vicfurth Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 My choice, if you're going for realism, definitely go with EA. Although I remember the NFL Xtreme games. Those were hilarious.P.S. What order would you put them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_cynic Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 There's absolutely no comparison in this category. A lot of people made a bunch of hype over the new ESPN basketball game this year but since it's release I haven't heard anything. Utah Jazz Retired Number's#1 - Frank Layden - #7 Pete Maravich - #12 John Stockton - #14 Jeff Hornacek - #35 Darrell Griffith - #53 Mark EatonRetired Number's To Come#00 The Bear (Best Mascot In NBA) - #4 Adrian Dantley - #32 Karl "The Mailman" Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Shortly after I received an XBox for X-mas I rented ESPN's NBA game. I didn't care for it at all. I didn't see what the appeal was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0dotcom Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I've always been an EA man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrookedThumb Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 4 words:"It's in the game!" Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I love EA, but for me I liked the Sega version of football... particularly how you select plays much better. It was DIFFERENT, and took some getting used to, but all in all, i thoguht it was better.But, as a rule, you can't go wrong with EA, and you can't go right with 989... they blow. NCFA Sunset Beach Tech - Octopi  ΓΔΒ!  Going to college gets you closer to the real world, kind of like climbing a tree gets you closer to the moon. "...a nice illustration of what you get when skill, talent, and precedent are deducted from 'creativity.' " - James Howard Kunstler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 SEGA all the way. their footbal games are the best even better than madden. i dont see how people dont see that Proud owner of the Utah Pioneers of the Continnental Baseball League.PACKER BACKER FOREVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusebazell Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 EA knocks the pants off of em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I'm an EA guy... can't wait for MLB Baseball 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusebazell Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I'm an EA guy... can't wait for MLB Baseball 2004. It's MVP, not MLB.BTW, the game comes out March 9th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 As a rule of thumb -- I generally go with EA.But they have some games I don't like too much.ESPN College Hoops over NCAA Marchmadness 2004NBA Inside Drive over NBA Live 2004.But the football games are top-notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffles Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 EA all the way. Don't have much of a choice cos they're pretty much the only ones who make sports games for GameCube, but their games are solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starchild Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Usually, I would say EA Sports, but this year, in my eyes it's no contest - Sega hands down.I have both ESPN NBA Basketall and NBA Live 2004... and ESPN just completely destroys Live this year.... graphically, ESPN is just sickening... Live is horrible... as for gameplay, each has their strong points, but I prefer ESPN... with a few adjustments to make the game more difficult.Also this year, ESPN NHL Hockey has claimed the throne for hockey games.But that's just me. "The true New Yorker secretly believes that anyone living anywhere else has got to be, in some sense, kidding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLChandler Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Yeah I also own both Live 2004 and ESPN NBA 2k4 and I would have to agree with starchild and say ESPN takes the cake. I have always been a sega sports fan since 2k1 and I have never been a real live fan. IMO live drastically improved since 2003 though, I simply prefer ESPN over live though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMS1122 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 EA basically is my whole collection of games i love thier stuff...right now i have Madden 04, NCAA Football 04, NBA Live 04, FIFA 04, Tiger Woods PGA 04, and NBA Street Vol. 2 . i usually trade in for the new version once they come out to keep each in date GMS on dribbbleErie Apparel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Well since I play on PC I pretty much have to say EA. Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 i'll list my personal preferences by sport:football: EA...Madden. NCAA. enough said.basketball: torn between 989 and Sega/ESPN. i'll give ESPN the edge cus transition from NBA 2k4 to College Hoops 2k4 is seamless. transition from Shootout to Final Four is hellish. haven't been a Live fan since the 2000 gamebaseball: again, torn between 989 and Acclaim. MLB 2004 was solid, had it til a few weeks ago when i traded it in...just recently got ASB 2004, but the problems that turned me off to the 2003 version make me consider trading THAT in when i go get MLB 2005hockey: last year i was playing Faceoff (989) all year...it's kinda like i hated its 2001 version but grabbed it later and liked it. then i liked 2003 despite its many flaws. right now, since faceoff didn't come out this year, i'm playing Hitz Pro which rules all. i've said it before, and i'll say it again: Goalies= damn beautiful sight to seetried ESPN NHL, traded it in cus frankly, a guy whose speed rating is in the low 50s shouldn't be catching up to paul kariya soccer: i used to play a whole lot of FIFA Road to World Cup 98. I sort of had a feeling that was as good as it's gotten lately as far as FIFA's concerned. now i'm a World Tour Soccer guy (again, 989)...good game the last two years, and i can't wait to see what they did with the ball physics. basically, any team you can think of will be there, including classic teams like the 70s Cosmos and 60s Man U... basically, it's not that i'm a 989 guy, i just happen to like most of what they put out. football wise, you can't go right with 989, gameday and gamebreaker are terrible...but you might wanna pick up at least MLB and World Tour, those are 989's best games IMO A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 How often do you get a new sports game, and do you get more than one of the same sport? I've only ever seen the need to have one football game, one hockey, etc... and I generally keep the same game for several years before getting a new update.How about everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I've been an EA guy since I bought Lakers vs Celtics for my IBM PS2 in 1989. I'll be buying MVP 2004 when it comes out and updating NCAA FB and NHL in the fall. Madden I can probably live with for a few years unless there's a rash of radical uniform changes in the NFL over the next year or two.It will be interesting to see if there is an NHL 2005 if the CBA isn't worked out by late summer. I know they did release NHL 95 on time during the labor issue in 1994, but I don't think anyone felt that the 94 labor stoppage posed as large and as fatal a threat as this impending impasse does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyon81 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I'm an EA guy... can't wait for MLB Baseball 2004. It's MVP, not MLB.BTW, the game comes out March 9th. Actually, there IS a MLB 2004, but it came out last year. 989 will come out with MLB 2005 this month. I always assumed that the only time you bought a 989 sports game was when you wanted something to play on your old ps1. On a whole, If its about whos best, you can't deny EA sports. They have been setting the bar since the beginning of sports games. They have a wide variety of games, unmatched by espn, or any other group. I did prefer WSB 2k3 and the espn nba games the last couple years, but to me, ESPN is starting to look like 989 games with the espn template. That gets old. Im undecided for my baseball game purchase. It was between espn and ea, but then I read about the 989 MLB 2005 which is going to have a "career" mode, and that alone put it on my consideration list. I watched some video yesterday of EA and ESPN, and ESPN has been removed from my list. Its down to EA and 989, though Im thinking that I will probably buy EA's MVP, and rent MLB 2005 to see if its worth that one career mode option. Play RBI Baseball 2K9 @ http://league.rbicentral.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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