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[BSB215]

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This site rated Fever higher than ESPN NFL ??????? WOW

[Michael_Mullis]

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BSB215 said:
This site rated Fever higher than ESPN NFL ??????? WOW

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Yeah, we did. To me graphics aren't everything. There is (not was) still something special to me about Read and Lead passing that has made Fever my game this year. I have both that and ESPn, and I just keep going back to Fever.

I know it's an unpopular opinion because the ESPN and Madden fans want to dump on Microsoft at every chance, but this year I changed from NFL 2K to Fever. We'll see what happens next year.

[Michael_Mullis]

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BSB215 said:
This site rated Fever higher than ESPN NFL ??????? WOW

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Yeah, we did. To me graphics aren't everything. There is (not was) still something special to me about Read and Lead passing that has made Fever my game this year. I have both that and ESPn, and I just keep going back to Fever.

I know it's an unpopular opinion because the ESPN and Madden fans want to dump on Microsoft at every chance, but this year I changed from NFL 2K to Fever. We'll see what happens next year.

[Michael_Mullis]

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BSB215 said:
This site rated Fever higher than ESPN NFL ??????? WOW

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Yeah, we did. To me graphics aren't everything. There is (not was) still something special to me about Read and Lead passing that has made Fever my game this year. I have both that and ESPn, and I just keep going back to Fever.

I know it's an unpopular opinion because the ESPN and Madden fans want to dump on Microsoft at every chance, but this year I changed from NFL 2K to Fever. We'll see what happens next year.

[Blue_Monkey]

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Michael_Mullis said:
Hey gang. Thanks for the kind words. I put a lot of time into playing these games before reviewing them, and I try not to see anything through any "colored glasses". Inside Drive to me is a well designed game, even with the shortcomings in the graphic department. And it really is that much better than last year, most importantly in Xbox Live, which was a big part of that 67 I gave 2003.

I saw the "asketball" thing. There's a wierd FONT tag in front of the word, thanks for pointing that out. It does say Basketball now.

As for talking about the computer AI, I will usually talk about AI when it's bad. It just saves a little bit of redundancy. But I did say this:

"And the computer is even competitive without being obnoxious. I have played many games that were decided by less than 8 points. A couple I came back to win by 2 or 3. That to me makes a sports game replayable."

"Which is why I can forgive some of the graphics issues. I have yet to play a game even against the computer that I have not enjoyed with Inside Drive 2004."

I know it's not much, but I thought that by talking so highly about the gameplay as a whole, the AI could be lumped in.

Thanks again guys!

Mike Mullis
Next Level Gaming

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That was probably the first review that I saw actually reviewing gameplay. You went through all the parts of the game and it really looked like you knew what you were doing. All the other reviews really haven't reviewed the game at all. Those "reviewers" have just expressed that they don't like the game and didn't back it up.

Now Mike, and everybody, the review is good because it tells you what the game really is like, not how "the graphics suck" and "EA and Sega are better, I don't know why but they just are" and "the graphics suck" and "I'm not able to do this and that (cause I suck)" and "the graphics suck".

The only thing you missed was how the AI plays differently each game and the individual player tendencies. But it's not like that's unusual, nobody else has noticed them so far. Maybe you could study the AI further if you have the time and write another little review regarding the AI...

[Blue_Monkey]

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Michael_Mullis said:
Hey gang. Thanks for the kind words. I put a lot of time into playing these games before reviewing them, and I try not to see anything through any "colored glasses". Inside Drive to me is a well designed game, even with the shortcomings in the graphic department. And it really is that much better than last year, most importantly in Xbox Live, which was a big part of that 67 I gave 2003.

I saw the "asketball" thing. There's a wierd FONT tag in front of the word, thanks for pointing that out. It does say Basketball now.

As for talking about the computer AI, I will usually talk about AI when it's bad. It just saves a little bit of redundancy. But I did say this:

"And the computer is even competitive without being obnoxious. I have played many games that were decided by less than 8 points. A couple I came back to win by 2 or 3. That to me makes a sports game replayable."

"Which is why I can forgive some of the graphics issues. I have yet to play a game even against the computer that I have not enjoyed with Inside Drive 2004."

I know it's not much, but I thought that by talking so highly about the gameplay as a whole, the AI could be lumped in.

Thanks again guys!

Mike Mullis
Next Level Gaming

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That was probably the first review that I saw actually reviewing gameplay. You went through all the parts of the game and it really looked like you knew what you were doing. All the other reviews really haven't reviewed the game at all. Those "reviewers" have just expressed that they don't like the game and didn't back it up.

Now Mike, and everybody, the review is good because it tells you what the game really is like, not how "the graphics suck" and "EA and Sega are better, I don't know why but they just are" and "the graphics suck" and "I'm not able to do this and that (cause I suck)" and "the graphics suck".

The only thing you missed was how the AI plays differently each game and the individual player tendencies. But it's not like that's unusual, nobody else has noticed them so far. Maybe you could study the AI further if you have the time and write another little review regarding the AI...

[Blue_Monkey]

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Michael_Mullis said:
Hey gang. Thanks for the kind words. I put a lot of time into playing these games before reviewing them, and I try not to see anything through any "colored glasses". Inside Drive to me is a well designed game, even with the shortcomings in the graphic department. And it really is that much better than last year, most importantly in Xbox Live, which was a big part of that 67 I gave 2003.

I saw the "asketball" thing. There's a wierd FONT tag in front of the word, thanks for pointing that out. It does say Basketball now.

As for talking about the computer AI, I will usually talk about AI when it's bad. It just saves a little bit of redundancy. But I did say this:

"And the computer is even competitive without being obnoxious. I have played many games that were decided by less than 8 points. A couple I came back to win by 2 or 3. That to me makes a sports game replayable."

"Which is why I can forgive some of the graphics issues. I have yet to play a game even against the computer that I have not enjoyed with Inside Drive 2004."

I know it's not much, but I thought that by talking so highly about the gameplay as a whole, the AI could be lumped in.

Thanks again guys!

Mike Mullis
Next Level Gaming

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That was probably the first review that I saw actually reviewing gameplay. You went through all the parts of the game and it really looked like you knew what you were doing. All the other reviews really haven't reviewed the game at all. Those "reviewers" have just expressed that they don't like the game and didn't back it up.

Now Mike, and everybody, the review is good because it tells you what the game really is like, not how "the graphics suck" and "EA and Sega are better, I don't know why but they just are" and "the graphics suck" and "I'm not able to do this and that (cause I suck)" and "the graphics suck".

The only thing you missed was how the AI plays differently each game and the individual player tendencies. But it's not like that's unusual, nobody else has noticed them so far. Maybe you could study the AI further if you have the time and write another little review regarding the AI...