Excerpt: College football has never looked better. Player models continue to have more detail year after year, and the presentation of the game now begins in the box with the...
Excerpt: Intro Each year EA releases a new college football game, as they control the market. Nothing wrong with that, as once again the fans wanted better gameplay, and once...
Excerpt: The summer is halfway over, and even though that's bad news for students, it's great news for gamers. This means that the dearth of new releases is almost over and the...
Summary: With the addition of the addictive "Race for the Heisman" mode, EA has crafted an instant collegiate classic.
Pros: Addictive Heisman mode; gameplay tweaks make a big difference; Impact Player system; addition of in-season recruiting; fun mini-games; improved graphics.
Cons: Heisman mode makes you skew your style of play; recruiting system isn't perfect.
Conclusion: The developer has also added the notion of recruiting pipelines into NCAA 06. If you have a good number of players from a certain state, that state becomes a pipeline for...
Pros: Much improved game balance over last year's, Controls mapped to right analog stick mean more-intuitive gameplay, New animations make for a great-looking game overall, ...
Cons: Certain new features not quite as refined as they could be, Long load times and slight slowdown issues on the PS2.