This is an awesome college football game, and any college sports fan will enjoy the heck out of it.
I thought I would never say this, but I think EA Sports and the group at Tiburon finally done it right. This game put everything together in a nice, very clean package, that is a joy to look at.
Gameplay
The game really makes it very easy for anyone to play, you have 4 or 5 levels that you can play with, and arsenal of features and help screens to help you learn the controller options. This has been one of the easiest sports game to get into, within a few minutes of opening the box, I was in a playing. The menus are very beautiful and easy to use, though they seem somewhat small for the screen size. The play on the field is fast, but with a little practice you can get down the plays quickly. On easy it’s very easy to past and catch the ball. Nice thing is that on harder levels you can feel the pressure you are under to get the ball out of your hands, because the D Line is coming, and coming quickly.
Graphics
The graphics are some of the best I’ve seen so far in the 360. The stadiums are rendered in spectacular details; Camp Randall looks amazingly like the real place. The fans are all well detailed and seem to be independently moving, so it’s a blast to see the fans get excited, because the whole stadiums seem to be moving. The atmosphere of the game is amazingly detail, with the team mascot on the sideline cheering on his team.
Sound
Sound in the game is again, well done, and the fight songs for each teams are there and are very well done. The stadium seems to explored when a huge play is made, with cheers and banter. The commentators seem to be on key and follow the game pretty well. I’ve heard enough from others that it’s the same as last year, but again I never played previous version so. The menu music is also well done, and this has to be the first game in recent memories that I didn’t turn off the menu music. I really hate menu music.
Value
Well this is a tough thing, because I’ve always said that I think Microsoft is nuts to charge this much for a game. If you price a game like this at $39 or maybe $45, everyone would want to buy it, but at $59 only the people that truly love football or college sports would even try this game. It’s just greed in the computer gaming industry, and Microsoft has made a bad mistake wanting to corner the video game market and charging this much and any game. With that said, I think if you are a football fan or a college sports fan this is without a doubt a must have. There are a few things missing in the games, but most of them I never bother with anyway, the play on the field is the only thing I care for, and it is so well done, that it ALMOST made up for Madden 360 last year. That game still leaves a scare!