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10/31/09
Count with me, kids!
NBA2K = #1!
NBA2k1 = #2!
NBA2k2 = #3!
NBA2k3 = #4!
ESPN NBA Basketball 2k4 = #5!
ESPN NBA2k5 = #6!
NBA2k6= #7!
NBA2k7 = #8!
NBA2k8 = #9!
NBA2k9 = #10!
NBA2k10 = ...gasp. #11!
And yet, they have "10th anniversary" splashed all over the boxes. Is basic math a problem for basketball players? Or did somebody drop the ball in marketing last year and they're hoping nobody will notice this year? #nba2k10
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Go watch Johnny Dangerously. Now. #nba2k10
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No, that's one of the villains. Er, one of the bad-guy villains, that is. Um...one of the bad-guy villain criminals, I should say. (I think that eliminates pretty much everyone other than him and Johnny's nemesis, right?) And his character has a less than perfect grasp of the finer points of the English language. #nba2k10
10/31/09
On the Playstation was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball with friends from school
When a couple of publishers were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
They got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're goin'outside to play in the fresh air'
I went out to a court but when I got near
I saw the markings were worn and there was no gear
If anything I can say this can't compare
To my b-ball game. 'Yeah. I'm going back there'
I walked up to my house it was getting late
And I yelled to my mom 'Yo, why such a hater?'
I got to my room
And she was there
Sitting on my throne playing WarioWare
10/31/09
As with most savvy gamers, i've been in the scene long enough to take these stories with a grain of salt. This is dick-measuring 101 and while i find the conduct of both corporational speakers unnecassarily childish, it does light the spark of competition.
If it leads to innovative design decisions, revamps and additional tweaks, the games are all the more richer for it. Sadly, this playground mentality offers nothing more than insight in the severe lacking of diplomacy, in this business.
I don't know if this is a purely "western" thing but i find it laughable that grown men in freshly pressed suits, roll op their sleeves one afternoon for a yellow snowball fight. Truly a sad sight to behold.
How does it make you feel when you report on these matters, Owen? #nba2k10
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As for the EA retort, it simply isn't good enough and can be considered "canned and frozen" when you think about the fact that there are numerous NBA2k10 limited edition games that can fetch a hefy pricetag. That's not uncommon. Also not uncommon are "drop box specials" on both backpage and craigslist (not even touching the online auction houses, like eBay)
As for the fan response, I am happy that he/she likes the EA reiteration, but somehow can't take it at face value, either. That is no different from fanboy banter. I'll wait till th reviewers say otherwise.
One thing that I am happy about, however, is the showing of what COMPETITION does to make games better, and how much of a slap in the face it does to exclusive company agreements to other sports games. #nba2k10
10/30/09
"You fargin iceholes!"
My favorite part from Johnny Dangerously is when he's on trial and they get hard evidence on him. The Tommy gun with his fingerprints and Roman Maroni says "Where you get that?" Just the way he says it makes me laugh everytime. #nba2k10
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Also, I have no relation to pastapadre.
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I'm curious to see them go against Sega and 2K in tennis. #nba2k10
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FIFA is easy to digest for your average joe, looks good, and is made by a major company. Typically this leads to great reviews. PES looks good as well but doesn't have the same mainstream appeal as its for a more dedicated soccer fan. Sort of how I would compare Forza to GT these days. I felt like I was the only one complaining about Forzas physics (though it's not a bad game, and neither is Fifa) in comparison to GT4. Fifa is also a bit too arcadey for a soccer game. Too many players doing too many tricks. That's not soccer. The only major complaint I have for PES for actual gameplay (you know, beyond the shit commentary) would be player substitutions. #nba2k10
10/30/09
When figuring out if a title is AAA, yes. It needs to have at least 90/100 in its aggregate reviews, and Fifa does. It's a AAA game. I've only played it today for about an hour, and I love it. But even if I didn't I'd have to accept that it's a AAA game, because of the critical reaction to it.
"FIFA is easy to digest for your average joe, looks good, and is made by a major company. Typically this leads to great reviews."
Incorrect. Fifa has only been garnering those reviews recently, and gamers in general tend to agree. There's always the single hardcore PES fan who can't accept anything else to get some praise although no one attacked his favorite games, but it's accepted everywhere that the latest Fifa games are great. Fifa Street 3 fits exactly the description you put up there, yet it got abysmal reviews. Just like many other games put out by major companies, including EA.
"PES looks good as well but doesn't have the same mainstream appeal as its for a more dedicated soccer fan."
Thanks for letting me know, I've not played PES. That's why I didn't even mention it, which makes me wonder why you keep bringing it up like it's supposed to make Fifa not good in my eyes suddenly.
"Fifa is also a bit too arcadey for a soccer game. Too many players doing too many tricks. That's not soccer."
Again, thanks for your opinion. I plan on spending the night learning those tricks, and I can't wait to play with my friends with them. I don't see how it makes it arcadey, and I don't see why a football game can't be arcadey in the first place, but in the end it doesn't matter. Fifa is still a good game, it's praised everywhere like most (if not all) of EA's sports games this year, which has been my point in the first place.
Take a chill pill, enjoy your games. #nba2k10
10/30/09
Short version: FIFA is a somewhat sim-game with somewhat arcadey elements meant to appeal to a broad audience while PES is a much more concise and realistic game that doesn't gain the same appeal. Reviews aren't objective and therefor aggregate review sites aren't objective.
Long version: (written first) This is the sort of brainwashing that numbered reviews and sites like metacritic and gamerankings give you when all you look at is the numbers rather than what is behind a number. Do you realize that calling something "AAA" isn't objective and neither are aggregate reviews? You might think that they're more objective than a single review, and I would agree with that, but I would also say that reviews are overwhelmingly done the same way with the same ethos. I brought up PES since we were talking about "best choice" and choice means there would be more than one candidate to select from to make that choice but apparently you forgot what you were originally talking about. Also if you don't think FIFA is more arcadey than FES then you must think the NBA Live series is a true sim. The reason I view "arcadey" as a negative is because they try to surround it with a "realistic" game and the more loose feel is what gives it that broader appeal instead of making it closer to a "true" football experience. And this is what EA does with all of their titles and what gives them so many sales in the first place. That combined with their brand recognition and age really makes it hard for anyone to pull out higher in sales or reviews. Afterall, reviewers look bad when they bash on things that people don't typically bash on. Remember the whole 8.6 fiasco for Twilight Princess on Gamespot? There's just somethings reviewers won't say or do. Or they use that to their advantage for hits, like I was implying earlier. #nba2k10
10/31/09
Here is your change to see how anal I am. Below is the start of my collection of issues before FN:R4 was even released (keep in mind more and more issues kept popping up after release with more and more promised patches) The problem was that someone reported the freezing issue the freaking day the demo was released. The same issue was present in the final game and wasn't patched for a few months at least. After that patch they goofed up again on other numerous patches causing more and more issues:
Fight Night Round 4 (History of Trouble on Xbox 360)
[www.shacknews.com]
May 14th - Users start receiving early access codes for the demo of Fight Night Round 4 if they pre-ordered the game through Gamestop.
[forum.ea.com]
May 14th - User (pre-ordered to get demo code early) reports that the demo of FNR4 is freezing at the title screen. Deleting and re-downloading doesn't resolve the issue.
[forum.ea.com]
May 16th - EA represenative on the Fight Night forums makes a new post with suggestions to users experiencing this issue. No real resolution and they don't seem to know why it is happening.
[forum.ea.com]
May 27th - EA represenative posts a new message to the Fight Night forums. They indicate they still don't know what is causing the issue and are requesting console specific information from anyone that is having trouble. The list of suggestions to fix this issue included:
β’ Unplug network cable
β’ Go to Xbox Dashboard
β’ Go to βMy Xboxβ
β’ Go to βSystem Settingsβ
β’ Go to βConsole Settingsβ
β’ Go to βClockβ
β’ Change the βDate and Timeβ to 2020
β’ Reboot the console (keep network cable unplugged)
β’ Boot the demo
[forum.ea.com]
May 9th - The last post with information in the thread above is from another user giving his console information to EA. There is no resolution ever posted in this forum thread and no one is told what to do as a fix for the problem. The demo never has an official answer for the freeze-at-title-screen problem. It is ignored in a way.
[blog.fightnight.easports.com]
May 28th - Demo is released on Xbox 360 for Gold Members.
[blog.fightnight.easports.com]
June 4th - Demo is released to all on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
June 25th - Fight Night Round 4 is released in North America. #nba2k10
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Yes, I do. But this actually is as objective as it's going to get for video games or any form of entertainment, or any criticism of any sort. All you can say is that YOU like PES better. I will respect that. If you also say you disagree with reviews, that's perfectly fine. But you can't just dismiss reviews simply because they disagree with your own tastes. Even Kotaku isn't objective, that's the whole point of a review.
"I brought up PES since we were talking about "best choice" and choice means there would be more than one candidate to select from to make that choice but apparently you forgot what you were originally talking about."
You're right, PES is a good alternative to Fifa, but if we're going based on reviews (which was the single condition to my choice in the first place) Fifa wins, because it reached AAA status. Me saying it's the best doesn't mean PES is bad. Again, I said nothing of other games since I've not played them. I went based on reviews because it's still the best indicator of the quality of a game you haven't played. If you want to prove PES is better find me a better way than the review aggregates, or at least something other than "lol Fifa sucks it's for casuals."
"Also if you don't think FIFA is more arcadey than FES then you must think the NBA Live series is a true sim."
I didn't say it wasn't, I asked what made you say it was, and more importantly, why arcadey would make it bad. GT is not a better game than Mario Kart simply it's simulation. You made a somewhat valid point on that one, but I guess I'm too much part of the mass market to realize I should like the game less because game design focused more on fun than realism.
"That combined with their brand recognition and age really makes it hard for anyone to pull out higher in sales or reviews"
FIfa 06 MC: 62 (360)
Fifa 07 MC: 73 (360)
Fifa Street 3: 62 (360)
Saying you don't agree with reviews is one thing. Saying they shouldn't count because of companies' names is preposterous, as we have too many examples of critics bashing big companies, especially EA. #nba2k10
10/31/09
Sorry to hear that man. Was not aware of these problems as I owned the PS3 version. However, the game is still the best fighting game available now, and the second best is probably... Round 3. Anyway, you should check if they haven't fixed it yet because you're honestly missing out. #nba2k10
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Seriously, EA is a HUGE company, and they are going on craigslist to support the pissing match? #nba2k10
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On topic? That sucks for 2K, I guess? But banging sub-attractive college graduates doesn't affect your ability to generate color commentary (at least as far as I know) and I don't think 2K should worry about it. I'm pretty sure people won't skip the game just because it has "That Steve guy who banged the NY Post's 'tubby temptress.'"
10/29/09
"Why oh why is it that EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I see someone messing up their lives for a sex scandal, it's always with the fugliest people they could find..."
Can't you eff it up properly? #2ksports
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