OS Poll: Could there be a truly fun and great Olympic video game?

[MMChrisS]

Could there be a truly fun and great Olympic video game?

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[Rhouston]

I think that an Olympics game could succeed if there was a career mode, where you start out at low-level regional competitions, national competitions, eventually work your way up to qualifying and finally, the Olympics. Once the Olympics end, BOOM, you start the process again (only now competing in higher level events, a la Top Spin 4) to get to another Olympics (in a different stadium, arena, locale -- doesn't have to be where the Olympics will actually be at, but just somewhere new).

You should also have to practice in the mode to get better (just like real life). The game should also incorporate a lot of the things that NBA 2K does in their My Player mode, such as press conferences, magazine covers, sponsorships, etc.

I think this would greatly help the genre, but is it going to happen? Probably not.

[SHAKYR]

Boxing needs to be in it for me to buy it or be interested. I hate gimmicky control too.

[TDAWG89]

It could be fun if the right company produced it.. or it could be a complete disaster if a certain company gained exclusive rights to it.

Just my opinion.

[AirJordanFan93]

If they give it to a EA or 2K then it could be fun. Every olympic game just follows the same old button mash formula and makes for a dull experience. They need to give us a carer mode which includes qualifying for events so if you make a track and field guy you should be able to go to meets etc to improve your ranking. Then you have your countries Olympic Trails to qualify for events. Then you do the olympics. One more thing we need to have official athletes. Why make a game based off of the Olympics if you cant compete against the best and just some randomly generated player.

[THE YAMA]

It could if they continuously updated it with new athletes.

[bugle987]

I actually loved the Olympic game for the Wii, and you usually I'm all about the realism type

[bugle987]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rhouston

I think that an Olympics game could succeed if there was a career mode, where you start out at low-level regional competitions, national competitions, eventually work your way up to qualifying and finally, the Olympics. Once the Olympics end, BOOM, you start the process again (only now competing in higher level events, a la Top Spin 4) to get to another Olympics (in a different stadium, arena, locale -- doesn't have to be where the Olympics will actually be at, but just somewhere new). You should also have to practice in the mode to get better (just like real life). The game should also incorporate a lot of the things that NBA 2K does in their My Player mode, such as press conferences, magazine covers, sponsorships, etc. I think this would greatly help the genre, but is it going to happen? Probably not.

I wouldn't mind this at all

[mirrored32]

Yes. I think an Olymic Videogame would be great. Social Media style. why not?

[balcobomber25]

I just dont think its possible to make a game that would appeal to the masses the way most sports games do. The biggest issue is licensing, how many people who play an Olympics game want to swim as Michael Phelps instead of random player A? The rest of the sports are no different, any company who attempted to make a game would spend more money on licensing than they would make in profits. Another problem is the same problem the plagues the Olympics ratings, there are just too many obscure events that most people don't care about. If they just focused on Basketball or Soccer they might have a shot but then at the same time why would I pay $59.99 for an Olympic soccer game when I can play the same mode in Fifa with the actual players?