Where is my Coach???

User Rating: 6.5 | NCAA March Madness 07 X360
By DirtyAl | Review Date:
Been playing since the game came out... I have yet to play dynasty mode but I have been playing with a few small-time schools on "play now" mode. I like the small gym effects and it does add the grittiness of not working out and taking the SAT's lightly therefore you are in the slum school of Long Island/Brooklyn instead of chillin with the crazies at Duke. Where are the block shot animations? Why does everyone shoot a like. Why are there 50 types of sneaker but no Big afro's or dreadlocks? Why is there more excitement of taunting your player with the intensity meter 3 blocks full then the "impact moment"? Sure you don't really slide much like the previous games but tell me how I can running towards the sidelines with the ball then all of a sudden it goes into a canned animation of me squeezing through 2 defenders towards the basket (nice animation though)? Thats the killer for me in the long run. You have shoddy framerates that transfer into smooth animations... Its real stupid to have your choppy ass frames running your man to the basket then convert into a smooth a crossover then back to choppy... Remember the old baseball games that first bought motion capture.. Remember how the animation of your man taking practice swings had a smooth flow then it would do a visual click as he went back to his game framerate... that happens all day in this game... I am just curious as to how the guys at EA sports can sleep at night knowing their very children have EA games and poster all over the place and instead of drugs under their bed- they are probably hording old 2k sports games in fear of losing parental trust. How do they feel around the office knowing there is a company that is handing their asses to them on a yearly basis... With all of that aside, there are a few things to like about this game... you do have a feel of satisfaction of being able to hands-on control emotion... This is a concept I have wanted for years but it just wasn't done completely right... Good Idea though... In 2K7 you don't control the emotion but you can see it in how they play and feel it with-in... Your bench and your coach show emotion and without gimmick names, it plays out better than MM07... I keep hearing about how great the player models are... They are OK... I don't see the hype about it... I personally feel 2k7's models are more true to form... The fact that MM07 didn't even attempt to switch up anything around different player animations for individual players is down right insulting... I do appreciate that they have a verticle attribute aside from dunk or block to determine how high a player jumps... Its kind of redunant to me in 2k7 to have a 5' 8 guard that can throw it down on a 7 footer but barely leaves his feet for a block shot or rebound if you have those set to low... Overall... MM07 is a decent game that would have been lovely if the 360 weren't such a powerful machine and hadn't shown me that so much more is possible then what I am seeing... If you need a fix for some fast play and a weak team that will quietly and unskillfully cut your 20 point lead to 4 right in front of your face without you being able to do anything about it... check out MM07... If you are looking for a better overall game in which the same weak team will do the same thing but do it because you refuse to call a timeout after you star player threw away 3 straight passes which lead to 3 long range baskets... the play 2k7.... I will end with this... To all you old EA fanboys who admitted live sucks but were too proud to try 2k sports, you have a reason to cheer and run to the store now because this game is the best EA b-ball of next gen which in term is like being the smartest kid in special education class... Peace... aL

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