Last year, NCAA Football made its debut onto the 360, and for players looking for the evolution of the college experience on a more powerful console, they were sadly disappointed. The title was missing a ton of features found on the Xbox versions of the game, and while it looked nice, there were still a lot of issues that hampered the overall presentation of the game. If anything, this was the proverbial, "wait till next year" situation that every sports fan hates to hear. At least there was a lot of work put in by all squads in the off season, because NCAA Football 08 is a much better showing this time around, with much deeper gameplay across the board.
BristolPress writes: "This week Sports Editor and I come back together and take an in-depth look in the pros and cons of NCAA College Football games and Madden games, to figure out which one is the superior football experience."
Selecting a player to be on the front of a video game has been anything other than an exact science. There has been a stigma attached to players on the front of the Madden Football boxes known as the "Madden Curse".
The college games have to deal with a different process because current college student athletes are not allowed to be on the covers due to NCAA rules. Selecting a player that was hot the year before has been the common practice for the most part. Sadly the players they select often times do not amount to much after their years with their college teams.
A new NCAA Football Gameplay video
I am impressed with the demo for this game despite the fact I have thought the next-gen versions of NCAA and Madden have been subpar up to now (to their credit, they have been getting better). Maybe this is finally the year "next-gen" gameplay/responsiveness can match "last-gen's".
I kinda hate it when reviewers dont really review a so-to-speak but they tell you all the stuff they wish they had. I dont think it fair to be like "i gave it a lower score bc i wish it had this or that" when they should really be reviewing what they got.