OS Roundtable: Non-Licensed Football

[ChaseB]

I understand completely. I can play a game based solely on great gameplay. I realize some people need that something extra. Most people, all they know is licenses. either that or its been so long since the played a game that was unlicensed that they forget. I don't think the license was completely necesarry for football. I think a Winning Eleven Soccer approach to football could be VERY SUCCESSFUL if they get the core things right. Gameplay has to be top notch. (winning eleven did this in soccer) Then you have to have an indepth franchise/continous seasons mode. (winning eleven also did this). Lastly you have to have good customization. edit colors, maybe a logo design, something more than generic looking logo to select. (winning eleven also did this). Then you customize the rosters the way you want. (ie rename your generic players with ratings eerily similar to the city of the same name's nfl counterpart) then you have yourself a top notch football game that sells, and makes EA actually try to improve Madden for a change instead of getting cheerleader mode this year where if you shake the pom poms the right way your team gets a stats boost.

Yea I'm in agreement there. I've been playing WE over FIFA every year until this year, and now I'm not really satisfied with either on the current gen consoles (Although Euro seems like a step in the right direction, and you got to think WE will come back strong next year). And I largely stuck with WE because the customization was there to allow me to still get my license fix via DLs.