The National Lacrosse League's new video game, NLL 11, will feature fighting, manual line changes, and a completely revamped game engine.
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Standalone games for smaller sports leagues may find it extremely difficult to manifest, considering the amount of investment needed from inception and engine development to securing licenses and player likenesses. That’s where going to a EURO 2012 model (or even Undead Nightmare and Episodes from Liberty City) of a downloadable addition to an existing game might be advantageous. The engine and presentation would be there, and the games would be distributed well enough already that it could cut down costs considerably and still reach the fans that want it most.
But could they work? And what leagues or sports are we missing out on that can be annualized (or bi-annualized) successfully?
The Real Question should be what happened to Sports. I miss Real Boxing! Now Boxers act is if their scared to Box to each other. Football and Basketball have gone completely soft with all these rule changes.
At its core, NLL 11 is an arcade-style sports title, reminiscent of hockey games from the previous generation of consoles. That’s not to say there aren’t deeper features present, such as the season mode, but it is missing a number of items found within the Inside Lacrosse franchise.
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