Best sports video game to purchase?

[saska sault]

Looking for some help. I buy a new video game every year or two, im looking for what is the best sport video game to buy at the moment. Doesnt have to be brand new.. Use to be a big NHL fan but i dont enjoy the game anymore, just finished NBA 2k20 and have played the enjoyment out of that.

Thanks for any help!

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[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Fun games.

 

[John Price]

This is more suited for Geek Empo.

NBA didn't really make any changes from 2k21 to 2k20. Franchise is largely the same.

NHL is bad.

Madden is okay.

I would say if you haven't played NHL in a bit just get NHL 21. There hasn't really been any improvement from NHL 16 to NHL 21 but since you haven't played in a while it should be good enough.

 

[Shareefruck]

Personally, I think it makes a lot more sense/would be more fun for videogame talk to be in the Entertainment forum (it's really no different from music, tv, or movies, and you should be able to talk about them collectively anyways), but it'll probably be moved to the Tech/Geek one.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

This is more suited for Geek Empo.

NBA didn't really make any changes from 2k21 to 2k20. Franchise is largely the same.

NHL is bad.

Madden is okay.

I would say if you haven't played NHL in a bit just get NHL 21. There hasn't really been any improvement from NHL 16 to NHL 21 but since you haven't played in a while it should be good enough.

Haven't played any of the newer NHL games after NHL 14.

Bad game.

 

[syz]

Rocket League.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

This is more suited for Geek Empo.

NBA didn't really make any changes from 2k21 to 2k20. Franchise is largely the same.

NHL is bad.

Madden is okay.

I would say if you haven't played NHL in a bit just get NHL 21. There hasn't really been any improvement from NHL 16 to NHL 21 but since you haven't played in a while it should be good enough.

Madden is the furthest thing from okay, it’s a f***ing embarrassment

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

NFL 2K5, the GOAT football game

 

[bleedblue1223]

F1 was really good this year, but you probably have to be a racing person.

 

[JWK]

Super Mega Baseball 3

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

F1 is supposedly a really good series, if you like car spots than Forza's a good bet as well.

If not.........Rocket League? Mainline sports entries are having a rough go at it

 

[kingsboy11]

Rocket League and F1 are good shouts, but are difficult games to get the hang of.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

I think you can explore around a bit with some European/Aus titles like the Rugby League and Don Bradman/Ashes cricket games.

MLB The Show is always well made but a boring game unless you're into baseball imo.

I really liked PES but apparently it's been poor lately. You can't go wrong with FIFA (unless you play online a lot apparently) though you might wanna save some money and go with FIFA 19 or 20 if possible since they change very little year to year like NHL.

 

[robertmac43]

If you like baseball the best option is to go with MLB The Show.

If you want a management game all of EHM, Out of The Park Baseball, and Football Manager are awesome and well worth the money!

 

[John Price]

Madden is the furthest thing from okay, it’s a f***ing embarrassment

not really

franchise is still fun

 

[robertmac43]

not really

franchise is still fun

It's been the same game for years. I would argue it is one of the worst yearly releases in the sports genre tbh...

 

[kingsboy11]

Rocket League and F1 are good shouts, but are difficult games to get the hang of.

It might be worth it to pick up Rocket League anyways because its free to play now

 

[No Fun Shogun]

NBA Jam is still my reigning champion, even as someone that played on salty developer hard mode by playing as the Bulls.

Followed closely by the old NFL Blitz games.

 

[Supermassive]

Super Mega Baseball 3

This.

 

[Merya]

PES if you didn't get it last year. Gameplay is best of any sportsgame recently. If you got it last year, don't bother.

 

[saluki]

If you have access to a PS2 or BC PS 3 Tiger Woods 2004 for that platform is the greatest golf game ever made.

Not only is the gameplay satisfying and intuitive, the courses (real and fantasy) are great and it has a pro shop stocked with 1000's of items to buy. So lots of incentive to keep playing (it takes a few months to fully max out a character's stats anyway).

You'll never see a pro shop like that in gaming again. It's all DLC and microtransactions now.

 

[robertmac43]

I think the play for you is to buy EA Access. 30 Dollars Canadian and you get Madden, FIFA, NHL, and some other stuff. It's not the most up to date versions of the game but you get them later on in the year.

 

[PepperKeenan]

The new Tony Hawk game is great if you'd consider that a sports game.

 

[WeaponOfChoice]

MVP Baseball 2005

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Backyard Baseball 2003 is always entertaining when I want to pass the time