Played the NCAA Football 08 demo for 360

[ChicoRodriguez]

at 4am this morning.  It's amazing.  Way better than 2007. 

• The player models are a lot different. 
• Everything runs smoother
• Improved o-line blocking
• Juking system is better
• Hit Stick v2.0 is outstanding

[steve dave]

at 4am this morning.  It's amazing.  Way better than 2007. 

• The player models are a lot different. 
• Everything runs smoother
• Improved o-line blocking
• Juking system is better
• Hit Stick v2.0 is outstanding

Graphics improvement or just different?  How is hitstick different?  Where you K-State?  If so who stood out?

[ksuno1stunner]

2 questions...

Gang tackling?

Also, I like the small, after the play celebrations.  Are there more, and is it fairly realistic?

[Pett]

Gang tackling?

Yes, gang tackling. Is not just one player making the tackle every single play???

[fatty fat fat]

Does the crowd still seem retarded?

[kougar24]

at 4am this morning.  It's amazing.  Way better than 2007. 

• The player models are a lot different. 
• Everything runs smoother
• Improved o-line blocking
• Juking system is better
• Hit Stick v2.0 is outstanding

  July 17th right?

Do they have the new jumbotron on the south end?

[Pett]

at 4am this morning.  It's amazing.  Way better than 2007. 

• The player models are a lot different. 
• Everything runs smoother
• Improved o-line blocking
• Juking system is better
• Hit Stick v2.0 is outstanding

July 17th right?

Do they have the new jumbotron on the south end?

If you did have the opportunity to play with KSU, are there any player ratings that you remember. Freeman, Campbell, Jackson, etc.

[ksuno1stunner]

Gang tackling?

Yes, gang tackling. Is not just one player making the tackle every single play???

That's the one thing that always bothered me.  Gang tackling happens pretty much every play.

[atybimf]

The biggest change will be the recruiting system.  Way overhauled, way awesome.

[ksuno1stunner]

Anybody know of a reliable place to get a cheap core xbox 360?

I need to have this game.  I don't care about the fancy hd dvd, online, or whatever.  I need this.

[waks]

Anybody know of a reliable place to get a cheap core xbox 360?

I need to have this game.  I don't care about the fancy hd dvd, online, or whatever.  I need this.

I'm thinking about doing what Chico did. I'm going to go to Best Buy, get a 360 for this game, play the hell out of it for one month and then return everything.

[ChicoRodriguez]

The demo is of USC and Michigan (#1 v #2)

Hit Stick is much improved.  Say, for example, you're a small cb and you have to take out a big rb, you can go for an undercut leg tackle.

The crowd is better but I didn't see any of the cut scenes that we're used to from the last few years.  They've limited some stuff to make the demo  a smaller size.  They only had two TD celebrations for example.

Gang tackling AI is outstanding.  Say you're standing a guy up but he's still chugging, another guy can come in and pile on to help you out.

Graphics are much improved.  The 60 fps makes the game incredibly smooth.

As for stunner's question, tonight MS is supposed to lower the prices of the 360.  I think the core is supposed to go down to $249.  Early pictures of the conference stage also show an additional 360 system.  A new 360 perhaps?

2008 is night and day above 2007.  This is what 2007 should have been.

[ChicoRodriguez]

Also, I like the small, after the play celebrations.  Are there more, and is it fairly realistic?

There's supposed to be a lot more celebrations.  The new player models help with the realism of them.  It looks like they took a lot of celebrations from last season in real life.  The Boise State one is the most frequent in the demo.


Also forgot to add, the pontiac game changing performance is the actuall game changing play.  You can now save video clips from the game and go back and watch them later.  You'll also be able to upload them to the net.

[ew2x4]

Anybody know of a reliable place to get a cheap core xbox 360?

I need to have this game.  I don't care about the fancy hd dvd, online, or whatever.  I need this.

Check PM.

[ew2x4]

Chico- is the announcing updated at all? They haven't changes since NCAA 2002. :(

[Pett]

Anybody know of a reliable place to get a cheap core xbox 360?

I need to have this game.  I don't care about the fancy hd dvd, online, or whatever.  I need this.

Check PM.

ew2x4, do you have a hook-up?? If you do pm me, I'm interested.

[kougar24]

Chico- is the announcing updated at all? They haven't changes since NCAA 2002. :(

Excellent question.

As far as player models go, is Josh Freeman 7 feet tall, and can he consume the Huskers with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse?

[Racquetball_Ninja]

Just give it some time, price drops are coming to both platforms.  Not everybody's got Chicoesque type drug dealer jack laying around to have both platforms on their 65" Plasma.  Little bastard! 

[ew2x4]

Anybody know of a reliable place to get a cheap core xbox 360?

I need to have this game.  I don't care about the fancy hd dvd, online, or whatever.  I need this.

Check PM.

ew2x4, do you have a hook-up?? If you do pm me, I'm interested.

Not really. Just mentioned the upcoming price drop and ebgames used consoles (and the MS warranty still works with those).

[ChicoRodriguez]

The demo doesn't have play-by-play (again for space reasons) so I couldn't tell you.  I think it's supposed to have some new play-by-play stuff though b/c the forums I visit were complaining that it wasn't in.

http://www.psxsports.com -requires registration

[ew2x4]

Ahh, so it's on Xbox Live. I can't wait to play it tonight.

[kougar24]

Ahh, so it's on Xbox Live. I can't wait to play it tonight.

Free???!

[ew2x4]

Ahh, so it's on Xbox Live. I can't wait to play it tonight.

Free???!

Dude, you can download demos to almost all games for free on the 360. The only ones that don't have demos are movie games like Transformers, so they don't give away the movie.

Plus, they're putting all of their E3 content online. So all the videos and demos available at E3, you can download for free.

[steve dave]

   My God, the 360 rules

[kougar24]

Ahh, so it's on Xbox Live. I can't wait to play it tonight.

Free???!

Dude, you can download demos to almost all games for free on the 360. The only ones that don't have demos are movie games like Transformers, so they don't give away the movie.

Plus, they're putting all of their E3 content online. So all the videos and demos available at E3, you can download for free.

Awesome.

[ew2x4]

Ahh, so it's on Xbox Live. I can't wait to play it tonight.

Free???!

Dude, you can download demos to almost all games for free on the 360. The only ones that don't have demos are movie games like Transformers, so they don't give away the movie.

Plus, they're putting all of their E3 content online. So all the videos and demos available at E3, you can download for free.

Awesome.

Did you know about Xbox Live Arcade? They have tons of old games (like Castlevania, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, etc.) and new ones. They cost like $5. Every week one or two are released. Every month or so they release a free one. I got Texas Hold 'em a couple months ago for free. Not to mention you can rent tons of HD movies and tv shows off of Xbox Live. You can also stream music, pics, and video from your networked PC.

PS. Yes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has 4 player online coop. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/t/tmntxboxlivearcade/

[ew2x4]

So I just played '08. I'm kinda disappointed. It's exactly like Madden, now. Convoluted controls, flashy graphics that aren't needed, funky UI (they stole Madden's play selection screen, unfortunately). I skipped '07, so it may have changed last year, but either way, I'm disappointed they went that route. That said, the features look to be really nice. Recruiting towards your style, having to keep promises, etc. Minigames will probably be fun as well.

[ChicoRodriguez]

I think you're the first person who doesn't like the demo. Seriously.

[ksuno1stunner]

So I just played '08. I'm kinda disappointed. It's exactly like Madden, now. Convoluted controls, flashy graphics that aren't needed, funky UI (they stole Madden's play selection screen, unfortunately). I skipped '07, so it may have changed last year, but either way, I'm disappointed they went that route. That said, the features look to be really nice. Recruiting towards your style, having to keep promises, etc. Minigames will probably be fun as well.

That's too bad that they had to make the game a ton better.

[ew2x4]

I think you're the first person who doesn't like the demo. Seriously.

I didn't say I didn't like it. I was just disappointed with some changes. I was hoping they'd stay away from the Madden example and make their own better. There's no reason to have laggy UI transitions or a messy play selection screen.