NCAA 08 ... missing something
So earlier today I was bored while doing chores around the apartment. Between changing loads of laundry I sat down and popped in my NCAA 08 football game into my Xbox 360. I decided I'd play a few games with my alma mater school, Utah State. It'd been a while since I'd played and I think this is the first time I played Utah State. Sadly, I was a little disappointed.
One of the biggest draws I had to the NCAA games over Madden was the realism the developers put into the game, namely that the individual stadiums for each school closely matched the real thing in design. I already owned NCAA 05 for my original Xbox and was already impressed how well the developers had Utah State's stadium done. As you can see in this YouTube video, they had it pretty close back in 2005.
Last year I thought I'd buy the newest NCAA football game for my new Xbox 360. I really expected marked improvement with the new graphics system and all. Today when I finally got around to playing Utah State, my first reaction was "what is this?". I clearly was not playing in Romney Stadium. This is definitely not the stadium I played my high school playoff games in nor where I played my college games in. Here is a YouTube video of the NCAA 08 version of Romney Stadium.
This is only the first stadium I've noticed a big difference in, so I can't say there aren't others. Still, with the past history of EA Sports and their accuracy in depicting college venues, I was really dissapointed in this version of the game. Hopefully it was just a mistake. I'm not sure how much work it would be, but I would really appreciate a correction to fix this in a future update.
One of the biggest draws I had to the NCAA games over Madden was the realism the developers put into the game, namely that the individual stadiums for each school closely matched the real thing in design. I already owned NCAA 05 for my original Xbox and was already impressed how well the developers had Utah State's stadium done. As you can see in this YouTube video, they had it pretty close back in 2005.
Last year I thought I'd buy the newest NCAA football game for my new Xbox 360. I really expected marked improvement with the new graphics system and all. Today when I finally got around to playing Utah State, my first reaction was "what is this?". I clearly was not playing in Romney Stadium. This is definitely not the stadium I played my high school playoff games in nor where I played my college games in. Here is a YouTube video of the NCAA 08 version of Romney Stadium.
This is only the first stadium I've noticed a big difference in, so I can't say there aren't others. Still, with the past history of EA Sports and their accuracy in depicting college venues, I was really dissapointed in this version of the game. Hopefully it was just a mistake. I'm not sure how much work it would be, but I would really appreciate a correction to fix this in a future update.

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