Sports-Game-of-the-Year: Current-Gen SGOTY

[Steve_OS]

It's time for the annual Stevies!

Please vote in the poll above and let us know who you voted for if you voted for 'other'!!

[asu666]

MLB 13: The Show is the best game, but I voted for NCAA 14 because it was more fun than Madden and it's the last entry in the series, so the impact is bigger.

[Armor and Sword]

This was the last year I would purchase sports games for this gen of consoles (PS3). I picked up M25, NCAA 14, and MLB The Show 13.

1. MLB The Show 13 - Just when I thought it could not be any better I went ahead and purchased 13 for one particular reason. True Ball Physics 2.0. The Show 12 broke new ground on True Ball Physics 1.0 and while it was a a wow for me, some warts were there (way too many Ground Rule Doubles, foul balls bouncing 15 feet in the air) and I felt the balls traveled far too fast at times taking away gap doubles and turning those as well as balls hit to the corner walls into long singles. No slider could fix that. So with the 2.0 version of True Ball Physics I was excited. Well it was a major breakthrough in my opnion. Gap doubles returned, doubles and triples to the corners returned, also the ball's flight felt more organic. Bloop singles, sinking liners....so many hit variations indeed! Also the hitting window was opened up a little and while it was an adjustment for me intially, I was able to adapt and with some slider tweaks...hitting can still be a challenge for us who are veterans of the series. Other tweaks were made. A new score bug which looked far better than the previous 2 iterations, a much better scouting and training system. Also the AI in franchise mode has improved. I still employ 32 team control to make sure wonky trades do not happen.....but that is the only reason I do the full league control...to play as the commish of the league for trades. While player progression is flawed, it has not affected my enjoyment as I typically only go 3-5 seasons deep in any franchise mode I ever play for baseball games as I play at least 100-120 games of every season vs simming a majority. Overall The Show 13 really knocked it out of the park and is my best sports game of the year.


2) Madden 25 - This is the best madden to date. I have stated my reasons plenty on various threads in the Madden forums. I am still playing my Madden CFM as well as my classic season replays....the game is a joy for me. I have not had this much fun in over 7 years with Madden. It's not for everyone. But if your a long time Madden junkie (like me) it is the best yet. The deepest franchise mode to date, the very best player animations, running game and passing yet. Even defense has been a lot of fun to play this year.


3) NBA 2K14 - I have been playing NBA 2K11 since release. I never purchased 2K12, nor 2K13. I felt it was time. Time to upgrade. And boy am I glad I made the leap this year from 11 to 14. While 11 is a fantastic game and gave me 4 seasons in my Heat Association that I will never forget (nor stop as I will go back to that one in the future) and gave me oodles of amazing classic rosters, 14 is a totally refined experience. The best basketball game I have ever played no question NBA 2K14 gives you everything in terms of playcalling options, player animations, crazy good defense, AI teammates switiching, cutting and being aware of where you are and what your trying to do. A superb game in every way, 2K14 will be my NBA game for a long time.




4) NCAA 14 - The game is fantastic. Madden has taken up 90% of my football gaming this year.....but I am about to embark on a new Dynasty with Bowling Green University and trying to take a smaller lesser known mid-west team to bowl prominence. The game plays great, has the best feel I have ever felt for the series and the best overall dynasty, presentation, colors, running game, passing game, and recruting system ever. This is the best of the series. EA IMO get's ton's of hate (some of it justified) on the forums, but this year IMO gave us two football games that for my taste are clearly the best they have ever put out top to bottom.




So a really great year ending this consoles run of sports games. I decided to pass on NHL 14 as I just got into NHL 13 and love it. I have heard 14 is not much of an upgrade (very marginal) to 13. But I am sure it's as solid as 13 as that series to me has been great since NHL 2009.


Next gen will not happen for me till at least December of 2014 but probably longer (waiting on The Show 15 to probably make the leap and for the system to get it's proverbial feet under itself in terms of games, development cycles etc).

[geisterhome]

I only got The Show 13, Moto GP 13 and OOTP 14 this year and the Winner of those 3 has to be my most recent purchase OOTP 14, too bad it's not an option to vote for.
While I had a lot of fun and spend most of my gaming time with The Show I cant completely overlook it's flaws, namely the flawed player progression/regression and the sometimes odd defensive plays and animations as well as some minor issues like the frequency pitches are bouncing off pitchers or the subpar trade logic.
MotoGP is a decent racing game nothing more or less.

[WaddupCouzin]

NBA2K14!

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[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by geisterhome

I only got The Show 13, Moto GP 13 and OOTP 14 this year and the Winner of those 3 has to be my most recent purchase OOTP, too bad it's not an option to vote for. While I had a lot of fun and spend most of my gaming time with The Show I cant completely overlook it's flaws, namely the flawed player progression/regression and the sometimes odd defensive plays and animations as well as some minor issues like the frequency pitches are bouncing off pitchers or the subpar trade logic. MotoGP is a decent racing game nothing more or less.

You can vote "Other" and nominate OOTP

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve_OS

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