Originally posted by _OSIRIS_
What's the #1 problem with both games though? I believe it's lack of users. What is a text play by play or even moving balls and green rectangle going to do to hook new mainstream type players? I believe a game that at least looks like football does matter. The niche players have come and went.Well, if you were to ask me if I want to see players that look even better than anything Madden has... see actual stiff arms and spin moves and TD dances and trash talking... sure. Would be awesome... to watch. As far as what I need as a OC, DC, or STC to see that what I'm doing actually shows correctly, of the two games, I hate to say but GLB original's visuals work better for me. Sure, it's an unappetizing visual... but I can see that the plays, formations, players, actions, ect, ect... I can see them doing what I want them to do and I can see that better with the overhead visual of GLB than I can with the sideways visuals of GLB2.
As for that "#1 problem", that's not the game's fault... nor the difference in graphics... it's totally Warrior Games fault for dividing it's user base between two games of the exact same nature (meaning both are football sim games). You like GLB2... I like GLB1. And our opinions and feelings are mirrored all throughout WG's gamer base. WG never even tried to fix GLB1 after leaving BETA... instead opting for making half-measures in a similar football sim (GLB2)... then not closing down GLB so everyone would move over to the new sim because they thought they'd lose too many players... and that still rings true. So half (figuratively speaking) of their users are over there (GLB2) and the other half over here... and neither game is really flourishing because of that. Seriously, if they really cared and wanted to, they would take the very best of both sims... add in the features that are missing still that everyone wants, and make a new GLB3 sim... then retire GLB original and GLB2 once half of their userbase has joined the new sim. Hell... even throw in better graphics maybe as well.