At first I was frustrated? But most of the new, Is for the better!
Let me say about some of the new features. Im Playing the legend mode. Now last year this mode was just ok. But I jumped back over to Dynasty mode after a short go at it. This year its got some great new stuff. And im hooked on Legend mode. You take classes, you have to balance out a major. And take little tests. You can be not just a All star on the field. But yu can work on becoming one of the best Academic athlete all stars. But the football part of this is all the better to. You have cool drills you can do to add points to your attributes every week. And your everyday practice. All of which slowly add to your abilities. So its not done to fast. You have to work just to get like 2 or so Attribute points a week. All and all the Legend mode works this year, and is one of the best parts of the New NCAA football.
Now to the game play. Their are a few hit and misses here. But their is also some good new stuff. First a few misses. One really annoying thing is the big hit tackles. I don't mind the slow motion stuff. I actually like that. But the fact that the hit is like a superman dive to the head every time looks just sorta stupid. It looks more like some dumb tackle you would make in NFL street, than a real hard hit. Also the QB's have gotten a tad to Maddenish. Meaning the ball speed physics have speed up to a sorta unrealistic speed. Making it hard to cover. Even with a super Corner or Defensive back. So how do you stop this? QB pressure is how. Now this is one of the better new add on's. Jumping the snap is better than it sounds. If you can do this, even if you don't get a sack the super QB's will start to throw some bad pass's.
A few other new good add on's. Are the Computer running game has seemed to pic it up. So with the combo of a better Computer QB and now a better Running game for them. The challenge has indeed picked up from last year. You will find yourself not playing the Pass all day long. And the computer will take advantage of you playing a 3 deep Dime all day long. They will run on you. But the plus is you have a lot more Defensive and Offensive sets to get miss matches or whatever. And the stuff you can do before snap is a tad odd at first. But is for the better once you learn it all.
Ok About the momentum thing. Its not as bad as I thought it was gonna be. It is a problem when a team does get momentum and you cant stop them. But the good part is. You can change the momentum over vary quick in your favor. So if your down by quite a bit, you still can get back momentum. Its not easy. but one or two big plays and your guys are gonna be playing great. And your set up for the big comeback, if you perform well. So overall it does work pretty well. And does not go over the top with one team becoming super human. But if you are down and you do get it. It will give you that extra you just might need to make a possible comeback.
Graphics, well were in a year were we have the 360, we don't have the PS3 yet. And so developers are still sorta porting from the currant gen machines. Once the PS3 is out I think that will change. Thus I bought it on the Xbox. Knowing it had all the stuff in the game, a few things missing in the 360 version still. And their still good. Much the same as last year. And unfortunate enough we still get the same animations or 3D celebrations after a game as last year. I think they could have at least changed those.
Overall the game is a lot of the same, but with quite a bit new to keep it fresh. More so the single player game play is a whole new ball game as far difficulty. And the Legend mode is the biggest overhaul in the game. And its good and works. Last year it did not. So it may look the same, "well not if you have a 360.". But it plays different. Heck I'm playing with Ohio State "Im not a bandwagon fan, I live in Ohio lol" And as good as they are on the game, I do notice the change in challenge. I cant imagine playing with a small school Like I like to do a lot. And will do eventually. Its gonna be interesting to se If I can take Ohio U Bobcats to a Championship, on this years version. As over a few years it was possible on last years version.
Overall its a good game with some new stuff that's not a gimmick and works. Is it worth it if you have 06. Yea the changes are enough to get it. but expect to be a tad confused at first, and frustrated. But once you figure it out, you'll see its all for the better.