I mentioned the EA Sports All-Play line in this Mom in the City’s Holiday Toy Guide 2008: Video Games post. Since my husband plays the sports games as much (if not more) than me, I mentioned that I’d be getting his view on a couple of the games.

Initially, when I asked his thoughts, he said, “I liked them”. When I asked him to elaborate/let me know what he’d tell another guy who was considering buying it, he said, “I’m a guy. I wouldn’t say a lot.” (He’s more into playing with others/ letting them test it out themselves.) After a bit more prodding, this is what I got out of him…

NBA LIVE 09
I really liked it. It’s great. The players are realistic and the graphics are life-like. It’s easy to play and shoot. Using the remote while making the actions is fun. It inspires teamwork when playing together. The players are lifelike and seem to have many of the abilities that the actual players possess (i.e. it was hard to stop Lebron James and Kobe Bryant’s characters). The only negative was the dunk competition – initially it wasn’t as intuitive/ easy to figure out as the other games.

FIFA 09
The soccer game was very lifelike too. It was easy to pick up. Even my four years old son figured out how to play it even though he knows nothing about professional soccer. We especially enjoyed playing the included FootII party games (Table Football, Boot It and Juggling) together.

Both games have the potential to be “addictive”. I could see playing them for hours on end. They both would also make great group/party games.

Posted by Kimberly on 20 Nov 2008 at 11:37 am | Tagged as: Products