SPORTS AND RACES

SPORTS AND RACES

( WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE DESK OF HULKGAMECRIT)

HULK IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU..... THE LAST TIME HULK ENJOYED A RACING GAME FOR MORE THEN A WEEK WAS WITH THE BURNOUT SERIES BACK ON THE PS2! MOST OF THE RACING GAMES HULK HAS TRIED SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN FUN! ( ESPECIALLY SPLIT SECOND) BUT THEN STRANGE THINGS ALWAYS SEEM TO HAPPEN! EITHER THE SERVERS GET SHUTDOWN, CONTENT GOES MISSING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ANNOUNCEMENT AND RELEASE, SOMETIMES THEIRS A MASSIVE DELAY AND HULK'S INTEREST BEGINS TO FADE.... FOR MANY THESE PROBLEMS CAN RUIN THE EXPERIENCE!

FOR HULK HOWEVER,THE REPLAYABILITY OF THE GAMES HAS BEEN THE GREATER ISSUE! GAMES LIKE BLUR AND SPLIT SECOND WERE ABSOLUTELY BRILLANT TITLES THAT WERE AT LEAST WORTH A GLANCE OVER. SPLIT SECOND RECEIVED CRITICISMS FOR HAVING A SHORT AMOUNT OF ACTIVE TRACKS AVAILABLE( WHICH KIND OF KILLED THEM), WHERE AS BLUR'S LACK OF PROPER P.R. AND FAILURE TO KEEP THEIR SERVERS ONLINE ( THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY THE GAME) LED TO IT'S INEVITABLE DEMISE WITHIN HALF A YEAR OF IT'S INITIAL RELEASE!

THE OTHER RACING TITLES ARE USUALLY HEAVY INTO REALISM! INVOLVE GOING AROUND A TRACK FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG, HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME EXACT BLOODY THING EVERY YEAR.... FOR YEARS!, AND CLEARLY THINK INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF CARS PLAYABLE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM!

HULK IS SADDENED BY THIS! WHILE CARS ARE FUN, WE ARE NOT NORMALLY PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS! WE DON'T GET A KICK OUT OF DOING 600 LAPS ALONE ON A COURSE! WHILE BURNOUT WAS LESS ABOUT RACING AND MORE ABOUT SMASHING THEY STILL EXPERIMENTED AND TRIED TO ADD DIFFERENT MODES WITH EVERY RELEASE! IF HULK HAD IT HIS WAY HULK WOULD HAVE A CRASH MODE, A RACING MODE, AND A MARIO KART MODE AVAILABLE IN EVERY RACING GAME! IT WOULD COVER REPLAYABILITY AND UNITE THE FANBASES!

SPORTS GAMES SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT IT'S FAR MORE WORSE! WITH VERY LITTLE COMPETITION, THE REGULAR SHUTTING DOWN OF SERVERS, AND ASIDE FROM ROSTER CHANGES DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEPERATE THIS YEARS BASEBALL GAME FROM LAST YEARS BASEBALL GAME IS PATHETIC.

HERE'S WHAT A FRIEND OF HULK SAYS ON THE MATTER!

"Our family is heavy into multiplayer games so we buy all the new sport games every 2-3 years. But we're into this hardcore.... for the average gamer I'd say you don't need to upgrade ever. Just find a sports title with a really high score and you'll likely never need anything else during that particular console cycle.... unless you are really into management"

BACK BEFORE PUBLISHERS BEGAN BUYING RIGHTS WE WOULD HAVE TITLES RELEASED EVERY YEAR THAT DANCED ON THE WILD SIDE! HULK VAGUELY REMEMBERS SEEING TITLES THAT FEATURED ALL KINDS OF STRANGE POWER UPS! RANDOM BRAWLS STARTING IF SOMEONE WAS BEANED! A PITCHERS RAGE OCCASIONALLY ERUPTING INTO A BRUTAL FIRE THAT STRUCK FEAR IN THEIR OPONENTS EYES! THEN THE VERY NEXT YEAR THAT STUDIO WOULD BE FORCED TO DISBAND , TAKE 2 WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO START NEW PROJECTS, AND EA BEGAN A STRIDE TOWARD REALISM AND POOR CONTROLS!

YOU GENERALLY NEVER SEE TITLES LIKE THAT ANYMORE! THE PUBLISHERS BASCIALLY HAVE A MONOPOLY ON THIS ONE SECTION OF THE GAME INDUSTRY ! THEY DON'T NEED TO EXPLORE! THEY DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO THEIR AUDIENCE! BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CATER TO THAT AUDIENCE! AND WHEN THE SERVERS ARE GONE AND THE LAN FUNCTION IS GONE YOU'LL BE FORCED TO BUY THE NEXT ONE!

ALL OF THIS CRAP NEEDS TO STOP! JUST LIKE INAFUNE HAS STATED BEFORE " TURNING GAME DESIGNERS INTO SALARYMEN IS MAKING THEM COMPLACENT" PUBLISHERS NEED OPEN COMPETITION AND A WILLINGNESS TO TAKE SERIOUS RISKS IN ORDER TO REPAIR SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT LAST 6 YEARS HAVE CAUSED! AND EVEN IF A GAME SUDDENLY CANT AFFORD SERVERS ANYMORE.... THEN MAKE SURE WE ARE STILL ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A COMMUNITY!

ANOTHER GREAT IDEA IS TO DROP THOSE YEARLY PRODUCTION CYCLES AND TRY TO RELEASE FREE REGULAR UPDATES LIKE VALVE HAS DONE FOR TEAM FORTRESS 2! THEIRS NOTHING WRONG WITH A 2 YEAR CYCLE! JUST DON'T OVERDO IT!

IF WE SEE YOU MAKE AN EFFORT WITH YOUR RACING GAME THEN WE WILL IN TURN MAKE AN EFFORT TO BUY THINGS FROM YOU!

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT!

HULK JUST WANTS THINGS TO GET BETTER...

ALSO... THIS GAME ON THE ANDROID IS FANTASTIC! <3