreazy1; 12-17-2008 at 01:28 PM.
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