'NCAA Football' update is a blast
Another year, another NCAA Football game. Fans of the franchise will be happy to know that most of the tweaks were in all the right places.
On offense, NCAA Football 08 doesn't feel much different than 07. Frankly, that's a great thing. If it isn't broke, don't fix it. Anyone who's a big fan of EA's NCAA Football franchise can put the game in, push start, and hit the turf without much thought.
There are a ton of plays to choose — not many have changed from previous years. However, the trick plays seem to have been improved — or the computer defense is worse than in previous releases.
Another change is the right shoulder button used before the snap. In the past, pressing the right shoulder showed play routes. Now if you press the right shoulder button and up on the right stick, you'll see the routes. If you press down you'll see player motivation. When carrying the ball, the right stick is used to juke. The rest of the buttons are exactly the same as last year.
One thing you'll notice on offense, against the CPU, is how hard it is to make great gains. If you move up the difficulty scale, you'll be in for a real challenge — even at the varsity level. If you are up for a beating, try the Heisman level and watch your team get destroyed by even the worst college team.
Dynasty mode hasn't changed significantly from last year's edition. Dynasty has so many fantastic features that you might find yourself doing things other than playing football: recruiting, red shirting and changing the schedule — enough to eat up hours on end.
Recruiting is the deepest feature. The 07 version was rich enough, but this year it's deeper. There are numerous selectors to pick prospects to recruit: 40 times, list of prospective schools, caliber, star rating and more. You can also select prospects in state or in your pipeline. You can even look outside of your normal recruiting states. Want to expand your pipeline to Alaska? You can do that. You can select up to 35 prospects to put on your board. As the weeks go on, you can call them and ask numerous questions or choose to fly them in for a campus visit. Once they visit campus, you can select three activities.
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