Sport games for the PS4

[Cpt Blackadder]

Right.. .So here is my question.

I always find with sport games on the consoles that you can only be good at them if you put HUGE amounts of time into them. Madden i feel is a bit too complicated now for just picking up and playing, but american foootball is my favourite sport.
I love Baseball too, used to play it, but also find the The Show series VERY in depth and a little overwhelming
I've not played any of the NBA2K series but have heard it's fantastic.

I can't get all three.

Which game of the above would you reccomend to buy first and put a lot of time into and WHY ? You need to convince me WHY your choice is better than the others.

 

[sidd230]

I'm a huge baseball fan and have owned a 360 for the past 8 years.
I've missed out on every iteration of The Show and now that I have made the jump to the ps4, it's quietly one of the things I'm most excited for. I can't wait to finally play it.

 

[don_bidarian]

No Fifa? hmmmmm, go with Madden since I hate baseball and not a big fan of basketball either.

 

[Tomba]

Same boat as Don, although baseball is far more fun to play physically or in a video game than to watch at home or live...most of the crowd talks and do their thing until crowd participation or home run strikes.

 

[sparkblade14]

Alright, as a fan of all 3 sports and all 3 sports game series here's my opinion:

Madden on next-gen sucked. It wasn't anything new, played pretty much the same as current-gen and didn't look amazing either. Can't really recommend it if you have it for current-gen already. With that said, it's the only NFL game in town since EA bought out the license, so you're stuck with Madden.


MLB The Show is coming out soon and it looks great. The player models look fantastic but the stadiums are also very nice to look at and are accurate. You can now speed up the pitch-counts, so if you want faster games you can start an at-bat at randomly generated counts. The Show plays very well and it doesn't take a lot of getting used to. If you're new to sports games, this one is the easiest to jump into.


I've played NBA 2K since 2K6, so it's suffice to say I love the franchise. 2K14 on next-gen is regarded to be the best sports game for PS4/XB1 right now. The MyCareer mode (where you play as only one player in the team; Madden, MLB, and 2K all have this mode but under different names) now has a storyline with cheesy dialogue, but it's interesting and makes the whole thing less boring. There's whole new presentation elements like interviews at halftime/post-game. The players look beautiful (no homo?) and the animations look as great as ever. I'd recommend this even if you're just a casual b-ball fan since it plays so good, looks, good and is a very deep game. The controls do take some getting used to.