Friday, July 20, 2007

NCAA Football 08

In NCAA Football 08 you'll put your heart, hustle, and toughness on the line, for the right to a championship win! With all-new Leadership Control, you can boost the motivation level of your teammates by making big plays. A Campus Legend mode and even deeper Dynasty Mode puts your coaching prowess and integrity to the ultimate test. With the all-new My Shrine, Home Field Advantage, and exciting new plays like the Statue of Liberty, NCAA Football 08 is everything that's great about college football. What kind of legacy will you leave?

Point of fact, I am watch college football with more interest than professional football because I personally believe that the players want in more at the collegiate level. That means that I usually pick up a copy of EA Sports' NCCA Football once every other year and I have never purchased a Madden game as a result. This is the first year that I get to play it on a sixth generation system, the Xbox 360. So far, I am very pleased with my purchase.

The first major option, once I created my dynasty season (PSU), was that I was allowed to do pre-season options. I personnally know that many people couldn't wait to try this new, expanded feature out, but I am not a micromanager in the least and decided to simulate through this.

As I booted up my first game of the season, I was astounded by the level of detail in the players and their action. Of course, the story for a while was that the X360 version would be running at 20fps more than the PS3 version, but I didn't think that would effect me since I play on a pretty old television. I was wrong. I think the thing I like the most is the collision control after a play, such as when I player is celebrating: he won't "jump through" adjacent player but notice that they are there. Also, when you do a good play, you can see the frustration on the opposition even before the play is over.

Maybe it is because I haven't gotten into the groove with this game yet, but the difficulty and the game AI is pretty good. Granted, I have won my first four games, including against #2 Michigan, but the Michigan game was a close 31-28 victory with my offense being horrid (the QB gave up four interceptions with a 10.2 rating at the end), but my defense was top-notch.

This was a sound purchase. I plan on doing a full review at the end of the first season after I have given it a bit more time.


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