Sports Game Recommendations

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rift1
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Sports Game Recommendations

Postby rift1 » September 18th, 2013, 5:42 pm

I wanted to see what people thought about this - hopefully a good way to spark discussion or even come to a consensus. I don't play a lot of sports games but would like to own at least one great one for most sports. 

So take my template and fill it out with your picks!

Best NFL game
a) Current Gen - (title) (comment)
b) Classic - (title) (comment)

Best MLB game
a) Current Gen - 
b) Classic - 

Best NBA game
a) Current Gen
b) Classic - 

Best Golf game (realistic, not Mario/Hot Shots)
a) Current Gen - 
b) Classic - 

Best NHL game
a) Current Gen - 
b) Classic - 

Irenicus1
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Joined: December 31st, 1969, 7:00 pm

Sports Game Recommendations

Postby Irenicus1 » September 18th, 2013, 9:36 pm

No love for Mario or Hot Shots Golf? What's left? Tiger Woods maybe. Sorry, but I think Hot Shots is the best golf game around & Mario golf games are still better than Tiger Woods. As far as being realistic it depends on how you look at it. Visually HSG & Mario are not realistic, but in Tiger Woods you can move the ball in the air after you've already swung. Also anything more than a eagle or a birdie on TW is a failure.  

Best NFL game
a) Current Gen - Don't play
b) Classic - Super Tecmo Bowl (NES)

Best MLB game
a) Current Gen - MLB Power Pros (Wii)
b) Classic - Baseball Stars (NES) & World Series Baseball II (Saturn)

Best NBA game
a) Current Gen - NBA 2K14 (Xbox 360)
b) Classic - NBA Live 06 (PS2)

Best Golf game (realistic, not Mario/Hot Shots)
a) Current Gen - All Hot Shots Golf games (PS2, PSP, PS3?, Vita?)
b) Classic - NES Open Tournament Golf (NES)

Best NHL game
a) Current Gen - Don't play
b) Classic - NHL 96 (Genesis)

Where's yours rift?

darkrage61
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Joined: December 31st, 1969, 7:00 pm

Sports Game Recommendations

Postby darkrage61 » September 19th, 2013, 12:29 am

Do fishing games count?  Those are the only sports games I actually like.

snakeboy1
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Joined: December 31st, 1969, 7:00 pm

Sports Game Recommendations

Postby snakeboy1 » September 19th, 2013, 2:35 pm

NFL
Modern:  Really the only recent NFL game I've enjoyed at all is the 5-on-5 mode in Madden 10 on the Wii.
Classic:  Tecmo Super Bowl (NES, also on Genesis and SNES) - Best football game ever, period.

MLB
Modern:  Don't really like modern baseball games.  I enjoy Wii Sports Baseball more than most newer baseball games.
Classic:  Baseball Stars (NES) - Not an MLB game but it is my favorite baseball game.  The multitude of options such as creating your own team and trading players puts this one over the top.

NBA
Modern:  NBA Jam (Wii, also on PS3 and 360) - The first basketball game that I've enjoyed in about a decade.
Classic:  NBA Jam (SNES, also on Genesis) - This was such a blast to play back in my college days.  Still a great game.  Also want to give a nod to Double Dribble (NES).  I played the heck out of that one back in the day.

Golf
Modern:  Wii Sports Resort Golf - I also liked Tiger Woods 10 on the Wii a lot, and if you want realistic it has all the real players and courses, but I seem to go back to Golf on Wii Sports Resort more often.
Classic:  Neo Turf Masters (Neo Geo, but can be found on the SNK collection for Wii and PS2) - This game is a blast.  The fastest paced golf game I've ever played.

NHL
Modern:  NHL Slapshot (Wii) - Very arcade-like, this game harkens back to the great Genesis NHL games back in the day.  Probably my favorite modern sports game that doesn't have Wii Sports in the title.
Classic:  NHL '94 (Genesis) - This is often considered the greatest NHL game ever.  '93 and '96 are great too.  Also have to mention a pair of great NES games - Ice Hockey and Blades of Steel - both are terrific and play very differently from one another.  Activision's Ice Hockey on the Atari 2600 is also a great one.

rahimtx1
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Sports Game Recommendations

Postby rahimtx1 » September 19th, 2013, 3:09 pm

Best NFL game
a) Current Gen -Madden 10 My reason being because I felt that one had the most improvement from the previous one. 
b) Classic - Nes Super Tecmo Bowl  A close Second would be NFL 2K5.
 
Best MLB game
a) Current Gen -I dont really have one even though I played games like MLB the show.  They tend to get boring pretty quick. 
b) Classic -Bad News Baseball 
 
Best NBA game
a) Current Gen- NBA 2K 11 or 13
b) Classic -Doulbe Dribble/NBA Live 95 
 
Best Golf game (realistic, not Mario/Hot Shots)
a) Current Gen - I dont have a realistic one. 
b) Classic -I dont have a realistic one.  
 
Best NHL game
a) Current Gen - I dont have one. 
b) Classic- Blades Of Steel


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