Gaming Age - After last year’s nail biting finale to the 2011 baseball season, with 1 game tie breakers, amazing playoffs, and a comeback story by my beloved St Louis Cardinals winning the World Series, I was anxious to dive into the offerings of the only two baseball titles developed by 2K Sports and Sony. Last season showed that 2K Sports had potential, and the race to the best baseball title was pretty close, but 2K suffered from some game killing bugs that didn’t get resolved until well after launch.
Allan Muir of VGU.TV takes a look at exclusive sports licenses in games and why they hurt the genre
Annualized sports games are something that never gets the attention they deserves. They’re a nuisance to some and there’s no doubt that they never change too drastically from year to year but as most sports fans will tell you, they change just enough. Though that can’t always be said as some games seemingly churn out nearly the same experience year to year or, of course, have an off year or two. In this feature I will analyze the sports games of 2012 and ultimately decide which sports game did the most to improve, and which did the least. This is by no means determining the Sports Game of the Year category in our annual GiR awards; it’s merely my opinion on the past year’s beloved recurring franchises that often include a ball… or a puck if you want to get real crazy. It’s time for arguably the best three sports games this year!
Annualized sports game is something that never gets the attention it deserves. They’re a nuisance to some and there’s no doubt that they never change too drastically from year to year but as most sports fans will tell you, they change just enough. Though that can’t always be said as some games seemingly churn out nearly the same experience year to year or, of course, have an off year or two. In this feature I will analyze the sports games of 2012 and ultimately decide which sports game did the most to improve, and which did the least. This is by no means determining the Sports Game of the Year category in our annual GiR awards; it’s merely my opinion on the past year’s beloved recurring franchises that often include a ball… or a puck if you want to get real crazy.
