Develop-Online: And so it begins again. The Sports Interactive team arrive at their desks, like they have done every morning for the last year, with the same project staring back at them. It's hard not to think of that as some form of punishment but, as I'm told, only nine people have left the studio in seventeen years.
The studio's labour reminds me, in fact, of what Football Manager fans do with their spare time. During evenings, weekends and arranged sick-days, hundreds of thousands of people slump at their desks, stare at the same screen, and subject themselves to the infuriating, maddening bliss of managing a football team.
We all know of the many studios around the world that strive for realism, but just try to find a single outfit that understands the rules of the real world better than Sports Interactive.
Microsoft has launched an official promotion on its Games on Demand service, offering some of the best titles of last year at greatly reduced prices. Gamers can purchase titles such as BioShock 2, Lost Planet 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition for half their previous retail price.
Eurogamer: "It's a shame when relationships end but it's often for the best. Football Manager and me had it all – long intimate evenings, weekends away, the occasional holiday. I'd thought we never split up. But eventually cracks began to appear, the physical side deteriorated, and we became strangers.
As an early adopter of pretending to manage a football team on a computer (i.e. a semi-autistic weirdo), a chronic addiction to Football Manager seemed my inevitable destiny. My first taste was the original Football Manager on the ZX Spectrum, whose bearded creator, Kevin Toms, appeared beaming on the cassette case cover."
Trillicks writes "We all have a favourite game. Whether it be the first game we played, the first we completed or simply because it is utterly awesome......."
and Soul Reaver, yessss i know i mention it in every goddamn article but its a lost gem
oh yeah i forgot about that..its a great game..i would love to see that game again..i never got to play the ps2 version only the first :(
Great games.
Gonna have to throw Street Fighter III: Third Strike on my list. No other fighting game has created as many memories as that one has and everything about it, 11 years later, is still top notch today. Great animations, characters, music, and stages. Not to mention the deep level of mastery required to play it at a high level... people are still discovering new techniques and strategies. I also think it's one of the most entertaining games to watch, in general. So much hype sometimes.
The final round of this match is a perfect example of why I love this game so damn much:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
I hope Third Strike - Online Edition brings a new generation of people to enjoy this masterpiece.
For me, Fallout 3, MGS4, Space invaders, Ratchet and Clank: Up your Arsenal and Pokemon Yellow. Those are my top 5.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. The first one, for GameCube, and probably the only one that was great between the series. Probably the only FF I'll love with my heart, too.
It was...awesome.
terrible article, lol,
anyway if where talking about old school games that you still crave to play all these years later my list is:
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Final Fantasy vii
Doom 2
Duke nukem 3d
