Worst Gimmicks in Sports games

the ball hawking bullshit on the last ncaa game. it completely replaced the jump button on defense. truly awful stuff. also the last few didn't even have a strafe button. like, what the fuck were they trying to accomplish?

 

Momentum on one of the NCAA games. It pretty much allowed whoever has "momentum" to play ridiculously above their skill level

 

i don't think a momentum mechanic is necessarily a bad thing but they definitely went overboard with it

 

I second 2k16's MyCareer. We went from watching stupid cutscenes w/o making decisions to playing only games. In the past versions they'd have scenarios with teammates, etc etc.

 

The old spice "swagger" rating on one of the Madden's a few years ago.

 

The lack of an online career mode in fifa.

 

not really a gimmick but auto defense on individual players in 2k sucks and has sucked for years

i shouldnt have to tell the game that i dont want kyle korver to be given 5 feet of room on the perimeter

 

I loved the vision cone

RIP

 

Team vision cone. Passing actually took skill and awareness ratings mattered so much.

 

I think with refinement it could have been pretty solid. Its not much of a sim when the entire width of the field is in view.

The worst/unintentionally funny part of the vision cone was when a low rated rookie QB would play. He'd take so long to find a receiver the play would often result in disaster.

 

MLB 2K player mode. By the end of rookie year, I could steal home 10/10 times.

 

MLB 2K

 

I only had an Xbox in college, man.

 

Madden Rewind from a few years back

 

mascot games in ncaa?

 

I thought it was wildly entertaining to watch a bunch of oranges running around on a field.

 

Agreed on the vision cone.

I personally hated how overpowered Impact Players in NCAA 2006 were. Adrian Peterson and Reggie Bush were basically Bo Jackson from Tecmo Super Bowl.

 

The skill badge bullshit in 2k. When it eas first introduced there were about 25 total and ecah player had just a few. Now theres millions and players can have dozens. Why? It was working fine how it was.

 

NCAA08, percy harvin lined up as tailback. tebow in the gator heavy. aaron hernandez lined up as an HB

triple option? sure. tebow up the middle? yep. harvin on a go route? thats 6.

domination

 

momentum in ncaa 08-09 was borderline game breaking