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No wonder every player on my team set a record and won an award. I took over Rice, out of Conference USA. They scheduled me for 2 games in the same week. I took the game out of my psp, placed it in the garbage, and started writing this review. In a small glitch, you can change your conference schedule. It made me wonder if anyone did any testing on this game. I will continue to play Madden for now, but I expect they will ruin this game for me soon as well.
The first season goes about how it would on the PS2 with the exception of extremely long loading times and a few annoying glitches. I like to go through a few seasons of recruiting my own players before I start playing games. I would, however, play that (PS2) game on my PSP so I can take it on the go. Then at the end of the year came glitch #1. The stats are totally out of wack when simulated. EA Sports has lost me as a NCAA customer. That is just silly, but you can avoid that by not messing with your conference schedule.
These games should be locked. I spend a few years getting beat up on by Oklahoma and Texas before I finally got on equal footing with them. It makes recruiting easier, but it isn't very fair. The PS2 version is what I am used to, but it is the exact same game it was last year and the year before that and the year before that. I decided to buy the game and check out the dynasty mode myself. They said I was passing for 700 yards a game and running for another 300.
I read some reviews of the gameplay, but that wasn't my main concern. Let me tell you, it is terrible. I was curious one year so I took out one of my conference foes and put in a different team. I like to play with my own players. I decided that could be something I can live with, although it was frustrating. When I get to the end of the season they tell me that my Dynasty is done. I would go seasons without running in to more then 1 incident. My only real issue here is that you get way more recruiting points in week 2-5, then you do in week 1.
So here is the thing about the 09 version. I have been playing the NCAA Football franchise for about a decade. Thanks for the effort EA. So I take control of the Conference after a few years and I get an invite to the Big 12.
This is a neat feature that I was looking forward to. One other annoying this is that your players get in trouble. In year 10, I win the Big 12 for the first time and win my first major BCS bowl. You still have the crippling loading times, but that is to be expected by now.
I only played 1 game and it was pretty fun, but I can't handle all of the flaws that ruined my favorite mode of play. I couldn't find much info about the Dynasty Mode. I play the game a little different then some, perhaps. I can't pay full-price for an old game with a roster update. I am really looking forward to the next few years of competing for a national championship.
I enjoy the gameplay, but I more enjoy taking a lowly program and turning them in to a contender. Advancing each week takes probably 3 minutes. I don't enjoy playing with "QB #12" and "WR #86". You could play all home games, or not actually play anyone in your conference.
They checked out of the PS2 a few years ago. It seems to me that they should be able to make a PSP version that could do most of what the PS2 game does. That is ok, with the load times, I didn't mind being a couple years ahead of where I should be. My terrible team pulled down the 35th best class in year 1.
I like to play the dynasty mode. Way too indepth for me. So, I head in to year 2 and try to set my schedule. I just kinda dealt with it because my penalties weren't that harsh, but it was a little annoying. The next season I would have 2-3 every week. It is only a 10 year mode. If you put 1 point on a guy in week 1, they would automatically "Send the house" for you the following week. If you played through 1 season you would catch most of these flaws.
Silly numbers. I can't believe I paid for this flawed and frustrating experience. PS3 version has sucked all of the fun out of team building by making recruiting take a good solid 3 hours per season. That in and of itself isn't a problem but it is so inconsistent. Ok, so I can overlook that for now.lets see what the off season is like. I tried to do some research before buying this game for my PSP. My 3-9 team won every award, including the Heisman.
Great graphics, endless hours of enjoyment. I really like this PSP game, I actually prefer it over Madden.
Still likes the graphics though. I don't play it but my son says the 2008 version is better.
Overall, the game is fun. It's also nearly impossible to complete a pass on any mode varsity or higher; it will hit the hands of the receiver with nobody near him, and he will drop it. The game is good but the main thing missing is the career mode, the best part of NCAA Football. The dynasty mode has an interesting recruiting style, and it's a little confusing at first, but fun once you understand it.
I always know I can find things on Amazon. I bought this for my nephew for Christmas, I couldn't find it anywhere, none of the stores had it a few weeks before Christmas. My nephew loves it and plays it all the time.
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