Looking back at All-Pro Football 2K8

[sportyguyfl31]

I good game, that is also one of the most overrated games I can ever remember, in terms of gameplay.

Game has a TON of warts.

[H to the Oza]

Best gameplay in a football game.

[Dolphins88]

If 2k has warts madden has herpes

[buckeyedawgtribe]

Made a comment on this but forgot to thank Jayson for this well put together article. I am gonna stick with current gen for awhile and may pull this one off the shelf again since its so cheap.

[db56]

Re: Looking back at All-Pro Football 2K8

This game with Finns editor and online leagues saved football for me this entire generation.

Although the game has a shallow franchise and some flaws, its still by far the best football game this generation from a gameplay perspective.

[iLLmatic]

Re: Looking back at All-Pro Football 2K8

Salutes to you jyoung. Great write up and a very honest look at a game that is quite polarizing still after 6-7 years. New life was been put back into this game with the editing options discovered a few years back and with the continued roster updates such as yours as well as the RateSports. Even though there are newer and more "prettier" games visibly, they're only prettier during cut scenes and replays because once you snap the ball, APF 2K8 fades em all.

Although far from perfect, the things they did right, they did exceptional IMO. A sign of a company and designers that got "it" almost a decade ago and although other companies still making football games tell you they have "it" in the game, it's a testament to this game that that game is still being compared to APF 2K8.

[stp2081]

Wow. Amazing write-up, just brilliant in-depth, balanced analysis on APF both gameplay-wise and real-world-wise.

[MachoMyers]

This was a great read, well done.

[elgreazy1]

Re: Looking back at All-Pro Football 2K8

Reality check, guys: 2K doesn't read petitions. You do realize that you can actually just speak directly to 2K, right?

Here is a better plan:

1. Go to Twitter. Make an account. Then once a day, send a message to @2K, @2KSports, and @Ronnie2K, and ask for a new 2K Football game. They read every last one of the messages they get, I know this because I know Ronnie personally and we've spoken about this on 2 occasions. On one occasion, he said he wondered why if people want the game so badly they're not demanding it more? I told him they do want it, they just don't contact 2K for some reason...

2. Go to 2KSports' YouTube channel. Find their most recent videos and ask for a NEW 2K Football game. Do it daily. Again, they read every message.

3. Go to the All-Pro Football videos at the 2KSports YouTube channel and post there, too. Do it daily.

....

I'm already doing what I wrote above. I want a real football game done right, not this crap Tiburon is giving us, and I'm dead serious about it. I wish more people were.

Quit being so passive and go straight to 2K.

Gonna repost this for others to take action. It'll take literally minutes for you to follow these steps. I think we can all agree that competition will improve the quality of all football video games across the board.

[tjspeaks]

Re: Looking back at All-Pro Football 2K8

Gonna repost this for others to take action. It'll take literally minutes for you to follow these steps. I think the football gaming industry needs healthy competition to push these products even further.

I have exchanged many emails with 2K Ronnie. His reply is always 'he does not think 2K will ever make another football game without the NFL license'. So I would always stress that gamers want a non-NFL customizable game.

[jmood88]

Re: Looking back at All-Pro Football 2K8

The route running animations still haven't been touched and until I see the sideline interaction during a game, I won't believe that Madden has what was in All Pro Football.

[davez]

Thank you, Jayson. As one of the gameplay producers and designers on APF, it means a LOT to know that there are people out there that noticed some of the nice things we did in that game. Reading this definitely brightened up the day of a few of us here. Again thank you (and thanks to other nice commentors).

[ajk49er]

I LOVE APF 2k8. I bought it a few years ago, I was always a 2k football fan, but recently have really started to play it more. I now am not playing madden, and have just customized my own teams and when I need my fix, I play that. yes, it lacks a franchise mode, but you know what, when the CPU sims 6-8 tds for a QB, I sort of lose any desire to play madden's version anyway.

APF is so great, they do so many "small" things right, like real penalties, the announcers are actually quite good, the game is fun, it really represents real football if you play with the sliders, avoid a few money routes. but this is a old game, imagine what they could have done. there are things in this game, such as huge challenges where I can pick what I want to challenge, that have changed a game and made it so much more realistic.

this is such a great game. I only buy a console for FOOTBALL. that is it, but the poor games from EA with problems they refuse to fix, and other aspects they refuse to look at such as penalties, I have no interest in xbox one. I'll wait for a license change(unlikely) and play my 2k8 on 360.

[Pokes404]

Hands down, the BEST passing system of any football game I've played. Yes, some of the routes are a little overpowered; however, the pass speeds/trajectories, and the pocket created by the OL/DL interactions were the most realistic I've ever played. I loved that sense of urgency you felt as a QB when your receivers were covered up and the pocket was closing in around you.

[Nexgenrulz]

This was the best playing football game ever made. Period. It actually plays like football. My only complaint was the play calling system. It really nailed the fundamentals. Oh, and it actually had refs & nets on the goalposts unlike the first 3 years of that other game.