This is the time of year again, when EA Sports begins to implement its annual sports simulators and the company released trailer Down EA Sports College Football 26 on Thursday. The disclosure showed that although the video noise with the classic “Enter Sandman” Metallica, with various programs performing historical rituals before the match. Bright, University football 26 ‘S graphics more real, The atmosphere seems great and I am sure that I will hurry to play the Xbox Game Pass the day before removal and I never touch again, but what I miss is fun. What I miss is the revival of EA Sports Big.
In fact, I remember everyone if I remember my beloved friend really quickly?
Electronic Arts created EA Sports BIG in 2000 with the mission of creating extreme sports games. Initiative conducted by Steve RechtschaftsEA Sports Big Banner appeared for the first time in 2000 SSXRomp snowboarding, which overturned sport on his head with an exaggerated flor, style and, of course, tricks. The game was recognized by critics after release, and the title was praised as a bending into often unrealistic elements of video games instead of an established reality in which most sports sims are created. SSX Success allowed the game inspired by BoarderCross to become a beloved franchise of games covering several more games; Success was also transformed by EA Sports Big from a fun experiment into a certified Hitmaker.
The EA Sports BIG catalog found a studio immersing toes at a wide range of football sports (FIFA Street), motocross freestyle (Freekstyle), Snow moto racing (Sled storm), Rally Racing (Shox), wrestling (Def jam revenge), basketball (NBA Street) and football (NFL Street)). In particular, the last two franchises have become one of the most beloved titles during EA Sports Big Era.
NBA Street It was released for the first time in 2001 on PlayStation and Nintendo Gamecube, a year flooded with basketball of sports sims like NBA Shootout 2002IN NBA LIVE 2002IN NBA HoopzIN NBA 2K2and more. Collecting where NBA Jam left, EA Sports Big decided to color outside the line NBA StreetCreating a game with prestigious NBA players, but experience more adapted to Streetball culture.
Romance 3 out of 3 practically begged players to pour their personalities into the game, giving them the opportunity to make tricks and movements that would be a foul in the real NBA. TRICK points were used to build an artificial meter, which in turn allows players to make the aptly named Gamebreaker mechanics, a special shot that would give user points when receiving the opponent’s result.
NBA Street’s The formula and sensitivity would be applied until 2004 NFL StreetUsing the interpretation of Gamebreaker’s football mechanics on both the offensive and defensive ball. NBA and NFL Street would then add even more uncontrolled mechanics to the franchise in subsequent editions, with a wall running (NFL Street 2), Horizontal gamebreakers (NBA Street Vol. 2), and even crossovers from Nintendo, which made Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach throw themselves on the pitch (NBA Street Vol. 3).
Unfortunately, EA Sports Big was closed in 2008 Global financial crisisin which EA imposed exemptions to 11% of the workforce and goes from original production to more financially responsible projects. (Sounds familiar?) In the same year, EA created a brief -term EA Sports Freestyle Studio, which only published five games before closing.
While EA Sports Big Games did not have great graphics, they were full of Yank and were somewhat comical, the studies of the studio gave me the impression that I never felt playing in Madden or College Football: Shameless Fun.
Yes, I am glad that NCAA football was reborn as university football. But those too realistic Sims Sports-Imaginatives rarely offer me the same, senseless entertainment that EA Sports Big introduced to their games. And since then, no other studio has been approaching.
Pour one on EA Sports Big.
