Your honest opinion on sport games.

I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Tend to think sports games apart from racing and Golf belong on the consoles.

That dude from EA was right, lean in games pc, lean back games console.

Most games are shallow, especially the popular mainstream ones.

I get pro evo soccer every year, im a big football fan and i play with my friends and on the net.

although 2008 was not as good as pro 6

I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

DragonFlyJ

What does that mean? Shallow? Do you want a deep story or something? Its a sports game. For the most part they utilize all of the buttons on the controller and they tend to switch what they do whether you are on offense or defense. Also, the sports genre will never die out, one of the most successful games ever, if not the most, is Madden. Just because you don't like a certain type of game, doesn't mean everyone does or that they are going to stop making those kind of games. Hell, ESPN now covers Madden when it released and has there own show with it. What other game can say that?

I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

DragonFlyJ

Wow, I feel the same way. I used to play full seasons of Madden, NBA Live, NHL, FIFA, etc... I still buy some of these games (old habits die hard) but don't play them nearly as much as I used to. I don't think it will die off as there are plenty of fans but I just don't have the time to apply to sports game like I used to.

i like crazy stuff like wipeout and trackmania and i like rally games (well colin mcrae rally..havent played anythign else :P).

besides that....couldnt care less. the big sports games like fifa and madden? havent bought one since 2002 world cup (and even then it was 5th hand..and very cheap)...couldnt care less.

I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

DragonFlyJ

I've never really been into sports, period, so I've never really bought sports games. But I do think they can be fun at times. It is the fun factor that will keep sports games going for a long time.

What I don't understand is how sports titles can come out every single year and people will buy them every single time. THAT makes no sense to me. Football is football.

EA Sports ruined it for me. Huge NFL 2K fan.waynehead895

NFL 2k5 = Best football game ever

So many sports games seem to cheap out on quality now, which used to be okay when the games were already redonkulous like blitz or something, but a high quality game with a single player campaign like MLB08the show is still awesome and i think is one of the best ps3 gameshmac777

Agree 100%. I love how that game. I am trying to still break into the majors. :P

Love sports games.... just get annoyed having to pay £30 - £40 each season for the new version....

Great multiplayer games as well

Championship Manager on the PC sucked years out of me.... it was so damm good/addictive

NFL ain Football lol.....

[QUOTE="waynehead895"]EA Sports ruined it for me. Huge NFL 2K fan.Monty_The_Great

NFL 2k5 = Best football game ever

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I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Monty_The_Great

What does that mean? Shallow? Do you want a deep story or something? Its a sports game. For the most part they utilize all of the buttons on the controller and they tend to switch what they do whether you are on offense or defense. Also, the sports genre will never die out, one of the most successful games ever, if not the most, is Madden. Just because you don't like a certain type of game, doesn't mean everyone does or that they are going to stop making those kind of games. Hell, ESPN now covers Madden when it released and has there own show with it. What other game can say that?

No, I don't expect that. I do feel as though the sport genre is lagging behind technology. I've notice what they do is take away features then years down the road they bring them back as if it was new. I don't expect everyone to feel the same way I do about sport games. This is why I pose the question, How do they feel?

I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

DragonFlyJ

Sport games are amongst the most complex games out there man. Sure anyone can get into them but games like Madden are very very complex and require a very high degree of skill to be good at.

I used to be big into sports games... you could always count on me having at least a few at any given time. Hockey, football, baseball, soccer, maybe even a tennis/basketball (Street)/snowboarding game.

Now? Nada. Not one, which is really unlike me. I blame it on a few things, but mainly that these devs are signing exclusive contracts which has resulted in crap games that aren't pushed by the competition. Plus, where's my SSX for the 360? C'mon!

As long as sports are around there will be sports gaming.

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I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Blackbond

Sport games are amongst the most complex games out there man. Sure anyone can get into them but games like Madden are very very complex and require a very high degree of skill to be good at.

Yes

Sports games are pretty easy to pick up and play, the real trick (just like every other game) is delving deep into the game.

Sports fans do that, most others don't or can't

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I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Blackbond

Sport games are amongst the most complex games out there man. Sure anyone can get into them but games like Madden are very very complex and require a very high degree of skill to be good at.

honest opinion?

they suck

dont flame me, but I hate them, always have hated them, always will hate them. I dont even count them as real games, accually. Now heres an idea! Go outside, and accually play some sports! You might acually get some exercise! And a life! And maybe a girlfriend!phantom-4112

[QUOTE="phantom-4112"]dont flame me, but I hate them, always have hated them, always will hate them. I dont even count them as real games, accually. Now heres an idea! Go outside, and accually play some sports! You might acually get some exercise! And a life! And maybe a girlfriend!waynehead895

I understand hardcore fans of games, I'm just saying to go exercise once in a while instead of pretending you are *cough*wii fit*cough* what?

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I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Blackbond

Sport games are amongst the most complex games out there man. Sure anyone can get into them but games like Madden are very very complex and require a very high degree of skill to be good at.

[QUOTE="waynehead895"][QUOTE="phantom-4112"]dont flame me, but I hate them, always have hated them, always will hate them. I dont even count them as real games, accually. Now heres an idea! Go outside, and accually play some sports! You might acually get some exercise! And a life! And maybe a girlfriend!phantom-4112

I understand hardcore fans of games, I'm just saying to go exercise once in a while instead of pretending you are *cough*wii fit*cough* what?

I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

DragonFlyJ

EA ruined and popularised the sports genre.

My favorite type of sports game are MLB games. MLB the Show is the most realistic baseball video game I've played yet, and Road to the Show is very fun and addicting. NBA video games are also fun, I like NBA08 but I didn't really like NBA 2k8 because the animations looked very shaky. I don't care too much for Football video games like Madden for some reason.

I don't like most racing games such as Grid, Dirt or Nascar09. But I like Gran Turismo and MotorStorm. I can't wait to try Pacific Rift.

I love em'. Sports games (and racing games) are probably the best value out there in terms of how much replay you can get out of it if you really enjoy the game.fuzzyturret

replay value? maybe there are alot of replay value in these games, but EA kept piling up sports games year after year. It's as if they want us to dump last year's one and move on to the next.

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I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Dr-Doctor

EA ruined and popularised the sports genre.

yep, you can blame EA for you're plight. Mediocre game development (um well except for fight night) practically ruined some sports games. Thank God for 2k sports

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I use to love sport games when I was younger. In fact, it was the only type of game I'd buy. Now, I feel like they are very shallow. I still buy them only for the sake of when I have friends over, but other than that I just don't play them anymore. Do you think the sport genre will die out?

Bigboi500

Sport games are amongst the most complex games out there man. Sure anyone can get into them but games like Madden are very very complex and require a very high degree of skill to be good at.

Then why aren't you out there making money? There is tons of money to be made in Madden. If you're really that good you shouldn't have a problem.

But then again until you've played a Pro you really have no idea. My friends little brother made it to the Region Finals of the Philly Madden Challenge before and he's ridiculous. Playing against the pro's. You might as well say that you can beat some of the Pro's in the Fighting genre as well.

But yeah if you really are that good go for it. Tons of money to be made.

My sig speaks for this topic[QUOTE="subrosian"] Sports games are like cigarettes - people who use them annoy the hell out of people who don't. Please, don't spread the cancerPaleo_Orca