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ESPN NFL 2K5 for Playstation 2
Right from the start you can tell ESPN put all it had into this game. From the opening scene to the actual game, this game mimics all the aspects from a professionally produced ESPN pro football game. Seemingly at random, the commentators will cut to a passing breakdown chart or some other piece of information. This can really slow down the pace of the game at pivotal moments and interrupt your concentration, however.
your concentration, now see
The graphical presentation is top notch and has some of the best motion capture I've seen in a game. The players all act realistically when hit or as they make a touchdown and dance around the end-zone.
down and dance aside, NFL 2K5 has quite a bit to offer. The franchise mode gives you more options than I have ever seen in a football game, letting you set up your training regimen for the week. This means that you can have your quarterback strength train focusing on his hamstrings to increase speed; you can have your receivers run pass routes, have linemen work on practice dummies, and schedule
either full on scrimmages or go with minimal contact. These options let you customize your team exactly how you want to fit your play style.
fit your play style.
In the end it all comes down to how much money you want to spend and if you are willing to deal with the difficult play mechanics. EPSN NFL 2K5 is only $20 while Madden games are generally in the$ 50 range. My advice would be to go rent EPSN NFL 2K5 and see if you can put up with the game mechanics and player control, and if not, go get Madden instead.
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The Guy Game for Playstation 2
Nick Finnegan
It had to be made sooner or later, I suppose. Someone took the drunkenness and all the topless girls from spring break and put it into a trivia game. It's The Guy Game for Playstation 2.
The game is pretty simple. You're a horny adolescent, but you don't have the money to travel down to South Padre Island for spring break. This game brings it to you. The game has actual video from South Padre and all the women a person can stand. However, this is something I don't want to see on a video game console.
don't want to see on a video game.
This trivia game is composed of four rounds. The first round is basic trivia. You get a question and try and decide the right answer. The more time it takes to answer the question, the better chance you have of answering the question, but you get less money if you guessed correctly. Then it goes back to the women getting the question on the video and you must guess if they answered it correctly or not. If the women guess it wrong, they have to show their ta-tas. The second round is an optional round that consists of rolling balls. Let's not go any further with that. The third round is almost the same, but with the women guessing, they get it wrong. For their answers, you must guess what wrong answer the women guessed. The fourth round is the final challenge where three women are in various competitions. You must decide on how much
money to wager to see who wins the competition. The women also get a bonus if they decide to compete topless.
they decide to complete topics. The amount of nudity seen on the game is based on the Flash-O-Meter. First, the women's boobs are blocked by The Guy Game's "knocker-blocker," and then they are partially obscured by pixels, and finally no censors when the meter hits the red. The more points you get, the more flashes of boobs you get to see.
flashes of boobs you get.
Also to help cheer you on, players choose a Guy Game model for their character. It's sort of like a cheerleader for the players. The more answers you get correct, the more skin your cheerleader shows.
shows. This game may be funny at some points, but it is no way fun. However, I did play this when I was sober, and this looks like a game you can only enjoy when you are drunk and around other horny college men. I decided not to go down that road, however.
Grade:F
Chris Moore
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Jayplay 9.23.04