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I'm the Grandma so I basically got the review word of mouth: "Gramma, thanks for the game, it was awesome."
It's a lot more than just sports, it has many college activities to do. I also bought Madden 08. [[ASIN:B000P0TCDQ NCAA Football 08]I bought this for my 11 year old son for Christmas. He loves sports games but he has fun on this game because it lets him pick classes and take exams. A video game that lets them use their brain.
Okay, a petty gripe but come on.In order to even compete for the Heisman, you are forced to run up the score, which I don't like. I thought surely, I'd get to play Boise State against Oklahoma from last year but nope.Some of the aspects of game don't make sense. Sack the QB, run a big play, and the momentum goes in your favor and your team will be playing better. The academics are not all that challenging and you can choose from pretty much any subject, including college football. This is Auburn, not some formerly 1AA team whom nobody has ever heard of.
And as for Auburn.are we ever going to have the real Auburn fight song in the game or not. The last one I bought was 2005.There are many improvements to the gameplay which make it more enjoyable, such as being able to see which audible you're calling during the game and more options to do during the off-season. As a fan of this series of titles, I looked forward to playing the latest edition. Also, the more successful you are, the more influence you'll have over your star players leaving early or staying on for another year.However, unless I am wrong, they have taken out the play mode where you got to play the biggest plays in history; such as doug Flutie's Hail Mary in the last seconds of the game agains Miami.These were always fun to play.They've added (atleast since the 2005 edition) an option of creating your own player and getting him through college. Yes, the season is over and we're in the bowl games but the good thing about this game is that you aren't confined to one season, you can play for as long as you want. The recruiting aspect is also much improved. I've played 5 seasons with Auburn and have won 4 Heismans with Wide Receivers and not the QB's, maybe they've tweaked the Heisman voting a bit too much.
Part of being a player is balancing academics, social and practice. Lose that momentum and you're more likely to fumble or to drop a pass.Some downsides: As I said, the "Big play" part of the game is gone. This is interesting but at the end of the day I find myself playing dynasty more than anything else.The AI is also "smarter" as in previous editions, there was always one or two plays you could call and you were sure to get big yardage every time. You have to do well in the drills and the better you do, the better the school that will offer you a scholarship. Not so in this game, you do have to mix up the play calling and depending on your settings, the AI will shut down your offense.A good aspect is the "momentum" factor. There are some other minor things but there will never be a perfect game.Overall, this is a much improved version of the NCAA Football game series.
They've done it again. Another great NCAA football game from the producers of the greatest sports games in the industry.
EA even managed to take off the cool music tracks. overall, i am not very impressed with the game. more evidence that they just slapped a few features and packaged to sell. not much thought went into this one. not sure if it is just my console, but this game has been VERY frustrating in that it is consistently freezing up (no problems with Madden '08, though) and eventually forcing me to restart a game i was more than 3/4 of the way through on. in fact it seems like EA subsituted a few features with an existing platform, slapped some stupid additions to it and took it to the bank. this happens consistently and i think i am on the verge of sending it back to EA for a full refund.to date, i would have to say that NCAA Football 2006 is still my favorite version.
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