Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Hike that ball and start the game in this highly rated football game. Front Page Sports: Golf Free to try. Tee off and play some golf on the fairways. Take to the slopes with Olympic medalist Picabo Street. Join the major leagues and play some baseball. Get out on the water for some fishing action. Pro Football Statistics Encyclopedia Free. The game has the hurry-up feel of college football and flowed along nicely.
It seems that the same basic game engine that is used in Madden 98 is used in this game, which is alright'it's a good engine. This means that if you have played the pro game, the transition to college should be a piece of cake.
You can also choose to play about any school you can imagine. Anybody playing this game should be able to identify the powerhouse teams by name, but learning about the smaller college teams is more of a problem. To help you choose from teams that may not make the headlines, the developers have supplied a grading system of each team's offense and defense from A to D.
A big area of concern in past EA Sports football titles has been the AI or lack thereof on some plays. This game does a pretty good job of balancing the defense. Some plays you can break for big gainers, while other plays get stuffed before they even get started. I did find some passing plays that seemed to work too often, which resulted in some inflated passing statistics at the end of the game. Hey, give me a break. They had a fair chance. The options are all pretty much standard fare.
You can play with varying quarter lengths, weather conditions, crowd noise, etc. I must say that I was disappointed in the rain and snow modes. The graphics were cheesy-looking and actually bordered on distracting. I did like the tournament mode. This allowed you to pick 4, 8, or 16 teams to battle it out to the end.
You can either have the computer simulate the other games or have 16 of your closest buddies over to play the tournament out. This is definitely the way to go because your friends either pick the school they attended or one of their favorites.
For some reason, people really get psyched up over college football teams and take them seriously. Your loyalty to a team will only grow the more times you beat your friend in the tournament. If you do challenge your friends to a tournament, I hope you went to a school with a top ranked football team'or else you may find your foot in your mouth.
One thing from the "doesn't-affect-gameplay-but-is-still-cool" department: after you score a touchdown, the school's fight song is played by the band.
Like I said, people seem to have a tremendous loyalty to their former school and nothing gets them going like their old fight song. After a few beers, some of my friends even tried singing to the songs after they scored. This was all the more reason to play good defense. One last thing that I really liked was the ability to replay some of the biggest bowl games of the past. It does have the jersey numbers of the players and the unnamed players bear a strong resemblance to their real-life counterparts.
If you know the players on your favorite team, you should have no problem recognizing the star player. The graphics were a little disappointing. Avast Free Security. WhatsApp Messenger. Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. Subway Surfers. TubeMate 3. Google Play. Navient student loan settlement. GameStop in-store PS5 restock. N95, KN95, KF94 masks. Windows Windows. Most Popular.
The biggest enhancement is global: The interface has been totally revamped, and the good news is that it's much easier to use than before. Instead of forcing you to clunk through a "quick start setup" just to play an exhibition game, for example, FPS: FP '98 now takes you immediately to team selection and setup screens for every outing. Team and league menus are modular, with buttons always present for every function - you can skip from the league schedule screen to your team's front office menu with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Beyond that, though, little has changed. But many of the other new features - arcade play over the Internet, a full-screen mode, better chat interface, information on whether your opponent's running a special teams or regular play, audio play-by-play it's boring , more camera angles, the inclusion of non-NFL stadiums and cities, more precise weather information, and others - are either things that should be expected in a top-rate football sim or are of little importance when it comes to actual gameplay.
In short, nearly all the things that made the Football Pro games so compelling - impressive simulation results, a robust play editor, incredibly detailed coaching profiles, and the ability to guide a team over consecutive seasons by utilizing the draft, free agency, and trades - can be found in the '98 edition. Retaining the good parts of a previous game doesn't exactly deserve a standing ovation, though. What would earn my applause is if Sierra had spent more time improving what historically has been the weakest part of the Football Pro games: the action mode.
Sadly, that hasn't happened.
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