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Posted on October 26, 2009 at 03:51 PM.

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In the spirit of Halloween, as well as for a way for me to praise the guys who make the games, I want to present three trends in sports gaming which I consider so good that they can only be considered scary good.

Interacting with the consumer base is the new cool. A lot of people seem to not remember when getting a developer to come onto any site to discuss their game was a lot like getting a five star general to divulge secret battle plans. Nowadays, it's weird when a game isn't represented by someone throughout communities. That's so good, it's scary.

Online Franchises/Dynasties are now normal. It's now a bit abnormal for a game to not have an online career mode which you can take control of a team with friends and play against them. As time goes on, this will become even more standard. I'm very excited about this development.

Dynamic Player Ratings. Remember the days when we might've got an official update each week at best from developers? Sure this isn't an industry wide standard...yet. But it's coming, and I can't wait. Dynamic player ratings ensure the online game is as up to date as possible and the game plays more realistically.

So what are your favorite trends in sports gaming? I've got a few more I didn't name here such as gradually deeper career modes, better superstar modes, and more customization. So let's hear your favorite trends!

Comments

# 1 stlstudios189 @ Oct 26

custom options are growing.

# 2 emo_nerd73 @ Oct 27

with the addition of my player mode on nba 2k10, most major sport titles now have a mode where you control the fate of a hopeful athlete. its scarily awesome cos it mixes genres perfectly of RPG and sports gaming. basically it inevitably gives us what we always wanted; to be the million dollar athlete we dreamed of being.

# 3 statum71 @ Oct 27

I'm hoping what NBA Live and NBA 2K have started gets to be the norm in sports games. And thats dynamic commentary. I know Live doesn't call it that. But for the commentary to coincide with whats going on in your league and have stat overlays is pretty darn cool.

I'd like to see more dynasty modes have some type of weekly wrap-up show too. I know people complain that Madden's doesn't have highlights but its better than nothing.

I thought 2K's College hoops series and the legendary NFL 2K5 did the best jobs at this so far.

Like to see that become standard.