For those of you who read my last blog, you'll know I was pretty happy that APF 2K8 was being released today. At 2:00 this afternoon, I went with my dad to the local Gamecrazy and bought myself a copy. I've been playing it non-stop, and wow. What a great follow up to 2K5. (Let me just state that this blog is meant mainly towards Wootex and albedos_shadow, two fellow 2K5 enthusiasts, but I still hope everyone else reads it.) The whole legends feature adds a really nice strategy aspect to the game. It's best to pick a balanced roster of legends, but you can pretty much pick an entire team suited to your play-style (long, medium, short range passes, running, etc.) You can only have 11 legends, so the rest of your team is composed of generic players. This may sound really lame at first, but these no-namers actually do a decent job of playing the game. You'll definitely notice a difference when controlling a legend however, be it his speed, evasiveness or throwing abilities.

Not having the NFL license of course means that there are no real life stadiums. 2K does a good job making their own stadiums, each with a very cool theme to it that reflects the name of the team that plays there. There are a large number of teams to choose from, and each one can have their uniform completely customized to your liking.

Now for the gameplay... sweet, sweet 2K gameplay. Let's just say this: it's better than 2K5. Now that's saying alot. The number of sacks per game has greatly been reduced (thank God) and there's just an overall improved tightness to the gameplay. No more throwing 50 yard bombs while scrambling. Now you have to set your feet if you expect to throw a hail mary. The game has made many huge steps toward becoming a more realistic football sim. All the good stuff from 2K5 remains intact for the gameplay, and some has even been tweaked. Good luck with kicking though, that's one thing that sucks.

The graphics... hermmmmm..... wellllll.... uh, they're better than 2k5's. That's all I have to say on this matter.

There are also a nice amount of online modes, such as leagues (sweet!). Offline, season mode, that's about it. I know there's more, but I haven't spent enought time with the game to write about them, so... yeah. No dynasty mode, however.

The cool part of playing as a legend is that it actually feels like your controlling that particular player. Take Barry Sanders for example (I'm way too obsessed with him... for good reason though. Check out the vids of him in yesterdays blog if you haven't already. Friggin' sweet!) You'll break tackles and pull off insane acrobatic moves with the ball.

So, those are my first thoughts on the game. I'm sure I have much more to discover, and I'll post any additional info that I find important in future blogs.

My message to albedos_shadow: Buy a 360 NOW... so many good games coming out this year, and this beaut of a football sim

My message to Wootex: Pretty much the same as above, but instead of buying one, just bum your friend's... NOW! :P

My message to everybody else: sorry that probably bored you. Also, if you liked the NCAA 08 demo, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

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Thanks for reading everybody. Wootex, I hope you get this game and the 360 from your bud soon so we can play some MP together.

Peace out

-zelda450