Pick One: Which Of These '2021' Xbox Sports Games Is Your Favourite?

Not really into them but Neo Geo Turfmasters is a fantastic game of golf on any console

Nba 2K21 by far, Not really into soccer or football games..

Tony hawk pro skater 1 + 2

Pleasantly surprised to see PES get so much love. It's definitely a great game, but doesn't have all the bells and whistles of FIFA to get much mainstream attention.

@CaptainRPG this!

I want to give PGA 2K21 a go 'cos I do like a good golf game, but I'm waiting for the right price or for it to go on Game Pass. Although, saying that, if it gets a Series X upgrade I'd be more inclined to take the plunge sooner.

Anyone who actualy cares about gameplay knows pes is light years ahead on the pitch

Sorry if this one is very out of topic but if you know japanese then maybe you can help take part in this survey? Anyway this news needs to be spread out fast.
https://gamerant.com/atlus-players-want-its-games-xbox/

Voted for FIFA 2021 since PES 2021 was just a reskin of 2020 as they're moving to the unreal engine and they want 2022 to be their proper next gen release. I have loved master league for years but they really need to give it some attention.

@Bmartin001 Are You actively playing Nba2k21? Current Gen or Next Gen?
Wondering if there is anyone on pure xbox Who actually plays NBA2k21, because this is basically only game that I do play.

I was tempted to select PGA, because it's still the best golf game out there, but ultimately I went for PES, because contrary to popular belief AND popular votes, PES is simply THE best football/soccer game there is. Fifa with all it's fancy shenanigans just doesn't even come close.

Hardcore footie fans will ALWAYS choose PES over Fifa, and they all understand why.

@Medic_Alert I couldn't have described it any better. Nail on the head right there. Fifa is just a style over performance kinda game, not a footy game for the purists among us. Unfortunately, it'll never release its stranglehold on licenses and clubs, and it'll always remain the more popular game in the eyes of the general public.

@Medic_Alert I've tried several of the more recent outings on both my Xboxes (still on last gen, so the ones I tried are the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions), but I just couldn't get into them. They always feel "off" to me, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it, until I read your comment and thought "yes, that's it!".

The last actually good Fifa that I played, was probably a Euro 20xx game on the GameCube. I always used to buy both soccer games all the time, so for example on the N64 I have all Pro Evo and Fifa games, but after that, I started to lean more and more towards PES.

I also don't like how they always have to add some new kind of gimmick to the game, instead of solely focusing on improving what's already there.

@Medic_Alert Yeah, I know what you mean. That feeling of achievement was already there with ISS '98. I had the N64 version, obviously, but I suppose that was more or less similar to the PS1 version, although the sound/music would probably have been better on the latter.

Either way, back to my point: even on the N64, the Fifa games were already going for style over substance, what with the sponsored soundtrack being up front and in your face, and of course the licenses.

I literally spent hours upon hours editing player names in ISS, just so that I could play with the "real" players, so that scoring with them would feel more "as it should be" instead of playing with a team consisting of bastardized or non-existent names.

But other than that, it always felt more solid, more grounded in the game, as it should be. And fast forwarding to now, it certainly hasn't gotten better, what with all the micro-transactions and what not, only being able to get certain players by using such schemes.

And there's a lot of hypocrisy as well: legendary players are exempt from being banned from the game due to drug or alcohol abuse, or any other kind of controversy, but current players are. And some even for decidedly uncertain convictions.