NCAA Football 2003

NCAA Football 2003, released on PS2, XBOX and GCN, is the next installment of EA Sports series focused on academic football matches based on the license of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This means that, unlike the Madden NFL series, we are dealing with less experienced players dreaming of becoming professionals. For this reason, the matches are characterized by greater spontaneity, and all the spectacular performances are accompanied by the screams of their peers in the tribunes. Besides, there are some minor differences in rules, but they do not affect the course of meetings to a greater extent.

Mechanics

The creators of the game decided to develop the main mode called Dynasty, which is equivalent to a career in other sports games. We lead the selected team through a series of seasons, taking care of meeting the goals and attracting the most promising recruits. NCAA Football 2003 introduces the possibility of setting the whole schedule of matches taking place outside the conference even before the start of the regular season. Talented players will find a rich number of trophies offered in exchange for winning tournaments, excellent performance as a trainer or defeating certain licensed teams. All cups go to a special room assigned to a given profile, which we can boast about to our friends.

Other novelties include expanding the function of creating your team based on one of the available teams by selecting specific outfits, logos, and names. The team selection also influences the appearance of the main menu. In terms of gameplay mechanics, we can use more plays. We have two new defensive formations (4-4 and 5-2), which allows us to perform new actions.

Technical aspects

NCAA Football 2003 has decent graphics but not as good as the Madden NFL series. The developers improved several animations of ball reception by WR and DT movements. The game also features a rich soundtrack containing nearly two hundred pieces performed by various bands.

Last updated on August 5, 2019