Three Items to be thankful for..... - RaychelSnr's Blog

Arena Blog Dynasty Scores Sign Up ☰

RaychelSnr's Blog

Three Items to be thankful for..... Stuck

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM.

(12)

It's Thanksgiving time, and as a sports gamer and looking back on this year of big releases there are a few things which we can be thankful for. Here are three:

1. There were no downright terrible major releases - Remember when Madden and NBA Live 06 stunk up store shelves? This year, the only possible candidate for suckitude comes from NCAA Basketball 10, but a lot of people kind of like the game. Every other release was pretty solid.

2. Developers haven't ran for the hills...yet - The OS crowd is a tough, tough crowd. If you get a jersey stripe wrong your whole product is ruined, we are hardcore to the bone. The fact many developers have continued to take on the challenge of the OS'ers makes me very thankful for them.

3. Gaming for free has never been better - Quick Hit Football? Frontpage Sports Football? It seems like there are dozens of these types of games around and many are really become quality. So if you are cash strapped in these tough economic times, you can still game for free and still feel cool about it.

So those are the three things I'm thankful for from this year in sports gaming. What are you most thankful for?

Comments

# 1 jaosming @ Nov 25

Live 06, both 360 and PS2/Xbox/PC wasn't that bad

Live 07.....now that was a stinker

# 2 DustinT @ Nov 25

I think you might mean the 07 cycle of Live and Madden, both were pretty bad. I loved the 06 titles (on XBOX 1)

I agree though, I am still enjoying Madden right now, and usually it is shelved by now for NBA 2K, but both have taken time away from COD so they must be pretty good

# 3 LingeringRegime @ Nov 25

I agree Tarheel.

# 4 CreatineKasey @ Nov 25

I'm thankful for Pro-Tak... I really enjoy Madden for the first time since 05.

# 5 asu666 @ Nov 25

I would have included NCAA Football 10 as a disapointment since it is still missing stadiums and is pretty weak on presentation.

# 6 Dantecamp21 @ Nov 25

I share the same point of view of some people around here: include NCAA Football 10 on the crap list and get NCAA Basketball 10 out of it. I don't know why this game has got such a bad reception. Sure it has lots of flaws but there are some big positives going for it and it's fun, which at the end of the day, is the reason that will keep us playing it.