Jason Thompson of Bullz-Eye.com recently reviewed “NCAA Football 09” for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii gaming systems and gave it five stars. He says forget “Madden” – “NCAA Football 09” is the game to get this year.
Amongst the new additions this year is the breakaway engine wherein players can easily break free of spin moves, stiff arms and other motions – and it doesn’t look or feel clunky. Indeed, EA has taken the time to get rid of a lot of the pre-programmed animations that the players would sometimes get locked into in the past and have made a much more realistic experience for gamers with super-fluid animations. This new look extends over into the entire game package, with more realistic on-field animations before, after, and between plays. And while some of the crowd animations are still looped, the stadiums look amazing and the action on the field looks as good as almost any you’d find on an actual game on TV.
EA really brings the game home to the online crowd this year with a terrific 12-player Dynasty mode, where you can duke it out with 11 other people through 60 seasons (if that’s your thing). Fans of fantasy football should really enjoy this feature, hammering out every nuance of the season, recruiting and trading players, and getting rid of others to make the perfect college team. Never has online football been so well represented or integrated into a game until now. Whether or not this year’s “Madden” entry will follow lead will have to be seen.
EA has ignored Playstation 2 sports games like “Madden” for two years now to concentrate on making the Playstation 3 and Xbox games pop. Sounds like it was worth it based on Thompson’s review.
