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vic5451 · 07-15-2008, 06:13 PM

I don't hate EA football games. They're actually pretty good football games. But they are completely STALE and have not evolved one freaking bit for like 5 years.
This new game doesn't offer anything that NCAA 2005 doesn't have, either in gameplay or the presentation. It's actually taken steps back in several ways in both those categories.
All you get in NCAA for the 360 is greater detail in the stadiums and better graphics (which are horrible by next-gen standards. The players' running motions are bad, the way the QB drops back and throws is awful, the way the tackling animations carry no weight or physics to them, the player faces that look like zombies, etc)
I'm not the biggest 2k5 fan in the world, but that game did some things that still blows EA games out of the water. I've seen some tackling animations in that game that were jaw-droppingly real-looking. The way the QB drops back and throws looks super realistic (and considering most people pass like 70% of the time, I'm guessing this is pretty important). The player faces were very lifelike and looked just like their real life counterparts and actually showed some emotion, even for mediocre guys like Marty Booker or Rex Grossman.

07-15-2008, 06:13 PM	#69
vic5451 Banned OVR: 2 Join Date: Jun 2008	I don't hate EA football games. They're actually pretty good football games. But they are completely STALE and have not evolved one freaking bit for like 5 years. This new game doesn't offer anything that NCAA 2005 doesn't have, either in gameplay or the presentation. It's actually taken steps back in several ways in both those categories. All you get in NCAA for the 360 is greater detail in the stadiums and better graphics (which are horrible by next-gen standards. The players' running motions are bad, the way the QB drops back and throws is awful, the way the tackling animations carry no weight or physics to them, the player faces that look like zombies, etc) I'm not the biggest 2k5 fan in the world, but that game did some things that still blows EA games out of the water. I've seen some tackling animations in that game that were jaw-droppingly real-looking. The way the QB drops back and throws looks super realistic (and considering most people pass like 70% of the time, I'm guessing this is pretty important). The player faces were very lifelike and looked just like their real life counterparts and actually showed some emotion, even for mediocre guys like Marty Booker or Rex Grossman.