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RaychelSnr · 01-12-2016, 05:04 PM

Indie sports games are becoming more popular year over year and that's exciting. It's not necessarily the "traditional" sports experiences that are always being created at this point (Sportsfriends in 2014 being an example), but rather those games that match up with the ethos of what you would want out of a sports game. This year continued the trend of independent darlings as you had classics like Out of the Park and Football Manager on the team-building side of things, but then there was also something new and amazing like Rocket League. I'll obviously be talking more about Rocket League after the jump, but if the success of Rocket League helps push more developers towards creating sports-like experiences, it can only be a good thing. Now let's get to the Best Independent Game of 2015.

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bcruise · 01-12-2016, 05:46 PM

I'm a little surprised OOTP snuck into 2nd ahead of Mega Baseball. I'm not the least bit surprised by the winner, though.

Scott · 01-12-2016, 05:50 PM

Never played Rocket League but OOTP is great...If The Show could add everything from OOTP, that would be perfection.

MichaelAngeloTMNT · 01-21-2016, 11:29 PM

Come on, Operation Sports guys are close friends with the new community managers now. You will be seeing lots of OOTP now.

Speedy · 01-22-2016, 06:01 PM

Rocket League is the most fun I've had with a game in a while.

It's refreshing to be frustrated at a game and it be because I messed up or because another user did something versus an issue with the game.

01-12-2016, 05:04 PM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	2015 Sports Game of the Year: Best Indie Game Indie sports games are becoming more popular year over year and that's exciting. It's not necessarily the "traditional" sports experiences that are always being created at this point (Sportsfriends in 2014 being an example), but rather those games that match up with the ethos of what you would want out of a sports game. This year continued the trend of independent darlings as you had classics like Out of the Park and Football Manager on the team-building side of things, but then there was also something new and amazing like Rocket League. I'll obviously be talking more about Rocket League after the jump, but if the success of Rocket League helps push more developers towards creating sports-like experiences, it can only be a good thing. Now let's get to the Best Independent Game of 2015. Read More - 2015 Sports Game of the Year: Best Indie Game

01-12-2016, 05:46 PM	#2
bcruise Hall Of Fame OVR: 48 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 23,119 Blog Entries: 8	Re: 2015 Sports Game of the Year: Best Indie Game I'm a little surprised OOTP snuck into 2nd ahead of Mega Baseball. I'm not the least bit surprised by the winner, though.

01-12-2016, 05:50 PM	#3
Scott Your Go-to TV Expert OVR: 52 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 19,944 Blog Entries: 81	Re: 2015 Sports Game of the Year: Best Indie Game Never played Rocket League but OOTP is great...If The Show could add everything from OOTP, that would be perfection.

01-22-2016, 06:01 PM	#5
Speedy #Ace OVR: 27 Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,992	Re: 2015 Sports Game of the Year: Best Indie Game Rocket League is the most fun I've had with a game in a while. It's refreshing to be frustrated at a game and it be because I messed up or because another user did something versus an issue with the game.

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01-21-2016, 11:29 PM	#4
MichaelAngeloTMNT Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Dec 2013	Come on, Operation Sports guys are close friends with the new community managers now. You will be seeing lots of OOTP now.