Author Bio
Jayson YoungHome Town: Nashville, TN.
Sports: Football, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer
Games: Old: Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition, NBA Hangtime, New: All Pro Football 2K8, NHL '09
Teams: Vanderbilt Commodores, Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, Memphis Grizzlies
OS Username: OS: wEEman33 Xbox Live: wEEman33 BSD
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
03:39 PM - May 22, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
When it comes to the total package, MLB 14 The Show is one of the top games of the year. However, despite what is an overall solid package, the title is held back slightly by a host of small issues which add up to an actual loss of some of the fun factor within the game.
Read More - MLB 14 The Show: Little Issues Hampering the Fun
Monday, May 12, 2014
11:18 AM - May 12, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Add another asterisk to Major League Baseball's latest boast -- this time, its belief that, compared to other sports video games, "Baseball is better."*
*Statement applies only to offline game modes. Online experiences may vary.
Of the five major sports games presently available for PlayStation 4, only NBA Live 14 performs worse online than MLB 14: The Show.
Read More - MLB 14 The Show: Online Impressions (PS4)
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
11:15 AM - May 6, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
The project is currently self-funded and is being developed with the Unity game engine. Character models, shaders and a play editor are already up and running, according to Mendheim's C2E2 interview with TechRaptor.
Digital Dreams Entertainment, the game's eight-person development team, is planning a return to Kickstarter this August to secure additional funding as Mutant Football League nears completion.
Subsequently, Mutant Football League will target a "summer 2015" digital release on STEAM, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
Mutant Football League's previous Kickstarter campaign raised $141,821 from 1,105 backers, but ultimately failed to meet its $750,000 goal.
Are you hyped up for a new Mutant League game? Rate your excitement level in the comments below.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
06:00 PM - April 29, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
From the YMCA to the NCAA, zone defenses have become a go-to strategy for many amateur basketball teams.
But at the sport's highest level, the National Basketball Association, true zone defense remains as rare and successful as a Zach Randolph 3-point shot.
No current NBA team uses zone as its primary defense, and excluding outliers like the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors, who utilize zones in no more than 10 percent of their defensive possessions, few NBA squads show much interest in the scheme.
Read More - NBA 2K: Should Zone Defense Be Removed?
Saturday, April 19, 2014
10:39 AM - April 19, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
“Welcome to the future!” sings Trials Fusion's soundtrack. That chorus, which cycles maddeningly throughout Fusion's menus, means to reference the game's 20XX sci-fi setting.
It could just as easily allude to the rising conflict between giant game publishers like Ubisoft and subsidiary studios like RedLynx -- a tug-of-war that the RedLynxes of this industry are presently losing.
The Finnish developer's fun, creative level designs and captivating, “one-more race” gameplay have been sabotaged by frustrating bugs, missing features, unnecessary DRM systems, online server issues and another release-day “Season Pass” that costs just as much as the new, incomplete game you've just purchased.
Read More - Trials Fusion Review (PS4/Xbox One)
Monday, April 7, 2014
If dangerous speeds, challenging rivals, plausible physics and deadly collisions are necessary parts of a functioning motorsport simulation, then MXGP is a stranded machine, stuck at the starting line with a set of flat tires.
Read More - MXGP Review (PC)
Monday, March 24, 2014
10:27 AM - March 24, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
The addition of 50-plus personality badges and signature skills is where Visual Concepts' algorithms differ from traditional sports gameplay models.
Signature skills like lockdown defender, for instance, can be the difference between forcing a difficult, contested shot and getting shamefully posterized.
This guide compiles information from NBA 2K14's menus about how each signature skill impacts the on-court action.
Read More - NBA 2K14 Signature Skills Guide
Friday, March 21, 2014
10:43 AM - March 21, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Earlier this week, NBA 2K14 quietly installed a server-side update that has reduced the amount of virtual currency PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gamers receive for completing owner goals in the My GM game mode.
All season milestones which had previously awarded 200 VC and 250 VC, such as selling out 32 home games or winning the NBA championship, will now yield just 100 VC once they are completed.
Read More - NBA 2K14: MyGM Virtual Currency Rewards Slashed by 40%
Thursday, March 13, 2014
03:17 PM - March 13, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
MyTeam in NBA 2K14 had a lot going right for it, but the server issues early on really messed with the modes viability for many fans. However, it wasn't just server issues which held the mode back this season. Jayson Young believes the mode could be great, it just needs a few tweaks to help it get there. Read on to find out what Jayson believes is the best course forward for the mode!
Read More - How to Improve MyTeam for NBA 2K15
Friday, March 7, 2014
10:31 AM - March 7, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
After more than 7 years in development, Pro Wrestling X, an independent PC wrestling game, which aims to combine "the fun of WWF No Mercy with the depth of Fire Pro Wrestling," now stands on the cusp of completing a Steve Austin-sized ascent onto the roster of industry powerhouse, STEAM.
Read More - Finally, Pro Wrestling X Has Gone Back to Kickstarter
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
10:12 AM - March 4, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
In absence of individual player assignments, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of NBA 2K14 have given gamers three “Points of Emphasis” to help control their AI teammates' on-court behavior. During a game, players can apply one offensive emphasis, one defensive emphasis and one bonus “flex” emphasis.
Read More - NBA 2K14: Points of Emphasis Guide
Monday, February 24, 2014
10:07 AM - February 24, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Of the 428 players currently included in NBA Live 14, just 32 players have received an overall rating adjustment since the game's November 19 release.
That means a meager 7% of the game's roster has been updated over the past 3 months.
Read More - NBA Live 14 Is Barely Updating Its Players
Friday, February 21, 2014
10:55 AM - February 21, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Until FIFA 13's and FIFA 14's recent arrival on the PlayStation Vita, the Nintendo 64's Olympic Hockey 98 held the unofficial title of being the most critically decried, full-priced “roster update” in sports gaming's history. When you consider that $60 in 1998 inflates to roughly $87 in 2014, it's easy to see how the outrage occurred.
In the most succinct review ever published on a major gaming website, IGN's Matt Casamassina awarded Olympic Hockey 98 a 0/10, saying only, “We'll post a new review when Midway releases a new game." The "old game" in reference was Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey 98, which had appeared on the Nintendo 64 just two months prior in December of 1997.
Read More - Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
10:40 AM - February 11, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
There are many issues that prevent NBA 2K14's My Team mode from being fun: unreliable servers, online input lag, unreasonable card prices, a lack of compelling single player content, duplicate players that must be immediately discarded, no way to trade, sell or buy cards directly from other users.
Read More - NBA 2K14: Would a Salary Cap Help MyTeam?
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
12:12 PM - February 4, 2014. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Despite the added incentive of a PlayStation Network trophy, just 54 percent of NBA 2K14 players have ever "called a play using the 2K Smart Play feature."
For NBA Live 14, the numbers look way worse. Only 6 percent of Live owners on the PlayStation Network have the trophy for "calling a play that ends up in a bucket."
Read More - How Voice Commands Can Continue to Revolutionize Basketball Gaming
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