NCAA 08 is a good game. Gameplay is fun and easy to pick up, and graphics are quite solid. The best addition is quite noticeable from the beginning, and no it is not your highlight room which tends to be forced upon you just a tad, is the animation. The games become much more life-like with the branching animation and movement just seems much more fluid. The thing that is upsetting however is the fact that EA seemed to leave out things that made the game experience more enjoyable. Create-a-Team for instance was not included in the game and for those who liked the legend mode last year for the XBOX and PS2 will find it less interesting. The one thing that EA did best to make you feel like a player was putting you in the environment of a college athlete. However there is no dormroom with tidbits like your girlfriend's picture hanging on a wall. There's no newspaper or fan mail, and excluding playing your role in the games there's nothing to do really. They took out the ability to choose what you do in your free time and instead give you odd scenario's in which you have to make a choice between two options. For example, you're stuck in traffic on the way to night classes (how many times does that actually happen?) what do you do? A: Wait it out B: Park your car and run to class. If you selected "A" you're out of luck because nothing moves and now you have .02 points less on your GPA. You can't select your major or take quizzes like in the past and it just seems much less immersive on the whole. Dynasty Mode is still what it's been mostly except for recruiting which works surprisingly well. Besides that the gameplay is pretty solid and fun. If you're a college football fan, love videogames, and have enough money to buy this and Madden then you should go for it. Otherwise, it's probably worth the wait to stick with Madden.
By callmeageeth | Review Date: Jul 17, 2007 | X360
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