[Husker] EA Sports NCAA Football

[Nick Chevance]

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Tom Risor <trisor at earthlik.net> wrote:
> Does this mean that you can play teams from years ago?  One thing I thought
> was it was just last year's version of the teams.
>
> Another thing is I've shied away from these games because I've always wanted
> a game devoid of all the histrionics that just lets me coach (like
> Strat-O-Matic FB).  I don't want to control players in the game other than
> pick the plays.
>
> Tom Risor

No, Tom.  Unfortunately, the games require some interaction with the
player by controlling at least the QB.  And you may be disappointed by
the range of plays.  Unlike the Callahan 8 pounds of plays in a
playbook, there are basic sets (single back, twin TE, etc.) and maybe
24 plays off of each set.  All of the teams run pretty much the same
plays, depending on whether they run power, balanced run, balanced
pass, west coast, run and shoot, etc.) but you can set your team's
preference - in other words, Nebraska is a power run offense in the
2004 version, but you can change that to the west coast offense, if
you like.  I had marginally better success on the game console than
Callahan did.

And as far as teams from the past, the 2004 version starts with that
roster (though you only get about 55 players), and the 2005 version
starts with the 2005 roster (though the roster is up to 60 players).
I haven't opened the 2009 version yet.  The more you play and win, the
more of the games hidden stuff gets unlocked, including historic teams
like the '94 Huskers, but I really don't know if you can play the 2004
team against that historic team.  I just haven't payed attention to
that aspect.

It is fun to play but time consuming.  The way I have games set up, it
takes me about an hour and a half to play a game.  In my current
dynasty season, I let the computer decide the score of some games
rather than play them out - I mean, if I play it, its 66-0 and I've
spent an hour and a half, or the computer decides the game and its
41-3 and that takes me 2 minutes.  Same difference.  But the game
really helped me in the last 4 years, working out my frustrations with
the real team.  My family will attest to that.

Nick


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