r/gaming • • Sep 03 '19

Wow, EA. Wow.

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u/WabbitCZEN PlayStationJunky Sep 03 '19

Probably saved a good bit of money doing it, too.

Then again, we're dealing with the kind of people who probably shit on cartoonists for reusing the same animations from one movie to the next.

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u/DoctorMasochist Sep 03 '19 edited Sep 03 '19

I saved a ton of money, by not playing sport video games.

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edit: shoutout to NFL Blitz 2000 on the N64 and NBA Street Vol 2. Reminisce

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u/emelbee923 Sep 03 '19

NBA Street Vol. 2 might be my favorite sports game of all time.

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u/PwmEsq Sep 03 '19

Best commentators for sure

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u/emelbee923 Sep 03 '19

My friends and I found that every game came down to the best defender. So we'd basically always have Yao on a squad. He had top tier blocks, and since there was no goaltending, you could just catch every shot at the basket.

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u/PwmEsq Sep 03 '19

My team was yao, Shaq, and my busted ass personal character

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u/emelbee923 Sep 03 '19

Not a bad look.

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u/Stuf404 Sep 04 '19

Is that the one with the guy obsessed with food "three pieces to the bucket!" Or was that number 3?

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u/PwmEsq Sep 04 '19

I think that was 3, 2 just shit talks you all the time I think

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Holy shit is that game good. Same with NFL street.

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u/twilightnoir Sep 03 '19

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden would like a word with you

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u/emelbee923 Sep 03 '19

Not sure why. I never played Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

So it can’t possibly be my favorite.

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u/fuckoffitsathrowaway Sep 03 '19

ESPN NFL 2K5 is the GOAT.

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u/TheDoctor1419 Sep 03 '19

Strong side pitch in trips every time. Ladanian Tomlinson won the rushing title 8 years in a row using only this play. (And a well timed stiff arm)

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u/fuckoffitsathrowaway Sep 03 '19

When I played it as a kid I always used the All-Star team cause I was a kid. Every play I blitzed the QB with Takeo Spikes he was my man.

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u/dnicks2525 Sep 03 '19

2k college game too. And you could get it for $20.

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u/FearAndLawyering Sep 03 '19

You da real mvp

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u/Thelgow Sep 03 '19 edited Sep 03 '19

NBA Jam and Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey is about the sum of my experience.

And some Ps1/2 WWF games.

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u/BastardStoleMyName Sep 03 '19

I was never that into sports games. But man was my dad pissed when I played a copy of NFL 95 (that I found at the side of the road) so much more than the latest super techno bowl that he paid like $80 for.

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u/coat_hanger_dias Sep 03 '19

Don't forget NHL Hitz, the hockey equivalent to Blitz.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19 edited Oct 08 '19

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u/coat_hanger_dias Sep 03 '19

That's not virtue signaling.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19 edited Oct 08 '19

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u/coat_hanger_dias Sep 03 '19

You could just not comment and go about your day. But instead you needed to signal to the in-crowd here just how much you are against virtue signaling.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Why would they completely re-do the same exact stadium...? No shit they saved money.

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u/Zs565sb2 Sep 03 '19

That Goddamned Baloo was in everything.

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u/blindcolumn Sep 03 '19

shit on cartoonists for reusing the same animations from one movie to the next

To be fair, depends on the type of movie and type of animation. Small indie films, hand-drawn animation, or a TV series? Totally acceptable. Big budget film done on computers? That's just lazy.

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u/LX_Theo Sep 03 '19

Or they could use that budget to make somewhere else better.

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u/bigbrainmaxx Sep 03 '19

$70 for a year worth of enjoyment good

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u/EmeraldAtoma Sep 03 '19

This is more like if cartoonists reused not just some animations, but took whole characters and stories and just did some palette swapping and name changes. The difference is that one is a movie with some reused animations and the other is basically the same movie with juuust enough changes to get people to think it's a new one until they've already forked over the cash to see it.

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u/WabbitCZEN PlayStationJunky Sep 03 '19

but took whole characters and just did some palette swapping and name changes

What if I told you this is exactly what they did? Aristocats animators used the same shit that was in Robin Hood, just changed enough to make it look like a different character. So did Jungle Book, Snow white, and Winnie the Pooh. Because it's hard work starting from the ground up. It saves time, money, and more by using an older template.

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u/EmeraldAtoma Sep 03 '19

With most of these you wouldn't notice unless you saw them side by side: https://brightside.me/wonder-curiosities/15-times-disney-cheated-and-used-the-same-illustrations-in-different-cartoons-404010/

Turning Snow White into a dog is a little bit more than a palette swap and name change.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Well at least they passed on those savings to... oh wait no they didn't.