At it's core NCAA Football 07 is a great college football game that has been slimmed down too much for the Xbox 360.
EA's college football series has become noted for it's great gameplay and it holds true in this game. You can exspect to have the same hard hitting action as before, but thats the problem, it's the same. I don't know whether this falls under the "not broke don't fix it " category or rather it needs to be updated. The passing controls are usually rather inaccurate if you wish to be really precise with the delivery, which can make it very hard to throw the fade route over a shallow defender. Blocking which is one of the biggest chinks in the armor of this game has not been helped at all. Sometimes you will get the blocks and sometimes you won't. This puts a lot of pressure on your running abilities as a lot of times you will be somewhat on your on. However the defensive side of the ball is perfect and really needs no fix up what so ever. The biggest deturent in this game is the horribly small amount of content in comparison to the other consoles. Notoriously absent is the excellent Race for the Heismen mode featured in previous installments and in the others console's versions. Instead it has been replaced by a rather shallow dynasty mode. This mode allows you to build your favorite school into a dynasty of sorts but only revolves around recruiting and playing. Other than that it is a lot of meaningless and shallow tasks that can easily be skipped over.
The graphics show only slightly better on the Xbox 360 console. Majority of the time the game is zoomed out and you cannot see the graphics upgrade but when the game is zoomed in you will see a slight difference. The player animations are top knotch and easily believable, even though there are a few odd occurances it is easily forgivable. Thenew momentum system is a good idea but will need some fine tuning before it is ready for next year. The affects of momentum is not as noticable as it should be and really dosen't have any affect on gameplay.The crowd has gotten a much needed update and will show school traditions, most notably Florida's gator bite and Florida States Tomahawk. This adds a little bit more believability but is held back by some sound related issues.
While the on the field sounds are as strong as ever there are many presentation related sound issues that really hold back the true college exsperience. The fight songs are so quiet and unnoticable that I'm not even sure why they are in the game. You almost have to turn everything else down to zero to even hear a faint note of a fight song in game. The crowd is as loud as ever and sound very realistic to a real life stadium. They react accordingly to a stupid idea like going for a 4th and long and for the big momentum turning play. As stated previously the on the field sounds are done very well and offer very crisp tackling and other game related sound effects.
While it may curb your appetite for college football until next year it is only a half way decent attempt at bringing this franchise even further than it has already come. While the series has nailed the realistic gameplay it only half way captures the spirit of college football. Also we are exspected to pay twenty dollars more for less of a game is just unacceptable. This game is great if you are going solely next gen but you would be much better off getting this game for the current gen console of your choice.