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Originally Posted by JayhawkerStL |
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From the success of the Blitz franchise, I think the game has more of what not to do. It’s not like it became a part of our annual tradition. I’m sure it is good, but 2K is not taking up this fight for two poor selling games.
That’s why I don’t think we are going to see it be arcade on that level. It will be 11 on 11, but it’s lack of simulation of the NFL is going to have to do primarily with not replicating the NFL. They will have real players, with legends mixed in, but the game will lack the teams, schedule, and probably the stadiums. I would expect the presentation to get upgraded, and it will be a bit more over the top than APF 2K8. There will not be a way to customize the game into an NFL season.
I won’t pretend to have a clue how good the game will be. No idea on if they are reskinning 2K8, or building from the ground up. No idea who is working on it, or if they have the chops to roll out a brand new football game engine.
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I wouldn't mind another Blitz game on its own. I thought Blitz the League was fun. Not for 2k though, plus NFL wouldn't want to be associated with blitz style play anymore.
Yeah I don't think it will be arcade like that or too over the top either. My worse case would be NFL Playground. I'm sure it would be "fun" but not my thing. My max arcade style would be NFL Street. I do think they could get 11-on-11 football, but would have a replicating the NFL in a different way. Like you said, maybe not use stadiums. They haven't signed a deal with the NFLPA yet, which could happen in coming months. But maybe they don't use real players and just the teams. Or how the way they approach off season could be different. Maybe not a traditional free agency or draft. Where I feel the simulation restrictions might not have to deal with gameplay it self, maybe just have the NFL is replicated.
We don't have a clue on how game engine would be built. I don't know if they could/would re-skin 2k8 to a more modern look and feel. We don't know if they have any developers that are still around from those days. Plus 2k8 game engine was an upgraded 2k5 engine. When the 6th to 7th generation transition happened, 2k keep the game engines in tact unlike EA who had their sports games build from the ground up. But at same time, I don't know if they would build from ground up if they are planning to release in a year. When they reveal the license deal a couple weeks ago, NFL said 2k was in "early development". We don't know how "early" 2k is in development. I think 2k would drop their game in July in order to get a month ahead of Madden. So is 16-18 months enough time to build a game engine from ground up. Even then, you have shave months off that timeline since they will be hyping up game from 3-4 months out so game engine would have to be done. So would essentially 12 months be enough time. My hope would be either re-skin 2k8 engine. Or at least take a lot of inspiration from that engine.