TonyTornado
Conference
I bought a new PC 2 years ago and most of the time i found myself playing old games, with an exception to maybe 2 newer titles like Cyberpunk,Yakuza series and Battlefield.
It is really depressing in someway that the most genuine era of games (and sports games especially) was during the PS1-PS2 cycle, of course there are a few great games in the PS3/360 era like NBA2K11, FIFA 11-13, PES 2010-2013 but even then these franchises slowly started to lack that indentity and atmopshere. Most sports games that are treated by the community as the best ones are mostly from the early-mid 2000's. It might sound cringy or cliche but i really thing back then majorite of the dev team behind these games were actually passionate about the sport they made games about.
A few examples of games that are still unbeatable by modern titles:
- NBA 2K11 - propably the only exception here, but luckilly it was my first basketball game
- ESPN NFL 2K5- even though im not interested in american football, i saw a few video esssays about how it special it is.
- Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 4 - The AI in this game and the physics are still hard to beat.
- Richard Burns Rally - Same as above physics wise.
- Nascar Racing 2003 - a more obscure title, especially in Europe, but the racing experience thanks to physics, AI and love of the motorsport is still to this day.
Of course we could talk about other games from other genres that absolutely rocked during the 2000"s but i wanted to stay in the sports genre lol