Re: APF 2K9: What Could Have Been
I agree with the substance part, but not the alternative to Madden.
2K Sports continues to provide the better game play, and the most realistic football simulation experience. For die hard gamers, it really gets down to those two things, and it's those two items that Madden has failed to deliver on year, after year, after year. Nearly 5 years after APF2K5 and Madden's producers are claiming they still can't match what Visual Concepts has done in various areas of the game.
The game must have substance though, and yes, Franchise support. The thought of having a tiered system for players, and taking a player from scrub level to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum level needs to be better thought out and incorporated into the game plan.
I really enjoyed Blitz the leagues take on their game, with the story backdrops, and intro's to the football games. It was well done, and somewhat story driven. This needs to be the hook for the next rev of the football game. Story driven, based on dynamic events with random players and team interactions as the story drivers, and yes, some type of broad casting mixed heavily throughout the season to raise the presentation / broadcast level of the game.
With the cost of license exclusivity, and even the high cost of the NFL Legends they signed, making a game that way diverts a lot of resources from development to content. If you're going to make a game, why pay for content, when you can get it for free?
I'll have a website (yes, full website made from Mind Manager, so nothing fancy, but traversable and well laid out) and an article to walk through many of the ideas that I harvested from the forums, laced with my own take up here in a couple of weeks, so you can throw stones at it.
I agree with the substance part, but not the alternative to Madden.
2K Sports continues to provide the better game play, and the most realistic football simulation experience. For die hard gamers, it really gets down to those two things, and it's those two items that Madden has failed to deliver on year, after year, after year. Nearly 5 years after APF2K5 and Madden's producers are claiming they still can't match what Visual Concepts has done in various areas of the game.
The game must have substance though, and yes, Franchise support. The thought of having a tiered system for players, and taking a player from scrub level to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum level needs to be better thought out and incorporated into the game plan.
I really enjoyed Blitz the leagues take on their game, with the story backdrops, and intro's to the football games. It was well done, and somewhat story driven. This needs to be the hook for the next rev of the football game. Story driven, based on dynamic events with random players and team interactions as the story drivers, and yes, some type of broad casting mixed heavily throughout the season to raise the presentation / broadcast level of the game.
With the cost of license exclusivity, and even the high cost of the NFL Legends they signed, making a game that way diverts a lot of resources from development to content. If you're going to make a game, why pay for content, when you can get it for free?
I'll have a website (yes, full website made from Mind Manager, so nothing fancy, but traversable and well laid out) and an article to walk through many of the ideas that I harvested from the forums, laced with my own take up here in a couple of weeks, so you can throw stones at it.
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