Either you have a slow QB which hinders your movement in the pocket or you can’t take full advantage of a speedy QB back there. You have to toggle off passing icons in order to run with your QB. There are plenty of routes in this game to can attack man coverage, deep routes too.Īnother issue I have with the passing game is not being able to run full speed and throw on the run as a QB. Thankfully this isn’t an issue against man coverage. Even against Cover 2 zone, it’s a real struggle attacking the safeties. You can attack the short field all day against zone but unless the defense blitzes heavily leaving holes, it’s very hard to attack deep when needed against zone. When on offense, you will notice how the defense keeps backpedaling way too far back for you to attack deep against zone. To me, a good passing system in a football game means that you are able to attack all areas of the field regardless of coverage. However, 2004 struggles when attacking deep zone coverage. Yes with certain pass plays I can attack zone to the far side in the later games, but 2004 seems to let me do more things in that situation. This is a big breathe of fresh air compared to the opposite situation 2005-11 has. As far as I know, 2004 is the only one that let’s you attack zone coverage to the strong side of the field 10 yards in. The passing game feels good with its own highs and lows. Being able to flip the run wasn’t introduced until 2005. So if you call a run play to the right and the defense shifts their defensive line or linebackers right, you’re in a tough spot. Yes you can flip the play but the defense will do the same. It makes a big difference being able to decide to run left or right. This is perhaps the biggest reason I don’t play this game more often. The only issue I have with it is you can’t flip the run pre-snap. Even on Heisman, one can score plenty of points if they know what they are doing. This is what keeps me playing these games all these years. A game that let’s you do a little more schematically, especially on offense, is my preference. Players tend to move a little faster and couple that with having more fun options on offense can equal to a fun experience. I never used that feature so I can’t tell you if it functioned well, but I can see how it could excite gamers back then. Who doesn’t want to score more points? The second reason is online play which was introduced in 2004. First, the game leans more to the offensive side of the ball. NCAA Football 2004 GameplayĢ004 is one of the more popular games of the bunch, probably for a two reasons. I need to find out one day why 20 do not get much love. This might due to 2004 being so popular or that neither have much to offer. What alarms me about these games is that nobody talks about them, especially in the forums. Then I can perhaps add more to this section. I think it is a good idea to add these to the channel one day so you can see my reaction and thoughts in real time. For me it takes many weeks to get a good feel for a game. I haven’t played enough of either to have a strong opinion of them. I have dabbled with both ever since I started Playbook Gamer. However, every time I tinker with 2004, I tend to pop in 2003 some to get a feel of it. I didn’t get my first ps2 until 2004 came out so timing was the issue here. I will group 20 together as these are the two I’ve played the least. I will update this post if and when my opinions change. Maybe over time I can spend more time in those that didn’t get enough attention. I have put in what feels like thousands of hours in some and not many in others. I have played all 10 games that came out for the ps2. I have plenty to say about some games and not much about others. I’m not going to try and cover every little facet of each game so forgive me if I don’t mention something. ![]() ![]() This is not a review on every game per se, just highlights on the good and bad of them all from my point of view in hopes that you can decide which game is worth your time. So I thought it best to collect all of my thoughts in one place. I’ll gladly give my opinions, but these usually get lost in the comments section of one of my videos. I get asked all the time my thoughts on all of the NCAA Football games, especially from the Playstation 2 and Xbox era.
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