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TSLxx326 · 07-22-2012, 08:34 PM

Perhaps this scenario is a bit extreme, yet I shall call upon my virtual-sports enthusists anyway. In light of monopoly lawsuits and what many would consider an overall botched failure in sports games on the next-gen consoles (PS3, 360) (primarily Madden and NCAAF), the opportunity for competition which many of us here, including myself, have been all but demanding for the last several years, is here. With the possibility that EA likely may not wish to secure exclusive license for NCAA due to "defacto-exclusivity" (http://www.operationsports.com/MMChr...ball%20Gaming/) there is a chance that if competition were to happen, the time would be almost now. In the linked article, the point was made that despite the flaws of the engine behind the EA football games, it would still be a 2 year project to replicate or even compete with it on a presentational level. Immediately I pondered "What if a competitor released a game that had tremendous/simulation gameplay, but severely lack the astetics which admittedly are impressive when one really considers it, would one purchase such a game?"

Thus I ask the question (lemme catch my breath):

Would you purchase a college football game, which contained a beautiful, true simulation engine, near perfect gameplay, but more-or-less possessed the graphics of a PS1 game?
Why or why not?
If so, explain?
If not, would you have a threshold where you would buy it (such as lower price, PS2 graphics minimum, brand-picky, etc)?

(Please no trolling, flaming, name-calling, etc. I would like to keep this an open honest, intelligent discussion, with as little elevated emotion as possible.)

07-22-2012, 08:34 PM	#1
TSLxx326 Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Jul 2011	Would you buy a game with excellent gameplay but poor graphics? Perhaps this scenario is a bit extreme, yet I shall call upon my virtual-sports enthusists anyway. In light of monopoly lawsuits and what many would consider an overall botched failure in sports games on the next-gen consoles (PS3, 360) (primarily Madden and NCAAF), the opportunity for competition which many of us here, including myself, have been all but demanding for the last several years, is here. With the possibility that EA likely may not wish to secure exclusive license for NCAA due to "defacto-exclusivity" (http://www.operationsports.com/MMChr...ball%20Gaming/) there is a chance that if competition were to happen, the time would be almost now. In the linked article, the point was made that despite the flaws of the engine behind the EA football games, it would still be a 2 year project to replicate or even compete with it on a presentational level. Immediately I pondered "What if a competitor released a game that had tremendous/simulation gameplay, but severely lack the astetics which admittedly are impressive when one really considers it, would one purchase such a game?" Thus I ask the question (lemme catch my breath): Would you purchase a college football game, which contained a beautiful, true simulation engine, near perfect gameplay, but more-or-less possessed the graphics of a PS1 game? Why or why not? If so, explain? If not, would you have a threshold where you would buy it (such as lower price, PS2 graphics minimum, brand-picky, etc)? (Please no trolling, flaming, name-calling, etc. I would like to keep this an open honest, intelligent discussion, with as little elevated emotion as possible.)