The first question that popped into my mind when I got
NCAA Football 2002 In the face of these graphical flaws, NCAA 2002 is still the best-looking football videogame currently on the market. Sure, it'll only hold this honor until Madden NFL 2002 or NFL2K2 hits the. The 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.The team was the first in NCAA Division I-A—now known as NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)—history to finish its season at 14–0, and the second to win 14 games, following BYU's 14–1 season in 1996. The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 3124, ending Miami's 34 game winning streak. However, controversy did surround the end of the game. After Miami had taken the lead into overtime. NCAA Football 2002 PlayStation 2 Gameplay2001072011. NCAA Football 2002 PlayStation 2 Gameplay200107208. What did you think? Have you played this game?
was: 'How much better will the PS2's graphics be?' Three words for you: Much better. Tiburon did another envious job in making football look like it's supposed to. All of the Division-1 stadiums are rendered to exact detail, and the crowds look a whole heckuva' lot better. The fields are sharp and precise, with every color snapping to where it should be. The players have had a little attention paid to them since Madden 2001 as well. The height and weight characteristics of each player have been tweaked for a more individual appearance. In short, they look human now, instead of like bulked up dwarves. The helmets shine in the sun, and all of the 142 teams represented have their logos perfectly placed on their uniforms and helmets. There have been beautiful tackle and catch animations added. It's absolute fluidity as you receiver jumps up in the back of the end zone for a fade pattern, and pulls the ball down for the winning score. You also will see many of the famous mascots for each team, rooting their team on to victory. Unfortunately, not all the teams have had their mascots rendered, but the mascots that are there are as good visually, if not better, than the players themselves.
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is the most visually captivating football game to date. One might ask: 'How do you handle such unequalled beauty?' Well, in my case, I cried. And that's not necessarily wrong. 
Probably the biggest factor that sets college football apart from any other sport, including croquet, is the atmosphere created by the marching bands. Tiburon spared no expense in putting beautiful 'game time' music in NCAA F2002 . The music sounds stellar, and you can actually see the marching bands where they really sit in their respective stadiums. Attention to detail, I like that. More fight songs have been added, (although LSU's is still out of the mix) and they all sound true to any nationally televised game. The crowd is more of a factor now, sounding extremely rowdy if you score at home. Hey, it's not a college football game if you don't have a crowd. The color commentary is provided by Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lee Corso, probably three of the most famous announcers this side of the Mississip. Tiburon did a decent amount of commentary, but sometimes the commentary didn't make sense. For instance, at the beginning of the game Lee Corso (find me an LSU fan that likes him) says that I'm sure to lose, but as soon as I take a lead in the game, he says: 'What have I been saying all game, LSU is an impressive team.' Probably the neatest thing about the announcers is they only will announce regional or national televised games. If you're playing a non-televised venue, then you have the normal stadium announcer announcing the plays. Again, another great point which adds to the mystique of the college football game.
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Some say that football season starts with the release of a new Madden, but that's changed in recent years--the tremendous performance of EA's NCAA Football franchise has gotten people now thinking pigskin a month earlier. So does this next-gen debut maintain the series' stellar winning tradition? 'Notso fast, my friend.' NCAA 07still plays really solid (you can actually block kicks now) and is the best looking NCAA game yet--from the players to the picture-perfect stadiums, NCAA Football is starting to outshine Johnny Ballgame's creation. And for those who require depth, you'll definitely dig the robust 60-year dynasty mode (complete with in-season recruiting) and the minigames (Option Dash--now with multipliers for moves like fake pitches--being my fave). Yet what bogg les my sporto mi nd is that the 360 version--which, remember, costs $10 extra--doesn't include all of the new gameplay features of the uglier NCAAs (see sidebar). Can't institute the current-gen's off-field stuff in your first year on a new machine? OK, fine. But when you start cutting corners between the goalposts, thatfe when I have a problem. Especially when your biggest gameplay change-up in 07, a momentum meter that's supposed to give you more opportunities for making big plays, might as well not even exist--it's not like you can ever tell if it's working or not.
The crisp October afternoon in Morgantown, WV, turns from dusk to night with beautiful next-gen accuracy over the course of four quarters as my killer quarterback/running back combo options its way to over 600 total yards--another easy Mountaineer win for me. Every game of NCAA 07 looks great on the 360, but every game also feels skewed toward offense. That's OK, because it delivers an extremely fun gridiron experience, especially head-to-head. However, it's hard not to look at all those features on the current-gen version--monster playbooks, Campus Legend mode, trick plays, special-teams tweaks--and wonder why a football game coming one generation after Madden on 360 doesn't have what you'll find on the PS2 or Xbox. Still, 07 is my favorite 360 sports game so far.
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I appreciate college football's storied past of miraculous, game-changing plays, but when they happen every game, as they did during my playtesting, they don't feel so legendary--they feel staged and annoying. If the ebb and flow of momentum actually mattered, it would've made more sense, but it doesn't. Like Bryan, I saw no perceivable relationship between a team's mo' (regardless of what the new meter read) and being able to pull off a big play. Other loose ends, like iffy collision detection that turns inside runs into a mash-up of bodies and brings down ball carriers without wrap-up animations, left me considering benching this in favor of the current-gen version. It plays a good game of ball, though, thanks to the solid controls and return to a more traditional default camera angle.