What's The Best Football Game Ever?
What's your top five football games of all time?
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1. NCAA Football 2005
2. ESPN NFL 2K5
3. Madden 04
Since I haven't played Backbreaker yet, I won't rate #4 and #5. All-Pro Football 2K8 and Backbreaker are probably 4 and 5.
Honorary mention : NCAA Football 08 on Original Xbox, NCAA Football 06, Joe Montana Sports Talk Football, Madden 93, Madden 94, NFL Blitz. -
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NCAA 2005 over 2004 and 06?Comment
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Yeah. Better defensive controls than 2004 and better secondary coverage than 06. A few nice upgrades and some new plays and formations from 2004.
06 had 2005 beat, but offenses were very high powered in 06. 2005 was more of a balanced game engine. 2005 also had more incomplete passes.Comment
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I don't feel like ranking 5 of them, but I can tell you that Tecmo Super Bowl would be #1.Member: OS Uni Snob Association | Twitter: @MyNameIsJesseG | #WT4M | #WatchTheWorldBurn
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I'd vote for Madden 05/2k8 on the field...Off the field, Madden 07 (PS2)/2k5 Franchises, that's just me.
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2005 was the last game that was better on the PS2 than the Original Xbox. The Xbox version of 2005 had some slowdown I believe. And the PS2 looked just as good as the Original Xbox version. 2005 also had the best looking in-game interface and scoreboard imho. The running game in 2005 was amazing and I found the hit stick very responsive in 2005. The defensive game was reworked for 2005. It was a very good simulation of football because defenses had good range and zones are very effective.
NCAA Football 08 on Original Xbox is an amazing game. It had some stupid bugs, and kickoffs were from the 30 yard line instead of the 35, but 08 was the height of the old engine graphically, animation-wise, and in terms of playbooks. 08 had some bugs like the cpu never missed a field goal (although you could block field goals), there was a problem with the pursuit angles defenders would take on the ball carrier, and some penalty slider glitches. But, 08 was an incredible experience on Original Xbox. Graphically, it was out of this world and had things like receiver direct and QB avoidance. It also had analog kicking. Basically, 08 on Original Xbox was the best looking NCAA game by far. However it had too many bugs and annoyances to put it up above like 2005 or 06. 2005 and 06 had less bugs and were more complete games. 08 was just kind of thrown together as they were "developing" the inferior 360 / PS3 versions at the time. Still, 08 remains a great multiplayer game with friends. A lot of the pursuit angles problems had to do with specific plays and formations. It can be alleviated to an extent.Comment
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I'm going to have to try it out. I was reading IGN reviews for 2004-08 and 08 was the worst. I might pick it up anyway.Comment
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Well in terms of an error free game, 08 was the worst. In terms of technology, control depth, and dynamic gameplay, 08 was the best. And 08 has some of the most exciting moves and gameplay in any NCAA game. The lateral feature is different in 08 than in 2005 or 06. There's a lot of things that make 08 a blast. But it's one of those games where you are going to run into bugs if you really mess with the settings. The bugs don't ruin the game as there are ways around then. A lot of times your defense has to rely on manual control, where in 2005 you could rely on your CPU teammates on defense. The receiver direct gameplay feature is one of the most innovate features in any game and it's in 08 on original box. So if you nitpick 08 on original xbox too closely, you'll find things that annoy you. But if you go into the game with an open mind, and just want to explore playbooks then it's great.
Oh and one other thing that 08 on Original XBox has that 2005 or 06 doesn't have is user stats. 08 keeps track of all the things that you do with user control. So if you play a long game and at the end of the game you can see how much of the tackles, knockdowns, etc you did with your own player. Just a nice little touch.
The playbooks are very expansive in 08 on original xbox. Most plays ever in any NCAA game. But there are some glitches when you start editing playbooks in 08 that wasn't in earlier games, so beware. It comes down to fact that in 08 on original xbox, there are more plays in some formations in team-specific playbook then you can find in custom playbooks. So you can find some team-specific trick plays in each teams individual playbook, more team-specific trick plays than any other NCAA game.
Things like that make 08 worth owning. And i'm sure the PS2 version is good. But 08 was the last NCAA game on origianl xbox, and graphically it is a huge improvement from 07. The lighting is spectacular. Just a great game all around with unlimited potential, hindered only by developer tight schedules due to the takeover of 360 / PS3 football gaming by EA.
If for nothing else, PS2 or Original Xbox owners owe it to themselves to play NCAA Football 08 just to see how close EA was to football perfection with that engine before they abandoned it for a new engine on the other systems.Comment
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I'm going to buy it tonight. Did you like Madden 08?Comment
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In no particular order:
Tecmo Super Bowl (all of it's iterations except for the PS1 version, and the SNES version of the original Tecmo Super Bowl)
Joe Montana Sportstalk Football (pick any of the Sportstalk series)
NFL Gameday (the original)
NFL 2K5
John Madden Football (Genesis and 3DO), Madden '92 or Madden '98 (all are a toss up for me)
... and out of that, I'd go with NFL 2K5.Comment
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1:BACKBREAKER
2:Espn nfl 2k5
3:N/a
4:N/a
5:N/a
LETS GO RAVENS!
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Regardless of platform, I'd go NFL 2k5 tops, followed by Front Page Sports Football Pro 97 (for the PC). There is no close third, for me.Comment
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