Archive for the ‘Other Football Games’ Category
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New demos hit the 360 Marketplace
Two new demos became available overnight on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. All-Pro Football 2K8: The demo presents a single five minute quarter between the Firebirds and the Cobras. Rosters are pre-set for those teams so there is no choosing of legends. Unfortunately this demo comes about 2 weeks too late. Better late than never though. Nascar 08: The demo features an 8 lap night race at Daytona with the choice of drivers being Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, or JJ Yeley. The game releases and is i...
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NCAA Football 08 vs All-Pro Football 2K8
Last week brought the release of two anticipated football titles in NCAA Football 08 and All-Pro Football 2K8. I figured it would be helpful to go through the different aspects of the games and give my thoughts on which has the advantage in each area. Anyone who is trying to decide between the two can view this as somewhat of a guide. Both of these games are generally regarded as companion titles to Madden 08 so for many it may be difficult to justify purchasing both. Continue on to read my ful...
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All-Pro Football 2K8 impressions
I’ve never been a big fan of reviews. Basically I don’t believe in the use of an arbitrary number to describe a game. I’ve always felt that impressions, and laying out important details, were much more important. I don’t feel that my opinion should be taken as a reason to purchase or pass on a particular game. However if my thoughts help someone make a decision one way or the other, it will have been for the right reasons. Media sites will do reviews and the use the numb...
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The media begins to pick up on the OJ story
As I predicted in my article regarding the Gametrailers OJ Simpson trailer, there was the potential that the media would pick up on and run with it, making it a more mainstream topic. How it could become more than the message board discussion it has been thus far. That now has happened. In an article that reads eerily similar in some ways to what I wrote, Priya Ganapati at TheStreet.com has detailed the situation of OJ Simpson within All-Pro Football 2K8 and the exploitation of his pa...
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Gametrailers puts out another distasteful trailer
Only two days after releasing a controversial trailer making light of the accused murders committed by OJ Simpson, now Gametrailers has come out with a new trailer for All-Pro Football 2K8 capitalizing on the another sensitive issue. Apparently having decided to do a series of distasteful trailers, now they are taking advantage of the Michael Vick indictment. What makes it even more bizarre is the use of an NFL likeness in a trailer for an unlicensed game. GT created a version of Michael V...
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The OJ Simpson topic surfaces yet again
In what seems like ages ago, 2K Sports signing OJ Simpson to be in All-Pro Football 2K8 was the hot topic. Despite that it never really reached the point of anything more than a discussion over whether it was right or wrong. Anthony Chau of 2K has stated that OJ Simpson being in the game generated the most questions from the media. However it never got to the point where the mainstream picked up on it. Small mentions of it were made such as in this preview that called it the "only potentially...
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Update on demo for All-Pro Football 2K8
Today Jeff Thomas of 2K Sports commented on the topic of the demo for All-Pro Football 2K8 by saying that it would be coming "within the next couple weeks". This is unfortunate as the game is already fighting an uphill battle being the second football game released on the same day going up against NCAA Football 08. The demo for NCAA came out earlier this week. Not presenting consumers with an opportunity to try the game out could be costly. NCAA Football is a popular title and a ...
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Achievements for All-Pro Football 2K8
The full list of Xbox 360 achievements for All-Pro Football 2K8 has made its way out. It consists of 50 achievements totaling the 1000 points. It looks like a pretty good set, with a nice mix of offline vs online and setting records vs completing tasks. One thing to wonder though is on those such as "set a single game record for receiving yards" what record are they using? I can't imagine they could use NFL records. Click here to view the full list....
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