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The Game Nexus - NCAA Football 08
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $23.10
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Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 60
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Electronic Arts
EAN: 0014633158328
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Take Control and Make the Play—Boost your Skill Performance and increase your overall ratings by making user-controlled plays that elevate the team’s motivation levels.
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: 2007-07-17
Studio: Electronic Arts
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Features
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Take Control and Make the Play—Boost your Skill Performance and increase your overall ratings by making user-controlled plays that elevate the team’s motivation levels.
Integrity Matters—Make promises to recruits to gain commitments, but always remember that failing to live up to your word damages your coaching integrity rating and could cause players to transfer.
The Most Complete College Game Ever—Home Field Advantage, composure ratings, and an all-new fatigue system, plus new trick plays like the Statue of Liberty and Hook and Ladder make this the best NCAA Football game ever.
Relive Your Highlights—Revisit your top accomplishments in My Shrine, your personal Hall of Fame that stores your trophies, custom photos, and more.
Medical Redshirts—For the first time ever, save the eligibility of your collegiate stars if they are injured early in the season—medical redshirts ensure that you get the full potential out of all your student-athletes.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lots of fun
Comment: I'm the Grandma so I basically got the review word of mouth: "Gramma, thanks for the game, it was awesome."
Customer Rating:
Summary: More than Football My Son Loves It!!
Comment: [[ASIN:B000P0TCDQ NCAA Football 08]
I bought this for my 11 year old son for Christmas. I also bought Madden 08. He loves sports games but he has fun on this game because it lets him pick classes and take exams. It's a lot more than just sports, it has many college activities to do. A video game that lets them use their brain.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Much improved
Comment: As a fan of this series of titles, I looked forward to playing the latest edition. 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. The recruiting aspect is also much improved. 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. You have to do well in the drills and the better you do, the better the school that will offer you a scholarship. Part of being a player is balancing academics, social and practice. The academics are not all that challenging and you can choose from pretty much any subject, including college football. 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. 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. Sack the QB, run a big play, and the momentum goes in your favor and your team will be playing better. 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. 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. 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. And as for Auburn...are we ever going to have the real Auburn fight song in the game or not????? This is Auburn, not some formerly 1AA team whom nobody has ever heard of. 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.
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. 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.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another great addition to EA Sports
Comment: They've done it again. Another great NCAA football game from the producers of the greatest sports games in the industry.
Customer Rating:
Summary: so so
Comment: overall, i am not very impressed with the game. 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! 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! 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! EA even managed to take off the cool music tracks... more evidence that they just slapped a few features and packaged to sell. not much thought went into this one!
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Editorial Reviews:
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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?
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