Anybody still play the old NFL 2ks?

FloridaGators · Post by **FloridaGators** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:20 pm

Just wondering if any of you guys still play this game on a day,weekly, or monthly basis. I sold my game last summer and really regret it. When I play a videogame its basically WE or nothing. To me the NFL 2k games are the closest to a WE offering for a major American sports videogames.

I am curious if it still has that addiction factor two years later. I really don't think I can deal with madden 2007 so I might pick up NFL 2k on the cheap.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:51 pm

i think PK does...

i would..but i gave my cousin my xbox...and that game..he plays it

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:00 pm

If you have an Action Replay and get the OS Community Roster as well as the "Zero Sliders", it's unbelievable. I played it a lot for a while again until Head Coach hit, then went back to it for a bit. It's a continual cycle.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:42 pm

It's still the one I pull out when I need a football fix.

seanmac31 · Post by **seanmac31** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:46 pm

I still have a copy of 2K5 that I play from time to time, along with Madden 2005. It's not going anywhere.

TheHiddenTrack · Post by **TheHiddenTrack** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:12 pm

I still play on-line with 2k5.

Although finding decent opponets can take awhile sometimes. I wish the majority of people wouldn't use such cheap tactics to try to win.

billharris44 · Post by **billharris44** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:17 pm

I still wish they'd make it backward compatible with the 360. I'd still play it.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:54 pm

billharris44 wrote:I still wish they'd make it backward compatible with the 360. I'd still play it.

me too!

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:37 pm

Sudz wrote:
billharris44 wrote:I still wish they'd make it backward compatible with the 360. I'd still play it.
me too!

Me 3...

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:00 pm

2K5 is my football game of choice but I don't really play it much out of season.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:55 pm

Still play it. With the OS community rosters I'm all set for this year with a current NFL game.

FloridaGators · Post by **FloridaGators** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:55 am

Am I under the right impression that there has been no roster updates for the Ps2? So I am out of luck playing NFL 2k5 with the new rookies and FA moves?

I was hoping to send my memory card to somebody for a roster/schedule update.

kicko · Post by **kicko** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:47 pm

ps2 roster update is possible but not a schedule

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:36 am

This past weekend I fired 2K5 back up since it's football time again. Man, what an awesome game. The gameplay, graphics, options, and presentation are all just top notch. I forgot how cool the halftime show is, and of course Dan and Peter up in the booth. And it looks great on my HD TV. I just got the latest rosters from OS, and started a new franchise (as both my Seahawks and the Eagles), and had a blast.

I've been keeping an eye on the new Madden coming out soon for the 360, as there are some features in it that look pretty cool to me. But man, I don't think I can drop 60 bones for it when 2K5 is still holding up so well. I've even rearranged my entertainment center in the living room to bring my old Xbox front and center right alongside my 360.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:51 am

I tried the whole "zero slider" thing and came away really impressed. Sometimes it seems like VC/Kush makes a balanced game, then only after the fact tries to implement difficulty levels with sliders that throw all the game mechanics out of wack.

Bill Harris's sliders are excellent too, of course. Though I could never get over the feeling like the CPU had a speed cheat. Things seem a bit more balanced with the zero settings.

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:23 pm

The zero sliders definitely did the trick for me, as far as fixing the DB issues that made me loathe it to begin with. It also gave me very interesting games with the CPU: low scoring dogfights, 42-35 aerial wars, ground games that I couldn't stop, sometimes they couldn't run to save their lives. It really seemed to depend on the matchups the more I played. If they had weak tackles, I'd pound it right up the gut all day long. If their tackles were strong, they'd stuff it repeatedly. I really did end up scouting the other team's ratings and attacking weaknesses, and I typically don't do that in a football game. It's a play-to-play thing...see a hole in a pre-snap read and attack it. With those zero sliders, I was designing my playcalls around creating that hole against a guy that I knew I wanted to attack in critical situations.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:23 pm

I just took a look at OS and printed off Ricksters sliders. Are those the ones you guys are using? I got the "Fair Play" ones for human versus CPU games, and the coach only ones as I like to play that way also.

Are the zero sliders just that, everything to 0?

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:33 pm

Yeah, which roster set does everyone recommend downloading? I downloaded this roster:
ESPNNFL2K5_OSCD25D_With_Full_Edits_Reinstated_To_DT_DE_Aggression.zip

Is this the best one?

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:03 pm

I have no idea, I was using them way back at OS CD7 or something...haven't looked since.

And the sliders were just a download...most are at zero, but a couple of things appear to be kicked up 2 or 3 notches.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:53 pm

I'm currently using the OSCDv17 rosters...the ones without any global edits. The problem I have with most of the global edits is that they tend to eliminate the variety in ratings, and as a result the players play too much alike. For example the agression edits that are popular set everyone at a certain position to the same AGR rating. Personally, I don;t want every LB in the game to have the same AGR rating. Same goes for OL/DL edits where they make everyone between 60-75 speed.

Anyways, I'm using v17, but I'm editing them for my own personal use. I'm adding photos (done by substituting existing players. No, you cannot import a photo from a JPG into the game) and editing ratings based on the Sporting News Scouting Guide.

Oh, one more thing you should all try out are the classic rosters. I posted them over there in ther rosters section. I used CAPAs classic teams, and with the aid of Finn's editor I was able to create an entire roster of classic teams. This means you can play with the 78 Steelers, 96 Packers, 72 Dolphins, etc... in a franchise.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:42 am

I'm totally lost. I printed off some sliders and last night went to try them in my game. The ones I printed go by number, but in the game my sliders are just lines with no reference numbers at all. I went under the assumtion that the full line is 100, but after a few games things don't seem quite right. Plus, some of the sliders will say 7, and the next might say 6, but there are not enough "clicks" on the line to equate to those numbers.

I'll hit OS again and look for a download of the settings. Maybe I should check on my action replay program also?

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:30 am

Don't know if you guys have seen this, but it seems to be a pretty awesome set of enhancements for the 2K5 game:

http://epak.phpbbnow.com/viewtopic.php?t=3

Rosters will be updated on a set schedule and include stat adjustments, sliders are included in the various options files, he tells you how to load this years schedule, and he even links to the music you can download for the "Drama Mode". Reviews of it so far look good, so I may try this baby out.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:13 pm

How do NFL 2K5'ers deal with the QB Spy adjustment being broken? How do you stop the QB's from running all over the field?

It just seems that this is a cardinal sin in the OTHER game, yet doesn't get mentioned much when speaking of 2K5.

Before you all bust my chops, I enjoy the game. However, you can scramble with the QB for a decent gain all game long.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:59 pm

PRBoom wrote:How do NFL 2K5'ers deal with the QB Spy adjustment being broken? How do you stop the QB's from running all over the field?

It just seems that this is a cardinal sin in the OTHER game, yet doesn't get mentioned much when speaking of 2K5.

Before you all bust my chops, I enjoy the game. However, you can scramble with the QB for a decent gain all game long.

And so begins the descent of this thread into a Madden vs 2k pissing contest.

Why did you even need to go there with this thread? Yes, the QB Spy in 2k5 did not work. But that was 2 years ago. Plus, The QBs in 2k5 were not super-fast...you could still keep them from running all over the field.

Most of people who still play 2k5 do so offline. In this case the CPU does not scramble all the time. You could also edit the ratings using Finn's editor to adjust the QB speed, as some of the new rosters have implemented.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:48 pm

matthewk wrote: And so begins the descent of this thread into a Madden vs 2k pissing contest.

Why did you even need to go there with this thread?

Doesn't it suck when people come into a thread about one game, put it down and talk about another? It's almost like they have an agenda. Good thing you never do that