Ripten.com asks gamers, marketing aside, which game delivers on it's next gen football promise?
All-Pro Football 2K8, now 11 years old, is still a popular game among football fans. One man created a Twitter page that is all about showcasing APF 2K8's gameplay, which was ahead of its time.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When it comes to video game lineups none get as much as attention as the launch lineup that accompany a new piece of hardware. But what about the last games? That's the topic for this week's Top 10 as we'll be looking at the very last games to grace their respective consoles. "
I remember buying FFIX on PSN because I was looking for swan song PS1 titles to enjoy on PS3
10 Years Ago This Month: Sony's sales pitch as the powerful system took a hit when EA had to explain why Madden 08 on PS3 was noticeably worse than the Xbox 360 version.
The cpu was hard to work for 3rd party, butt the cell was really powerfull and fast. It wasnt just pr or secret sauce. Uc2 and killzone 2 were amazing. But 3rd party want money. They also problems with the ram. Only first party was able to make huge jumps from first gen games to second gen. It was an expensive console but the tech was much more powefull at launch then this gen.
Wasn't this already established in 2006? Online Sony's first party studios took advantage of the cell.
" was PS3 hard to Develop for?"
Here we go again , they been saying this since mid 2006-2007ish . of course the CPU was hard to work with but the Cell was fast and powerful .
Next year Article : " was PS4 to Easy Develop for ?" slow day in office ?
P.S . over last few years N4G been Repeating same subject matter with Slightly different title, same old subject .
I would hate to be a writer busting my brain to come up with a New lie to draw readers interest end up repeating 2006 article again .
I would not say "hard" to develope... but it went against the norm and it also threatened a well established pc archetype of which many in the pc business was against. Not with ill intent, but to try and change the way digital hardware works... it is huge mountain to climb against a well established pc design.
A lot of third party studios kind of just did not try because they did not want to support the change.
It went beyond just gaming with the backlash of sonys cell design.
Sony has always tried to push innovation and sometimes they miss or go to far against the norm and fail. Like betamax vs VHS. Betamax was the superior hardware but they lost that battle as well.
It is why Microsoft created the competition. They were getting beat in so many ways and their monopoly was getting threatened by everyone. Apple, Google, etc etc. Microsoft had to fight back to try save their dwindling sales. Lose the hardware, you lose the os.
Bought APF a couple days ago, and while a stellar game, unquestionably miles and miles above NCAA/Madden in terms of gameplay, it's STILL a rehash of 2K5. Sorry, but in 3 years, that's just unacceptable.
I like 2K Sports, and they seem to be a hard working, shoot for the moon kind of dev, but there were some obvious conflicts of interests about this game. In 3 years, a completely new engine from the ground up should have been built, the fps shouldn't even have been an afterthought, and the graphics should look as good as NHL 2K8. What we did get is a game that looks and plays just like 2K5.
That's not bad per se, as I still consider 2K5 to be the best football game ever, but really...I can understand not wanting to alienate your core audience, but SOME progress MUST be made with three years and a whole console jump later. Inexcusable. I am enjoying the Hell out of my game, but I'm still disappointed with the lack of effort.
yes you are... go away now.
at least i'm not the only one who cares about what these wack azz cats have been putting out on the next gen system .2k just has made an better next gen football on the 360 than e.a. has and this is there 1st game out the gate ,just wait till the next football game comes out.also yeah who cares that the engine they use was an very touch up 2k5 ,cuz fasho its still 5 years ahead of what e.a. has brought to the table and you cats know it .
Neither of the football games released on any next gen console have advanced much! But if I had to choose which one is the best football game you can get right now... I would have to go with APF 2K8!
I just can't believe with all this processing power, they haven't advanced the overall game. The graphics should look lifelike. The gameplay should be freakishly realistic by now. And yes this is a direct assault on EA sports, because this will be the third year they have made games for a next gen console. And truthfully it still feels like playing last gen. 2K has been out of it for a while so it will take them a while to get back into action.
When you look at games like Gears, Killzone 2, Halo, FFXIII, Mass effect and all those other next gen games... It's irritating to see how sports games haven't evolved the way they should have! I believe that deal with the NFL and EA sports is the reason for this lack of evolution. EA never liked to push the envelope with it's sports games, and that deal just made it easier for them to come out with the exact same game every year, only adding a few things here and there!
I'll tell you seriously..."I don't like that deal at all!"