OS Roundtable: Looking Back at Football Edition

[Hassan Darkside]

Quote: Originally Posted by royounggoku

WARNING: I'm posting a video of All-Pro 2k8 PLEASE nobody catch feelings. Mute the video if you like because he's pretty much praising 2k throughout but please I encourage even the most hardcore of Madden fans if you enjoy football PLEASE fully look at this video objectively and give your thoughts. I'm not saying there aren't quirky things happening, players to do make weird jerky cuts at times but it is by far overpowered by the beautiful gameplay. THIS is the kind of thing that needs to be seen and I don't know if it can happen without something drastic like an overhaul to the engine.

One thing I just noticed is at 1:50 you actually see John Elway side arm a throw to fit the ball through a small window to Jerry Rice on a crossing route.

[rootofalleli]

Quote: Originally Posted by wordtobigbird

Preface, I have never played 2k8. Less than a minute and half in and I am wow'd by 2 post play things in a row. - At 1:15. After the whistle blows two guys get into it. One is pushing the other and they start pointing into each others faces. - At 1:22 on the next play, the defender makes a tackle for loss. He lays out like hes dead for some reason lol but after that his teammate walks up to him and gives him some celebratory chest punches. Makes me kind of sad that I didn't play it and that Madden doesnt have it.. :/

I too have never played 2k8. Wow.

The post-play, the sidelines, the movement... so much better. Gang tackles looked decent, pursuit angles were solid, and the ball physics on that early tipped pass for an INT made me tear up a little.

I don't want to go off on another tirade. This is just... wtf.

[d11king]

Quote: Originally Posted by royounggoku

WARNING: I'm posting a video of All-Pro 2k8 PLEASE nobody catch feelings. Mute the video if you like because he's pretty much praising 2k throughout but please I encourage even the most hardcore of Madden fans if you enjoy football PLEASE fully look at this video objectively and give your thoughts.

Bruh this video just made me lose interest in my online league.

[UptheARSEnal]

2k8 was so rewarding if you put in the time. Learning the timing of the 3,5,7 step drops and when you needed to release the ball. You know, actually learning the play, not learning the AI zone deficiencies or the money play.

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruff Ryder

One thing I just noticed is at 1:50 you actually see John Elway side arm a throw to fit the ball through a small window to Jerry Rice on a crossing route.

Elway was one of the quarterbacks in APF 2K8 who had his own custom throw animations and his own custom play action animations.

I believe there are around 20 different "animation packages" for quarterbacks in the game.

Additionally, the throw animations for every quarterback would change depending on how much pressure was around him. It's a lot like the "dynamic shot animations" feature that NBA 2K14 is trying on PS4.

[wordtobigbird]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

Elway was one of the quarterbacks in APF 2K8 who had his own custom throw animations and his own custom play action animations. I believe there are around 20 different "animation packages" for quarterbacks in the game. Additionally, the throw animations for every quarterback would change depending on how much pressure was around him. It's a lot like the "dynamic shot animations" feature that NBA 2K14 is trying on PS4.

Wow. Impressive.

I wish EA would just pull an Apple/Android and steal lol. Good features are just good features.

[RandomPerson]

APF 2K8 was the best football game of this gen and it's not even close.

[RogueHominid]

Man, what a sad commentary. I think the lesson is that Tiburon isn't capable of making an elite game, period. This was definitely a generation of disappointment for football gamers. Madden went nowhere, NCAA doesn't exist anymore, and APF gave us one tantalizing installment but no more.