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Monday, November 17, 2008

My NBA 2K9 sliders. The fix to everybody's complaint: PIP

Posted on November 17, 2008 at 05:19 PM.

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I'm contemplating whether or not to post my sliders in a new thread or not. For now I will probably just post them in here later tonight or something.

I have been working hard, but thinking harder. It was actually more just thinking which sliders to use to fix the main problems with this game, rather than testing.

I think we can all, mostly all, agree that the primary issues with the game is points in the paint. It is easy to score in the paint and hard to defend in the paint. Quite the opposite of real life basketball. The players just aren't physical in the paint. I have found the sliders to fix this. Not, solve it, however. Not only gameplay, but the stats as well. Also, my foul sliders are a little different then everybody elses. Same number of fouls, but different types of shooting fouls. Very realistic. I have done some other tweaking to the sliders and I have a complete slider set. (Mostly from other slider makers, of course.)

So, I'll see what kind, if any, response I get to this. Any feedback would be much appreciated. Whether you want the slider set privately or you believe I should just make a new thread with them. Thanks in advance guys.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A much needed approach in making a sports video game

Posted on November 11, 2008 at 10:07 PM.

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I'll be quick and to the point. With next-gen systems, sports video games can not stand up against other video game titles. I'd be a liar if I falsified that statement. Nobody likes this. Why should us sports game fans not get as much quality as the first person shooter fans? We shouldn't. There are several reasons why sports games aren't as good as other titles. However, I want to focus on just one problem. My gripe is time. Call of Duty 4 was developed by over a 100 people and over the course of 2 years. What happened?? Arguably the greatest first person shooter ever. Now, sports games just don't take that kind of time to make their game. The game usually coexists with it's real life counter part. Therefore, a sports game is released once a year usually around the start of their respected season. The development time is short. Maybe 6-8 months. They just simply don't have enough time to address all the issues with the title. I could go in much more detail and rant on, but I won't. My solution...get 2 teams together, Team A works on this years title, while team B works on the next years title. This way in two years we will have a much more developed game and the cycle will continue. I know I know money is a huge issue. I don't want to hear it. Just make it happen. Us fans deserve it.