Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

[Steve_OS]

Whenever the release date hits for new sports titles, there is an almost immediate seed planted...

Written By: TJ Henderson

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[longway911]

Take Fifa's gameplay, but replace the career mode and depth with Football Manager's and boom, perfect game. 

[tril]

how about Madden adding simmed minutes for AI controlled teams, not just the user controlled teams, and have the stats reflect that as well
In NBA2k  a6 minute quarters stats will reflect teh appropriate stats league wide.
in MLB THE SHOW setting a dynasty mode to say 6 innings will also reflect the appropriate stats. 

why has Madden never done this.

[TJ Henderson]

Re: Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

Take Fifa's gameplay, but replace the career mode and depth with Football Manager's and boom, perfect game.*

Easy as pie, eh? Does that translate to other sports?

[TJ Henderson]

Re: Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

how about Madden adding simmed minutes for AI controlled teams, not just the user controlled teams, and have the stats reflect that as well
In NBA2k* a6 minute quarters stats will reflect teh appropriate stats league wide.
in MLB THE SHOW setting a dynasty mode to say 6 innings will also reflect the appropriate stats.*

why has Madden never done this.

This sort of scaling missing always bugs me.
My fiance playing in our franchise was like "im leading in defense!"

And I have to tell her...yeah but uh.. the CPU's numbers are janky.

[Eyeman79]

Re: Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

Easy as pie, eh? Does that translate to other sports?

Actually EA tried that with FIFA Manager 2011 and FIFA 2011 if you had both PC games you could play out the games with FIFA from within the Manager game, it was very clunky but I thought if they refined it would be a great idea, but of course they never tried it again. Just imagine The Show with OOTP ! Bottom line customization is what is needed and I don't mean haircuts and shoes.

[TJ Henderson]

Re: Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

Actually EA tried that with FIFA Manager 2011 and FIFA 2011 if you had both PC games you could play out the games with FIFA from within the Manager game, it was very clunky but I thought if they refined it would be a great idea, but of course they never tried it again. Just imagine The Show with OOTP ! Bottom line customization is what is needed and I don't mean haircuts and shoes.

[Linacruise1467]

Re: Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

Well said tril

[LloydPab]

Re: Can We Build the Ultimate Sports Game?

I think it must take a time