What Happened to Playing for the Love of the Game?

[duke776]

Re: What Happened to Playing for the Love of the Game?

Good article, I have to agree some of the people take games way too serious. I'm glad I was introduced to power pros earlier this year in probably January sometime, I was looking for a game that was fun but not a complete slugfest and I'd still get some good results. I finally found a game I can have fun with for a long time(I've played 200+ games). I also love how good the animations are, I haven't seen any delay with the animations when I've pressed a button to throw it or anything. It also has a ton of little things that get overlooked, and I think part of that is the replay option, we can't roam around the field and change the camera angles on replays. I love the chest pound, then kiss the hand(I'm pretty sure the player does this part, but I haven't fully seen it because of the one replay option), then point to the sky that the players do after they get a double, or after they get a RBI.

[texbuk84]

nice article. i play for the love of the game but men are very competiitve and tahat's our nature. we have to take it to the max

[slickdtc]

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I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Once I just started playing the games, I started having fun. I was hardcore into sliders and simulation and realism, and then one day I just said, "Forget this." I wanted to experience the game as they were made. Yes, I still like to lean towards realism (lower game speeds for NHL games, things like that) but if I happen to score 4+ goals a game, so be it. I don't feel like wasting all my time tinkering with sliders and not enjoying my games.

[Sausage]

Re: What Happened to Playing for the Love of the Game?

I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Once I just started playing the games, I started having fun. I was hardcore into sliders and simulation and realism, and then one day I just said, "Forget this." I wanted to experience the game as they were made. Yes, I still like to lean towards realism (lower game speeds for NHL games, things like that) but if I happen to score 4+ goals a game, so be it. I don't feel like wasting all my time tinkering with sliders and not enjoying my games.

This exactly what brought enjoyment back to sports gaming for me. Now, I play more and just having a blast, especially with NCAA 09.

[Village Idiot]

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... some of the people take games way too serious.

I actually think it's the opposite: guys aren't taking the games seriously enough. They may think they're taking it seriously, but in truth they're just going through the motions.

I'm to the point in NCAA now where every first down I get, and every TFL I get, makes me pump my fist in the air. Why? Because I'm involved - in the truest sense of the word - in what I'm doing. I'm actually running out the playclock not because I'm milking it, but because I need the time to find the "perfect" play.

If I were just button-mashing the playcall screens - what I suspect A LOT of guys around here are doing - I would never experience the game the way I am now.

It's been a sort of catch-phrase of mine lately: these games are much better than a lot of people seem to think; it all comes back to the gamer and how much mental energy he or she is willing to put in to take them to that next level. The game - or any artform, for that matter - can't do it by itself.

I haven't been truly disappointed with a game in a long time now, and it's simply because I take them seriously.

[duke776]

Re: What Happened to Playing for the Love of the Game?

I actually think it's the opposite: guys aren't taking the games seriously enough. They may think they're taking it seriously, but in truth they're just going through the motions.

I'm to the point in NCAA now where every first down I get, and every TFL I get, makes me pump my fist in the air. Why? Because I'm involved - in the truest sense of the word - in what I'm doing. I'm actually running out the playclock not because I'm milking it, but because I need the time to find the "perfect" play.

If I were just button-mashing the playcall screens - what I suspect A LOT of guys around here are doing - I would never experience the game the way I am now.

It's been a sort of catch-phrase of mine lately: these games are much better than a lot of people seem to think; it all comes back to the gamer and how much mental energy he or she is willing to put in to take them to that next level. The game - or any artform, for that matter - can't do it by itself.

I haven't been truly disappointed with a game in a long time now, and it's simply because I take them seriously.

I do see what you mean here. Good point.

[kollekole]

Re: What Happened to Playing for the Love of the Game?

only money is important.............

[duke776]

Re: What Happened to Playing for the Love of the Game?

only money is important.............

Yup