It's sad

"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla DeleteThis @mindspring.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 22, 3:03 pm, "Alai" <alai... DeleteThis @texanet.com> wrote:
> It's so sad that just about all the graphic-based sports games are moved
> onto consoles and leave pc's no choice for reflex-driven sports gamers.
>
> At about this time of the year in the years past, people were flocking
> about
> finding inquiring rumoring announcing about 3 or 4 different choices of
> our
> favorite baseball games to be released in late March.
>
> People would start popping around everywhere in this NG, about the latest
> announcement of High Heat baseball game, sometimes our good friend
> well-known magazine sports game reviewer Bill Abner would show up and get
> involved about highheat mongering. Dave Dial, Jason Weishisname.....
>
> Ahh, the memories that sadly gone perhaps forever.... uphoping :_(

>Echo... echo... I make this complaint every 6 months.

Although I still do the vast majority of my gaming on the PC, but for sports
games it has become a necessity to get a console. I went with the XBox 360
because the PS3 didn't have the NCAA football franchise. I still enjoy the
occassional sports management game (like Eastside Hockey or OOTP), but even
if you were just a Madden or NBA player (and I'm not), you get a port of
last season's console version for the PC. For a while there, I stuck with
the NHL franchise on the PC because it had the European leagues (which I
enjoy), but now the consoles even get that so no reason to get that game on
PC, either. And as a bonus, I won't have to wait 6 months or more for the
port of the latest GTA to come to PC.

turk
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"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there
needs to be -- hold hands." --George W. Bush, on how he can contribute to
the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008
 >> Stay informed about: It's sad 

> Although I still do the vast majority of my gaming on the PC, but for
> sports games it has become a necessity to get a console. I went with the
> XBox 360 because the PS3 didn't have the NCAA football franchise. I still
> enjoy the occassional sports management game (like Eastside Hockey or
> OOTP), but even if you were just a Madden or NBA player (and I'm not), you
> get a port of last season's console version for the PC. For a while
> there, I stuck with the NHL franchise on the PC because it had the
> European leagues (which I enjoy), but now the consoles even get that so no
> reason to get that game on PC, either. And as a bonus, I won't have to
> wait 6 months or more for the port of the latest GTA to come to PC.

It was the only reason why I finally got a console. Sports gaming is
something I seem to need for breathing. I went with Xbox 360 and can't wait
for MLB 2K8 to come out. I'm still enjoying MLB 2K7 and APF 2K8 quite a
bit.
 >> Stay informed about: It's sad 

"Alai" <alai702.DeleteThis@texanet.com> wrote in message
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>> Although I still do the vast majority of my gaming on the PC, but for
>> sports games it has become a necessity to get a console. I went with the
>> XBox 360 because the PS3 didn't have the NCAA football franchise. I
>> still enjoy the occassional sports management game (like Eastside Hockey
>> or OOTP), but even if you were just a Madden or NBA player (and I'm not),
>> you get a port of last season's console version for the PC. For a while
>> there, I stuck with the NHL franchise on the PC because it had the
>> European leagues (which I enjoy), but now the consoles even get that so
>> no reason to get that game on PC, either. And as a bonus, I won't have
>> to wait 6 months or more for the port of the latest GTA to come to PC.
>
> It was the only reason why I finally got a console. Sports gaming is
> something I seem to need for breathing. I went with Xbox 360 and can't
> wait for MLB 2K8 to come out. I'm still enjoying MLB 2K7 and APF 2K8
> quite a bit.

I had some fun with MLB 2K7, but I got bored with it fairly quickly. I'm
just not a huge baseball fan. I did spend a lot of time on APF 2K8. That
was a nice start to the franchise, but it was really missing some key
features it needs to take the next step forward. Mainly a career mode. And
the graphics need to be updated. But I did enjoy the gameplay. The AI
defense could actually put up a fight. Hopefully, it sold enough to
continue, since I did notice it was reduced in price pretty quickly. I'm
just now (finally broke down and bought it) getting into NCAA 2K8.

turk
--
"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there
needs to be -- hold hands." --George W. Bush, on how he can contribute to
the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008
 >> Stay informed about: It's sad