NCAA 11 Wins Tradition Sports 2011 Sports Game of the Year
This one shouldn’t come as a big surprise. NCAA Football 11 wins in a landslide garnering 21 of 34 votes. In 2nd place is NBA 2k11 with 7, followed by FIFA 11 with 5, and then MLB 10: the Show received just 1. Madden 11 came up short by getting no love or votes. NBA 2k11 has been winning most of the sports game of the year awards from around the net and even picked up some game of the year nominations. However, the online dynasty roots of Tradition Sports was too tough a hurdle for even the highly praised 2k11.
Member HovaTheGodMC had this to say about the vote: “Tough call. 2K is a better game, but online dynasty is still unmatched replay value wise.”
Bravejaf echoed his sentiments saying: “I think NBA 2k11 is probably a better game, but I am terrible playing that one. I think I might have one a game in my 20 or so tries so far. As for NCAA I know the game is far from perfect but I have been playing for like 6 months so it is still pretty fun to play. Online dynasty is the single best addition to any sports game, ever.
This leads to believe and makes sense that NCAA gets extra votes due to a site bias for a good online dynasty experience, but not that the gameplay itself is actually superior.
However, member NDColts1979 disagrees: “LOL nba2k this game was far from great. I actually got rid of it because there really was 0 things i even liked about the game at all.”
In the end, NCAA Football 11 by EASports is the Tradition Sports winner of sports game of the year. As the site expands its leagues and dynasties to more sports, we may see a shakeup at the top or a closer vote for next year.
