Games... Games... Games...
With a pretty long commute (usually an hour one way), having a PSP is just about a necessity for me. Over the last few weeks I've finished 3 of the games that were keeping me entertained on my long rides. I figured I should give each their little moment in the sun for providing me with entertainment (and distraction) on the commute to and from the office.
NBA Live 07
One of the things I've enjoyed most over the past few years in gaming is creating what I've called "Team Whitey" in various versions of these games. Without fail, I buy the new game play some games at the Lakers, dominate, and figure I need a real challenge. I then start diving in to the game and create a team of all white players who are ranked less than a 70% overall. Needless to say this team is not usually very good. So it provides a solid amount of gameplay for me.
The strategy I like to use is creating a team of specialists (rebounders, 3 point shooters, hustle guys, distributors). With that thinking my starting five looked like this:
PG: Dan Dickau
SG: J. J Redick
SF: Adam Morrison
PF: David Lee
C: Darko Milicek
The bench consisted of Beno Udrih, Fred Hoiberg, Hedo Turkoglu, Toni Kukoc, Nikoloz Tskitshvili, Jeff Foster, Christain Laettner and the often injured Jason Kapono.
My strategy consisted of running a fullcourt press at all times, off makes, misses, didn't matter, we were pressing. On offense we very much were a 3 point shooting team. Darko and Lee ended up being very good offensive rebounders so they played a ton. They didnt block a lot of shots, but they were active and got lots of deflections and steals. I used a very exact rotation of deploying my team in waves. Every 3 minutes a new wave of players came off the bench. It kept the guys fresh and able to press the whole game. They stormed through both the regular season and playoffs to win the title. David Lee was easily the best and most athletic person on the team. Averaging over 20 points and 8 boards a game.
Fight Night Round 3
I've been a big fan of any EA Sports Boxing game for years. I waited a while before finally picking this game up. Once I did, I found it highly enjoyable. Recreating classic fights, then creating myself as a light heavyweight and starting a career. Navigating through the amatuer ranks was pretty easy, going pro became a harder. My boxer after dominating the light heavyweight divisions started to bounce up and down between heavyweight and light heavy. At some point it became too much in terms of weight to be able to bounce back and forth, so I decided to strictly stay as a heavyweight where the paydays were larger. After a 53-0 record and many millions of dollars I decided to retire.
My boxing strategy as a lighter heavyweight fighting against basically mountain men was too fight very close on the inside so that my opponents couldnt extend their punches and I really worked the body. It was basically like chopping down a tree. Once the arms started to drop and protect the body I decided to go after the head. The strategy worked well. I was able to get inside and work the body. Some fights barely lasting 2 rounds with the body punishment I was doling out being too severe.
NFL Street 3
The third and final game that I recently completed was NFL Street 3. I bought this game in February of last year and had it basically sit on my shelf for months. As I was winding down with NBA Live the NFL season was starting. Which meant I was in a football fever. I started up a Rule the Streets season. A season in street consists of building a pickup team, playing local games until you are good enough to play real NFL Teams in street rules. A street game consists of 7 on 7 football. All players must play both ways. The more games your team wins the more you can increase players skills. Also as you unlock NFL teams, you have the ability to challenge all star teams and steal away some of their best players (so my final lineup consisted of me, jevon kearse, randy moss, vince young, ray lewis and two fat offensive lineman). Once you beat every team in the Rule the Streets game, you were able to unlock the NFL Legends team. It was nice to be challenged by the Legends team who had Art Monk, Steve Atwater, Dan Dierdorf, Ray Nitschke, etc.
The gameplay while fun and addictive is incredibly basic and easy. A regular gamer would have no problem being able to pick up this game and dominate. While very enjoyable, I wish it were more of a challenge. Even with that said, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a new version of th egame should it be released.
Now I find myself with nothing to play... I'm thinking NBA Live 08 will be the next game... I have to see which of last year "Team Whitey" players have graduated to bona-fide NBA'ers. I'm sure David Lee and Jason Kapono are now ranked to high to be a part of my scrubs. Only one way to find out....
NBA Live 07
One of the things I've enjoyed most over the past few years in gaming is creating what I've called "Team Whitey" in various versions of these games. Without fail, I buy the new game play some games at the Lakers, dominate, and figure I need a real challenge. I then start diving in to the game and create a team of all white players who are ranked less than a 70% overall. Needless to say this team is not usually very good. So it provides a solid amount of gameplay for me.
The strategy I like to use is creating a team of specialists (rebounders, 3 point shooters, hustle guys, distributors). With that thinking my starting five looked like this:
PG: Dan Dickau
SG: J. J Redick
SF: Adam Morrison
PF: David Lee
C: Darko Milicek
The bench consisted of Beno Udrih, Fred Hoiberg, Hedo Turkoglu, Toni Kukoc, Nikoloz Tskitshvili, Jeff Foster, Christain Laettner and the often injured Jason Kapono.
My strategy consisted of running a fullcourt press at all times, off makes, misses, didn't matter, we were pressing. On offense we very much were a 3 point shooting team. Darko and Lee ended up being very good offensive rebounders so they played a ton. They didnt block a lot of shots, but they were active and got lots of deflections and steals. I used a very exact rotation of deploying my team in waves. Every 3 minutes a new wave of players came off the bench. It kept the guys fresh and able to press the whole game. They stormed through both the regular season and playoffs to win the title. David Lee was easily the best and most athletic person on the team. Averaging over 20 points and 8 boards a game.
Fight Night Round 3
I've been a big fan of any EA Sports Boxing game for years. I waited a while before finally picking this game up. Once I did, I found it highly enjoyable. Recreating classic fights, then creating myself as a light heavyweight and starting a career. Navigating through the amatuer ranks was pretty easy, going pro became a harder. My boxer after dominating the light heavyweight divisions started to bounce up and down between heavyweight and light heavy. At some point it became too much in terms of weight to be able to bounce back and forth, so I decided to strictly stay as a heavyweight where the paydays were larger. After a 53-0 record and many millions of dollars I decided to retire.
My boxing strategy as a lighter heavyweight fighting against basically mountain men was too fight very close on the inside so that my opponents couldnt extend their punches and I really worked the body. It was basically like chopping down a tree. Once the arms started to drop and protect the body I decided to go after the head. The strategy worked well. I was able to get inside and work the body. Some fights barely lasting 2 rounds with the body punishment I was doling out being too severe.
NFL Street 3
The third and final game that I recently completed was NFL Street 3. I bought this game in February of last year and had it basically sit on my shelf for months. As I was winding down with NBA Live the NFL season was starting. Which meant I was in a football fever. I started up a Rule the Streets season. A season in street consists of building a pickup team, playing local games until you are good enough to play real NFL Teams in street rules. A street game consists of 7 on 7 football. All players must play both ways. The more games your team wins the more you can increase players skills. Also as you unlock NFL teams, you have the ability to challenge all star teams and steal away some of their best players (so my final lineup consisted of me, jevon kearse, randy moss, vince young, ray lewis and two fat offensive lineman). Once you beat every team in the Rule the Streets game, you were able to unlock the NFL Legends team. It was nice to be challenged by the Legends team who had Art Monk, Steve Atwater, Dan Dierdorf, Ray Nitschke, etc.
The gameplay while fun and addictive is incredibly basic and easy. A regular gamer would have no problem being able to pick up this game and dominate. While very enjoyable, I wish it were more of a challenge. Even with that said, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a new version of th egame should it be released.
Now I find myself with nothing to play... I'm thinking NBA Live 08 will be the next game... I have to see which of last year "Team Whitey" players have graduated to bona-fide NBA'ers. I'm sure David Lee and Jason Kapono are now ranked to high to be a part of my scrubs. Only one way to find out....
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