Profil de tom2317

Surprisingly good

This game is a little bit better than I thought it would be. I knew it would be good but with the lack of features I thought it would be kind of like madden 06 and I was wrong. This game blows that game out of the water. The gameplay is great. It's really quick and very realistic. Graphics are amazing. Of course it's not a perfect game but no game is. But if you are really looking for something to nag about it would be some framerate problems. It only happens when the camera is going around the stadium. It's not really a big problem. Celebrations are fluid. Tackling animations are great only wish they had gang tackles but again not a big deal.

the game is definetely somthing awesome

this game for xbox 360 rocks . i just love the graphics , sound and the vehicles . the game does come with some flaws like the damage model , and the lack of shifting time of the day . I mean Night is There even in the islands . cars may look hot but it does take a while ( .. ok, a lotta while ) to earn them . but overall the game is addictive with a one of a kind gameplay . Customising cars is again very brief in terms of visual looks and it is the performance upgrades that seem to matter the most . Ferari , Lamborghini , Bugati , Bmw are just a few from the huge array of vehicles in the game . I Drive a Shelby for the moment in the game now . And Gameplay Does get Repititive . In the End If Racing Is not your thing , Just Rent Before Purchase

Just plain fun

Assuming you already know how to play poker, there isn't much of a learning curve here. The interface is intuitive and really there isn't too much need for a manual. The gameplay mechanics work pretty well. There are a few annoyances, such as when you make a decision such as "fold," your player will sit there playing with his chips for a while before folding. Stop playing with your chips, and fold already! I realize it's for visual effect, but it happens way way too often, and it gets incredibly annoying when you just want the game to move on. The AI seems good, though I'm no poker expert. Some of the characters really do play like the pros, as they play fairly aggressively compared to a lot of newbies who play online (for real money). Graphics are severely disappointing and are PS2/Xbox level graphics. Clearly Activision didn't put much effort into spicing up the 360 version of the game. Character models are rather basic, textures are ho hum, and the character's movements look robotic. The game clearly would've benefited from some motion capture. Facial expressions are lifeless, which you'd think is a good thing for a poker game, but even when someone wins big, their face remains emotionless. Audio is also extremely disappointing. It would've been really nice to have a lot more audio going on: audience noise, better chip sounds, things like that. Even if some people find all that annoying, there could've been options to adjust those sounds. It's really a bummer when you go all in and win a major pot, and you CAN see the audience clapping, but hear nothing. Sometimes you can hear them clap (not sure why you can't always hear it), but it sounds like a few people clapping, not a large crowd. Players sneeze WAY too much, seriously. Is there a huge cold bug going around Vegas or something? It would've been nice to have more recorded phrases from the pros, too, and maybe a nice extra bonus if players talked to each other once in a while ("you got a pair of jacks, don't ya?"). I haven't tried online play yet so I can't comment on that. Overall, it's a good game, probably one of the better poker games out there right now. But I hope Activision addresses the above issues for the next version.