Michael Straw's Reviews
Dedicated players are going to pick this game up no matter what, but it’s tough to justify a $60 purchase on a game that feels too similar to what we’ve gotten the past three-plus years.
Project CARS 3 isn’t a bad game, it’s just too much of a change from the type of game fans have come to expect from the series.
No matter what type of golf you want to play, PGA Tour 2K21 does a nice job in not only making successful rounds feel rewarding, but it keeps you wanting to play just to get better.
UFC 4 is a great swan song for the series this generation, and is the best of the four EA Sports-developed UFC titles.
Despite a lot of the same, NASCAR Heat 5’s improvements to gameplay make it a fun swan song on the Unity engine.
As the final F1 game of the generation, F1 2020 goes out with a bang, making it a must play for anyone, racing fan or not.
Once again, Metalhead Software proves that you don’t need a major league license to make a great sports game
MotoGP 20 once again proves why Milestone is at the forefront of motorcycle racing titles.
With the entire sports world at a complete standstill, people are looking for any way possible to quench the thirst for action. RBI Baseball 20 attempts to give players that escape, but it’s left striking out.
TT Isle of Man 2 is a game for the purist of motorcycle racing fans. The gameplay can be as difficult to grasp as riding a real motorcycle, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a fun ride.
Overpass is a good concept, but it should’ve stayed in the incubator a little longer to make it truly a good game.
Tony Stewart’s Sprint Car Racing not only gives fans the game sprint car fans want, but does it in a way that hasn’t been done before for the sport.
Monster Energy Supercross 3 is another good installment in the series. The races are fun, the tracks are authentic, and the modes are enjoyable. The only problem is that it feels like much of the same with no major leaps.
Rugby 20 has some good things going for it, but it’s just not quite ready to be a major player in the sports gaming market.
AO Tennis 2 is definitely a step up from the first game, but there’s still a lot that can be done to make the series a must-have for tennis fans, let alone sports fans.
There’s so much potential sitting there with the series, it just needs some heavy pressure to become the diamond it hopes to become. Hopefully, with the hype the game has generated, it can get the investments needed to make a bigger step forward in 2020.
Axis Football as a franchise has so much potential to be a great indie series, but with so limited on-field changes between 18 and 19, it feels more like a lost year than anything else.
EFootball PES 2020 is a game with moments as great as its gameplay while also having aspects as awful as its new name.
With the end of the current console generation fast approaching, one has to wonder where the NHL series goes from here because there’s no doubt there are still plenty of questions left to be answered.
NASCAR Heat 4 is a game that does its best to provide significant improvements while still feeling familiar to fans.