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If you own a 360: stop reading this, go to the marketplace, download the demo. Now. A million times better this year than last. So smooth, gang tackling is awesome, you can actual slip through blockers while running inside, the CPU actually missed a game winning 34 yard field goal (only to get bailed out by a roughing the kicker). My only complaints after 1 game are I really wish they'd go back to the old style playbooks, I don't know why they changed it in the first place or at least took out the option to use the classic 3 plays at once choice, and as an ND fan, Michigan vs USC is like the allies choosing between Hitler and Stalin. I was sort of on the fence about getting it this year, but it looks so improved its become yet another must buy.

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I used to love video football, but I lost interest in it after EA bought the NFL rights and I realized that NCAA was even worse than madden in terms of cheesy "3 money play on O, same defense every time and the CPU never adjusts" football. Only time it's fun is playing friends live, and even then it's basically a money play shootout that bears little resemblance to actual football.

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This comes out tomorrow and looks pretty sweet. The demo was pretty cool and all previews say that it is miles ahead of 07.

I'm looking forward to the recruiting aspect of it too, which looks like it could be fun.

Cappy

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I'm probably not getting it. I only have a PS3, and the PS3 version runs at 30 FPS vs 60 for the 360. Same with All Pro Football as well. Madden will run at 60 on both systems. Otherwise I was seriously considering getting a 360, because all the multiplatform games are undeniably better on it. I don't know if they're good enough to warrant purchasing a new system though.

My only real dilemma at this point is which pro football game I want. A lot of people prefer 2k's game to Madden, and I'd love to build a team around John Elway. However several reporters have said that Madden's really stepping it up this year. I don't know if I want to just get APF tomorrow, and then take a look at Madden later on, or if I should wait for Madden to come out and try them both.

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I am very much leaning towards getting this game. I heard some less than stellar things about 07, so I'm hoping this game steps it up.

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I downloaded the demo and played it for about 10 minutes. Hated it...

The graphics are awful. The animations are awful. I didn't enjoy the game play. The overall feel of the game is bad.

I played NCAA 07 a lot and 08 seems the exact same. The momentum feature was retarded... the game feels glitchy. Players run through tackles or ghost tackles are made. A few plays is all it takes to win every game.

I really hope the 2k game pushes EA to step it up.

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08 is completely different from 07, what are you talking about? If you don't like it, fine, I think it's pretty far from a perfect football game, but to say it's the same as 07 is crazy.

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08 is completely different from 07, what are you talking about? If you don't like it, fine, I think it's pretty far from a perfect football game, but to say it's the same as 07 is crazy.

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I probably shouldn't have said 'exactly the same', but what's so different about it? You like the game because the team missed a field goal?

They didn't upgrade the graphics or anything. It's sad that the "PONTIAC DRIVE OF THE GAME" bar looks better than anything on the field. Players look like they were filled in with a paint bucket, there's no detail. USC was basically red blocks with red circles as helmets.The crowd is basically floating balls that move around. It also looks like they are playing on green cement. I'm not usually one to harp on graphics, but the game play does nothing to make me forget how awful they are. Just look...

It seems the new feature is to focus on the silly minigames and "7th toughest stadium to play at!" BS. Tackling was still as horrible as it was in 07. The only thing that looks decent is taking over the college's recruiting process.... but that doesn't warrant $50. It doesn't feel like a game that was put together by people that cared. I'm going to wait until All Pro Football and Madden come out.

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08 is completely different from 07, what are you talking about? If you don't like it, fine, I think it's pretty far from a perfect football game, but to say it's the same as 07 is crazy.

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I probably shouldn't have said 'exactly the same', but what's so different about it? You like the game because the team missed a field goal?

They didn't upgrade the graphics or anything. It's sad that the "PONTIAC DRIVE OF THE GAME" bar looks better than anything on the field. Players look like they were filled in with a paint bucket, there's no detail. USC was basically red blocks with red circles as helmets.The crowd is basically floating balls that move around. It also looks like they are playing on green cement. I'm not usually one to harp on graphics, but the game play does nothing to make me forget how awful they are. Just look...

It seems the new feature is to focus on the silly minigames and "7th toughest stadium to play at!" BS. Tackling was still as horrible as it was in 07. The only thing that looks decent is taking over the college's recruiting process.... but that doesn't warrant $50. It doesn't feel like a game that was put together by people that cared. I'm going to wait until All Pro Football and Madden come out.

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Well you are right - they didn't upgrade the graphics. In fact they actually downgraded the graphics a bit to allow the game to run at 60 FPS. However, the game play is much much better. I don't understand how you can say tackling and game play isn't as good as the motions are much more fluid and realistic. This is a big step up as far as game play is concerned from 07 even if the graphics took a bit of a hit.

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It still seems 'glitchy' to me. I didn't see anything close to 'fluid' playing the demo. If they put a hand on my hip, sometimes I go straight back to the ground. It makes no sense that someone from the side causes an animation that looks like I was speared by a LB. I haven't played it enough to see any of those ridiculous '07 faults, so maybe they fixed actually running through people.

Also, that has got to be the worst kickoff setup ever.

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I wish they would have released this on the Wii. I guess I'll have to wait for Madden.

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This game is miles ahead of 07.

The new "campus legend mode" that is a copy of the superstar mode on 07 madden is pretty good. It is much better than the version on madden and slightly different. I made a QB and you start in the high school playoffs, and during the games it actually sims when you aren't on the field (thankfully). Also when playing you're actually kinda from the QB's POV and it's challenging, more fun, and quite different from the normal video game football experience.

I've only played a few full games vs the comp in regular mode but it seems much improved too. THANK GOD FOR GANG TACKLING!

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and during the games it actually sims when you aren't on the field (thankfully).

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like all the time, throughout your "career"???

wow!

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Gang Tackling is awesome. I love killing wide recievers when they catch deep balls against safetys.

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just bought it .... absolutely sick, and my fightin illini arent all that bad in it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] but yeah, enough typin, i gotta go back to playin it

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If anyone has a 360 data transfer kit, fully named rosters are out.

http://www.yourcampusconnections.com/ncaa08/

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Why are there no reviews for this game or All-Pro Football on sites like IGN?

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1up.com has their review up

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3161358

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If anyone has a 360 data transfer kit, fully named rosters are out.

http://www.yourcampusconnections.com/ncaa08/

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I looked at that site and it also links to a site where you can print your own cover for different teams.

Here

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6...dontategl5.jpg

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brag: WHen I played football in HS, this was my QB.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0px-Ncaa08.gif

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Picked this up and got a chance to play it for a bit last night. So far I really dig it. The new play-calling interface takes some getting used to, however. Campus Legend mode is fun as hell. Definitely good enough to keep me footballed up until Madden hits the streets.

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brag: WHen I played football in HS, this was my QB.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0px-Ncaa08.gif

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Brag/Beat:

Had I not moved to Minnesota, this would have been my high school QB...

http://www.nfl.com/u/photos/pl_914420.jpg

It has nothing to do with this thread, but just reminded me that I could have played with Sexy Rexy before he hit got to a level of football he couldn't beat.

Gotta say, I was a huge Zabransky fanboy for that game against OU. Love the Statue of Liberty.

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If anyone has a 360 data transfer kit, fully named rosters are out.

http://www.yourcampusconnections.com/ncaa08/

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Can someone explain to me how to do this? What do I need to buy/do?

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Buy a 64 Mb memory card, buy the transfer kit below, download rosters, load them to memory card, load into the game, and almost everyone is named correctly. It's a little expensive, but it adds to the immersion factor with the announcers calling everyone by name instead of QB#10.

link

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so there isn't a "ea sports locker" feature like there was for march madness 07??? gheyyyyyyyy

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Sadly, nope.

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NCAA 08: 8.0 Graphics
Thanks to new animations, the game looks much better, but some of the old glitches are still present in this year's game.

All-Pro Football: 7.5 Graphics
The animations save the day and are the bright spot for All-Pro's visuals. But the field textures are terrible and the game doesn't look as clean or vibrant as the competition.


LOL? NCAA's field texture is non-existent. The graphics pretty much don't exist and there are glitches, yet it still scores above average. I haven't played APF2k8, but every screen shot I've seen looks better than NCAA 08's. There's your IGN review [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Just picked this up.

I'm going to be crashing the BCS with the DeVry Institute !!!!!!!

Graphics are kinda underwhelming though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Since I'm in the dominate the second-hardest, get pissed at the hardest difficulty level group like a lot of players on this and Madden it's hard to find a good challenge. Starting with crappy programs is good because you lose some games early on but you get to be pretty good after a few seasons and dominant in the fourth or so because your winning above your talent level stars bringing better talent and it cycles.

Something I really enjoy doing on the NCAA games is playing a dynasty mode as a top team, but playing against them every week. See if you can get them to go 0-11. Allow the game to make all personnel and coaching decisions and sim recruiting and scheduling. It's pretty damn tough when playing as the preseason cupcakes and you still get the big games when you play as a big name rival.

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Buy a 64 Mb memory card, buy the transfer kit below, download rosters, load them to memory card, load into the game, and almost everyone is named correctly. It's a little expensive, but it adds to the immersion factor with the announcers calling everyone by name instead of QB#10.

link

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How does this work for a 360? Use small words and pretend I am retarded to make sure I don't [censored] anything up.

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can you get the roster update through xbox live? I can't find it [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Buy the transfer kit that I linked to. Download the rosters that I linked to. Install the software that came with the kit. Then, connect the transfer kit with your memory card in the kit to your computer with the USB cable. Open the software, and set the working directory to the directory you downloaded the roster file to. Select the rosters, click the transfer button, and then wait until the rosters are transferred. Plug memory card into 360, go to MY NCAA, FILE MANAGEMENT, LOAD ROSTERS, select the memory card to load from, and select the roster file. Voila, you now have named rosters.

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brag: WHen I played football in HS, this was my QB.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0px-Ncaa08.gif

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Brag/Beat:

Had I not moved to Minnesota, this would have been my high school QB...

http://www.nfl.com/u/photos/pl_914420.jpg

It has nothing to do with this thread, but just reminded me that I could have played with Sexy Rexy before he hit got to a level of football he couldn't beat.

Gotta say, I was a huge Zabransky fanboy for that game against OU. Love the Statue of Liberty.

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Brag:

This WAS my hs qb (I was the center!):
http://www.nflagentjr.com/images/lemon.jpg

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Gregatron,

Cleo Lemon is the [censored]. I've been pulling for him to get some PT for quite a while now.

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the option play in this game is a joke to defend. if anyone has tips i'd love to hear them. i am so tired of tackling the qb and then he just blindly chucks it right to the rb who catches it, in stride of course, every time.

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I impulsively bought this game to play on a friend's 360. If anyone is looking to buy a copy I'll let sell mine for $45, shipping included. PM me if interested.

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imsobroke,

I'm assuming you're talking about the CPU doing the option on you. Against teams that run the option or are in an option situation I will selectively either audible my linemen to rush outside or move them to the side the option is more likely to go to(usually the strong side). It doesn't always work but usually I get like 2 or 3 guys in decent position. Then just click on and have your cpu players try to tackle the qb while you defend against a pitch to the rb.

Of course it helps if you have a decent team. If you're trying to defend West Virginia's option and your are using Hawaii(terrible defense) or like Rice or some slow mediocre team you're asking for trouble.