NCAA Football 2002

"This is a football game I actually like."

Graphics 9
These graphics have very much detail. My main problem is those atrocious player marks. If only there was a way to show the player you have without those hideous marks. There are very few improvements I would l make to the graphics of this game except that on punts they should use a first person view to make it more realistic or cut out the marks. On replays they should also let you make little yellow marks to see what went wrong. The graphics in this game are mind blowing and the most realistic I have seen. One more thing is they should have the crowd throw things on the ground

Control 7
I don’t like football game controls because when you pass you have to press all the little buttons sometimes causing you to mess up. This is very depressing. The plays lists are easy to understand and take out much frustration. there is still the annoyance of having to jam buttons when playing. My problems may just be I suck at sports games. Or it may be the controls are to complex for me. They should make the controls simpler so my foolish parents could even understand it.So the control is better than average but it still has slight problems which could be helped by the graphics.

Gameplay 10
I do love the gameplay in this game. The game plays uncommonly smooth. The game keeps the same pace not slowing down or freezing. Some games act like broken records repeating the same image over and over. you can’t stop this game. Problem is it uses way to much memory card space. Well this game play is astoundingly smooth. When you press a button the response is immediate and there is no “are you sure” menus.

Sound 9
The sound is so amazing I can hear the audience cheer the referee’s whistle blow and the football players yell things at each other. As usually there is no music in this sports game while you are playing. I wonder why the mascot is
dancing. It’s great that they play the school fight song while you play This adds much realism to the sound. So I love fight songs they get stuck in your head and you sing them all day long. The sound is extremely realistic and you can hear the crowd boo and hiss you can also hear them cheer. I have not heard the crowd call the players names that should also be included. In conclusion the sound is excellent but it could use some small tweaks.

Replay Value 10
You can play this game all over again trying every team and every mode until you have tried them all. So there are almost unlimited possibilities to do in this game plus you can beat all your friends.

Conclusion
9 is the final score. You should never argue with Sandrock Custom 22.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 10/29/01, Updated 10/29/01