Why The NFL 2K Series Was Truly Great And Why You Should Miss It

[kingdavidtaylor1989]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingdavidtaylor1989

You know you're fueling EA sports by buying madden. Buy it used.

I'm pretty sure you will find used madden a day later. Trust me

[socalbeast08]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingdavidtaylor1989

You know you're fueling EA sports by buying madden. Buy it used.

yeah i know, maybe this will be the year i buy it used. I bought nhl used one time and it didnt work so i'm very skeptical about used games.

[Skyboxer]

Remember it well. I grabbed the system but the store hadn't gotten 2K in yet but the KB store next door did. So I got my money back from them and went to KB.

Still have the Game mag that featured the 9.9.99 Dreamcast release.

I still have the Dreamcast games as well as 2K4 and 5.

Looking forward to Madden though.

[BCDX97]

Not this again.

NFL 2K5 did a lot of cool things, but if it wasn't $20 I don't think I would have bought it. Or a bunch of others.

I hate the exclusive license crap as much as the next guy, but 2K5 is one of the two most overrated, over reminisced games of all time, along with WWF No Mercy (king of slowdown and cheap AI.)

[Gman 18]

Quote: Originally Posted by BCDX97

Not this again. NFL 2K5 did a lot of cool things, but if it wasn't $20 I don't think I would have bought it. Or a bunch of others. I hate the exclusive license crap as much as the next guy, but 2K5 is one of the two most overrated, over reminisced games of all time, along with WWF No Mercy (king of slowdown and cheap AI.)

2k5 has some features that EA has yet to implement into madden to this day


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[Blitzburgh]

Great article! You know, its actually kind of sad how that all went down for sports gamers. I was in my early 30's then and I remember being a beta tester for the game went it debuted its online functionality. I believe that was why...That was really cool. I was in some amazing leagues with NFL 2k5. While the deep ball had its issues, it was still a very addictive game. I was crushed when I first heard the news about the exclusivity. lol Sad day for sure that really changed football games for some many kids and young adults. Who knows where football games would be today with competition. Sadly, we may never know.

[Junior Moe]

Quote: Originally Posted by BCDX97

Not this again. NFL 2K5 did a lot of cool things, but if it wasn't $20 I don't think I would have bought it. Or a bunch of others. I hate the exclusive license crap as much as the next guy, but 2K5 is one of the two most overrated, over reminisced games of all time, along with WWF No Mercy (king of slowdown and cheap AI.)

NFL 2k5 was an amazing game. The fact that it was only 20 bucks made it that much more of a steal to me. I purchased all three football games (NCAA, Madden, 2K) that year and 2K easily trumped the other two. I liked their strategy of giving people an incentive to just try their game. It's why I tried it, honestly. It shows confidence and I would have loved to have been able to see what the numbers for NFL2K6 looked like at full retail after having more people demo 2K football.



Also, WWF No Mercy (along with Wrestlemania 2000) is another great sports title that trumps modern attempts.

[Raven Nation42]

This was an excellent write up ..great job