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NCAA Football 2006
Your quest for the Heisman Trophy begins with Electronic Arts NCAA Football 06 and yourXbox. Create an Impact Player and lead him from high school summer camp all the way to Bowl victories, as a collegiate legend. With all-new Breakaway Controls, in-game analysis, and studio commentary, this is college football like you've never seen or heard. Get your acceptance speech ready -- the Heisman Trophy presentation awaits you in NCAA Football 06. With all new features, redesigned graphics and improved gameplay, NCAA Football 06 continues to be the most authentic and realistic college football gaming experience. Gamers can act as Impact Players and single handedly break games wide open with highlight reel moves and special animations or take control of a program and make a run for the championship through a revamped Dynasty Mode. In addition, NCAA Football 06 has the exclusive license for college football videogames, and will be the only game to feature actual teams, stadiums and schools. New Dynamic Analysis - Watch Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lee Corso provide new in-studio commentary and analysison each team's impact players prior to kickoff Has ESRB rating of E - Everyone
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Price Range: $3.49 - $9.99
 NCAA Football 2006
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rating: 5
This football game is a great game. The product was great, and I have loved playing it.
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A fun game
rating: 5
I am not a fan of EA they always try to rip you of.I have played 2 games in race to the Heisman the first i played in j varsity the next game varsity. i play as Ohio State my first game was maimi of ohio the next was as you all know Texas i bley texas out like 82 to 8. it was outrages the graphics are good the game is fun so far. I switched contols from 06 to 05 i love to run my QB but playing in 05 controls i cant pull the ball down to run it if somone knows please tell me overall a good game.
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Easy? Yes. Groundbreaking? Hardly.
rating: 3
Sure, this game is still fun to play; but on the other hand, we've all played this game last year when it was called "NCAA Football 2005." The only REAL difference between 2005 and 2006 is that the latest title is 100x's easier than 2005.
On someone's recommendation, I started out playing on All-American level. The Game Difficulties are Junior Varsity, Varsity, All-American and Heisman in case you were wondering. All-American is STILL TOO EASY by the way.
In my first game as the Seminoles, I beat Miami 72-3. In my next game of the season, I beat the Citadel 114-6. Then for my 3rd game, I beat Boston College 70-13. So, I'm basing my review after 3 games under Dynasty Mode.
I just want to say that "Race for the Heisman" is very over-rated. I don't want to build & create my own player (like an RPG). All I want to do is take the Seminoles to the BCS. If I wanted to play an RPG, I'd go play Final Fantasy. And it's pretty darn annoying that the game AUTOMATICALLY puts you in "Race for the Heisman" Mode when you first load the game into your XBox. 'Dynasty' and 'Play Now' are the only modes I need, thank you.
Graphically, the game is mostly superior to 2005. As far as actual gameplay goes, the movement does indeed look more natural. I do have to ask this question though: did the game designers COMPLETELY NEGLECT the Coin Toss scene? Did no one realize that the players' heads were almost bigger than their torsos?
What else?
- The commentary in the game is still exactly the same as 2005.
- The passing game is way too easy (at least against computer).
- You now have a GREAT chance of running the ball back for a touchdown during kick-offs and punts.
- Despite having the 'Exclusive NCAA License' on this game, EA is still too lazy to give us the names of the players. All of your favorite players are known only by the numbers on their jerseys.
- This game is $50. Why is EA's Madden Football only $40?
- This game is $50, and ultimately, it's still the same game as 2005 (but with a dumbed down AI opponent).
- The Seminole Tomahawk chant is still off tune. And the Gators still have more unique chants than the Noles. Why can the Gators say "It's Great to be a Florida Gator?" The only thing the Noles get are the Victory song and the Tomahawk chant. Doesn't EA realize that fans of the SEC and the ACC actually HATE Gator fans? If EA's gonna charge us $50 for the same game, they can at least market it for the mainstream of college fans.
If you're a poor college student, don't waste your money on this if you already have "NCAA Football 2005." That's money you can be spending on food/dating.
EA, you should be ashamed of yourselves for monopolizing the NCAAF license and jacking the price up. I'm glad your family is eating well tonight while the rest of the college folks have to eat bread & ramen for a week because they squandered their small allowance on your recycled game. Good job. And since you probably still have some extra money to spare, you should definitely invest in some morals.
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Lobs gallore, 80YD TD passes everytime. BORING.
rating: 1
I can't believe how many people are saying how "realistic" this game is. That can not be further from the truth. All the CPU does is lob the ball down field on 3rd and long plays and the receiver catches it 80% of the time regardless of coverage. What fun is that? This in itself is highly unrealistic. Don't even get me started on the other things this game does. NCAA 2006 is nothing but an arcade game, realism is thrown out the window in this one. EA does not know the meaning of AI. The only difference between the levels is the amount of cheating the CPU does.
Don't waste your money, and don't make EA any more richer, its obvious they just throw these games together. They just take our money and laugh all the way to the bank.
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great game if you like BS plays and inconsistency
rating: 1
I really tried to like this game, being that EA chickened out and bought their way out of competition.
The graphics and sound are great in this game, but its ruined by EA's cheating AI. I have never seen a game cheat this much in my life. No matter what play you call the defense always knows what you are calling, even if you think you have them beat on a play, your receiver will purposely drop a wide open pass or better yet the defender turns on his nitrous oxide that was installed in his uniform and cover half the field in 2 seconds to deflect a pass. If you throw a high pass, not to worry the lineman has installed jet packs which allows them to jump 10 feet in the air and deflect or pick off your pass. If the CPU wants you to lose you will lose no matter what you do.
If you QB is going back for a pass and a lineman is 3 feet away from you, even if you press the passing button, your QB will just stand there so he can take a sack. This game is total BS, there is no way to get off passes in heavy pressure becuase the game forces you into a tackle animation.
When you are playing defense, you are better off putting down your controller and clipping your nails or flossing your teeth while the CPU pulls of BS miracle plays on every single down. Remember how I said your receivers will purposely drop wide open passes? Not the CPU receivers, the CPU receivers, regardless of their rating can catch passes in double and triple coverage every time. if they don't catch it, the ball just gets tipped over and over again until he can catch it. Think you stopped a 3rd down conversion? Think again, you will get flagged for pass interference or a face mask penatly. And remember about your QB being forced into a tackle animation? Not the CPU, the CPU can get of 60 yard spirals while he's being hit!
What about the inconsistency you ask? Well let me explain. How is it that one game you can be totally on, but the next game, you can't even complete ONE pass! I'll tell you why. The CPU wants you to lose, so you will drop every pass, fumble every run and get called for every penalty in the book. I was playing a game, and managed to run back a punt and KR for a TD, before my offense even touched the field. Then all of a sudden the CPU turned on its God Mode and every thing went right for the CPU. BS lobs, BS runs and BS calls. I did not complete ONE SINGLE pass in the entire first half. Its not because the CPU was playing good defense, its because my receivers dropped every ball that was thrown to them, wide open or not. I ended up only completing one pass in the entire game, 1 for 20 I think. At this point, I knew I had no chance of winning, so I just started punting the ball on first down to avoid any more frustration. My so called impact RB only got 2 yards on 20 rushes, and my so called impact CB gave up 3 TD passes to a below average receiver. What is the point of playing if you are not even given a chance to win?
Yes you can win games as I have, but it is so inconsistent. If the CPU wants you to lose you will lose, nothing you can do about it.
I see why EA bought the license, after putting out crap like this, they were sure to lose a lot of customers to a game that knows how to develop better AI, instead of this cheating crap. I am taking this game to the store for store credit and I am done with EA for good. EA sucks and so does this game!
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