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NCAA Football 08

Create and manage your team - Take control and make the play
Relive Highlights
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
Auto Motion Plays - Sounds simple enough, before the QB snaps the ball a receiver will go in motion automatically. Think about plays like WR sweeps, reverses, end-arounds, and other types of misdirection plays have all become exponentially more effective. In previous editions, plays like end-arounds and reverses didn't work because you had to wait for what seemed like an eternity for your WR to get the handoff. But now, with auto motion, that receiver gets the handoff quickly and already has a
Trick Plays - If the auto motion plays aren't enough to catch your opponent off guard, then the new trick plays in NCAA Football 08 are guaranteed to do the trick (pun intended). The double pass play has you first throw a screen pass to your wide receiver. When the defense converges on that screen, the ball carrier tosses it to another WR downfield, hopefully for a TD. When used at the right time, a double pass can be deadly effective. We also got the Statue of Liberty and hook and ladder play

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Put your heart, hustle, and toughness on the line and lead your program to the BCS National Championship Game in NCAA Football 08. With all-new Leadership Control, boost the motivation level of your teammates by taking control and making big plays. Featuring an all-new Campus Legend mode and an even deeper Dynasty Mode, put 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?

Customer Reviews:

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-04
Screen Pass Glitch
I have been a fairly loyal fan of the NCAA Football series since the 2003-2004 version. Most of the other reviewers have hit the high and low points of this version. After having played four to five versions of this game I cannot understand why the haven't changed the code which has the AI team execute a screen pass on third down only to have the running back step out of bounds and loose a couple of yards. Are the play testers at EA that bad? Maybe they just laugh as hard as I do when this happens over and over again. Whatever the case, it would be nice if they actually fixed this glitch.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-13
Awesome game for PS3 minus 30fps rate
I've been buying all of the NCAA Football games for the past 2 years. This one for the PS3 was great with the exception of 2 things.

1. Having 60fps would have been much better than the 30fps.
2. I miss the home crowd effects from previous years and momentum builders. I think they are bringing it back for 09, but it really makes the game more exciting.
The graphics get better and better each year.

To me, this is a must have for college football fans.

Rating:
Date: 2008-04-30
Good Game ---Way too many turnovers!
Basically the same as '07 --except you can't create your own team but the graphics are light years better! Gameplay is much the same however the number of turnovers in every level except Heisman is ridiculous. Brad Nessman's play by play is behind the action such as in previous editions, commentary is largely verbatim from '07 except for a few new observations which keep Lee Corso's banality intact. The refresh rate on my PS3 stalls often when you break the huddle pausing for a second or two and the most annoying thing is the player's of the game banner which covers much of the screen while the game is still in progress.
Stadium rendition at least for Commonwealth stadium and the other SEC schools is pretty accurate (the ones with which I am most familiar)which is good b/c you get sweeping views of the stadium during every break in the action (end of quarter, after a PAT) and the rendition of the UK Wildcat mascot is great especially compared to '07.
As another has said the player power ratings are pretty much right on. I've yet to figure out how to customize my playbook and while I selected a coach visage to represent myself I've yet to see him on the sidelines or in cut-aways like in '07.
All in all a fun game with much improved graphics although 5-6 pics in a single game by one team is absurd! My defensive secondary is famous b/c of it but it's not at all realistic.I won't even mention the average number of fumbles per game.
Recruiting is much enhanced & somewhat more fun and realistic although much more time consuming than NCAA '07
If you can find it cheap it's a good game.Don't pay full retail however.

Rating:
Date: 2008-03-03
why the neg reviews???
I bought this game despite the negative reviews and low star rating. Not sure what the fuss is all about - this is a solid game - the gameplay is fantastic and the player rankings is excellent in terms of speed and overall ability - someone at EA did some serious research to provide all the information on the players

Download the player names from ebay (paid only $3.00) and you got a great game. The recruiting is fun - like a reality show - you're doing what the college coaches do - the control of the players in the game is smooth and it feels great to go r2 with a burst of speed after an interception for a touch or a long run or pass.

Only problem I had is that the PS3 Version has no special classic teams like the PS2 Version - big letdown here - wanted to play wiht the classic players of the past, REggie bush, vince young , herschel walker, desmond howard, deion sanders - they should have added classic teams to the 08 game.

Rating:
Date: 2008-02-17
Very Disappointing!!!
As a loyal fan of EA Games and previous versions of NCAA Football, I was very disappointed in this game. I was blown away by all the features that they left out from NCAA '07. EA has always done a good job in the past of paying close attention to the small details, but they missed the mark on this game. I think in their haste to get this game out, they have upset a lot of people who paid good money for a game that is in my opinion, inferior to the '07 PS2 version.

For starters they left off all 1AA schools, create-a-team, and many features from create-a-player. The new recruiting mode is well done, but is very time consuming. It takes longer to manage your recruiting then it does to play a game during the season. Another thing that I found very annoying is the unrealistic high number of turnovers. This game is definitely geared towards a defensive minded player. Which I realize some people may enjoy, but I definitely don't. It is almost impossible to throw a deep pass on this game. Which I realize is realistic in some cases, but when you have a standout receiver going against a sub-par cornerback, you should be able to complete a deep pass every now and again. I also found that it is very difficult to control the actual throw. In previous versions you could easily throw a dart or a nice lob pass, on this version it is almost always a dart. I have also noticed that the game AI definitely increases to an unrealistic level once you reach the red zone. You will definitely be kicking a lot more field goals in this game then you have in previous versions...Which I don't like!

I also believe that the overall speed of the game is way too slow. The players look and feel like they are in slow motion. The juke moves are decent, but the controls are slow reacting. You have to initiate your juke move long before you get to the defender in order for it to work.

I also found that you have an overall lack of participation in this game. You might as well just call the plays and sit back and watch what happens when you are on defense. For someone like me who likes to be a part of the action, this game is very frustrating.

Amongst countless other details, the commentary is off in the game as well. The announcers will still be calling a previous play when you have moved on to the next play.

One thing I do like is the fact that they changed the way you call plays. While I still don't think it's perfect, it is much better. It is nice that you can call a play in a manner that a second player won't be able to watch your screen and determine what you called. One thing I think they need to add is an extended play clock. The current version is somewhat cumbersome and is very difficult to find the play you want in a timely manner. I would also say that about 40% of the plays are worthless.

Overall I think the game totally missed the mark. While the game is still better then most football games on the market, I think EA took a step back from their previous versions. I am hoping that in '09 they will bring back all the features that they took out and bring some of the control back to the player. They definitely need to bring back create-a-school and create-a-player (with even more features and options). If they keep the game play the way it is on defense, they might as well change the name to NCAA College Coaching!