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JasonSGN
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Topic: NFL 2K5 Revisited Posted: 09-02-2006 at 10:14am |
I decided to play NFL 2K5 (PS2) for the first time in about 1.5 years last night and came away pretty impressed. For starters, this was the first time I tried the game on my widescreen HDTV with progressive scan enabled and it looked incredible. What surprised me the most is that Madden 07 is NOT that far behind and has (finally) started to catch up with number of player animations displayed in the NFL 2K series (two years later though).
My biggest - and only major - complaint with NFL 2K5 in the past was the ball physics. The passes just felt too "floaty" like the ball had no weight, but for some reason I did not get that feeling last night. The ball doesn't feel like it has as much "weight" as in Madden or NCAA, but the passes felt crisp and the deep balls didn't arch as much as they do in EA's football games. What's even better is that the short passing game and screen passes worked well (something Madden and NCAA have both had problems with until this year's games).
I have to spend more time with NFL 2K5 to refresh my memory on defensive line/linbacker shifts and see what can and can't be done pre-snap. I did remember how to call hot routes after a while and forgot that you could call more than one hot route per play .
I'm not ready to say that NFL 2K5 is a better game than Madden 07 and I did wind up playing an extremey fun game of Madden right after playing 2K5, but it's nice to know that I have an alternative that was paid for over 1.5 years ago and just sitting on my shelf.
PS: NHL 2K5 and NBA 2K5 are next on my list.
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Brent
Legend Joined: 01-26-2006 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 6677 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09-02-2006 at 1:31pm |
If you want floaty passes find someone with an Xbox and throw in any version of the Fever line of Football. Blimps have less hangtime. :)
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JasonSGN
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09-02-2006 at 3:15pm |
I remember seeing the commercials for Fever and watching gameplay videos on G4TV (when it actually had videogame-related topics) and thinking the same thing.
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JasonSGN
Admin Group Administrator Joined: 01-25-2006 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 6699 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09-02-2006 at 6:07pm |
I was just reminded why I didn't play NBA 2K5 too much when I originally bought it. Besides having sluggish controls, the game just could not hold my interest.
Up next...NHL 2K5.
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MatthewK
Bench Warmer Joined: 01-27-2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09-05-2006 at 11:50am |
Don't forget that you can also use the right thumbstick for various jukes in NFL2k5.
I tried out Madden 07 for a few days (got a free Logitech wireless controller with it from Best Buy), but I simply cannot see how it is better than 2k5. Even with it's bugs, 2k5 just feels so much more like football, and less like a video game based on football. Plus, the presentation still makes playing an entire game in Madden a chore.
If you want to get up to speed, check out OS for updated rosters. I think there are some for the PS2 floating around, like 2k5forever.com
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JasonSGN
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09-05-2006 at 11:56am |
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.
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