NCAA Football 2005

Release Date: June 15, 2004

Sports, American football, splitscreen, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet

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A sporting game that allows you to take part in an academic football league by running one of the licensed teams within the NCAA or creating your own. Compared to the previous edition, the influence of the audience and players' psyche on the course of the game was significantly increased.

NCAA Football 2005, released on PS2, XBOX and GCN, is the next installment of EA Sports' sports game series addressed to academic football enthusiasts. As every year, the creators decided to introduce some changes to their product by polishing the weakest elements of the game, as well as diversifying the gameplay.

Mechanics

The biggest novelty introduced in NCAA Football 2005 is the so-called Home Field Advantage function. Thanks to it, in selected stadiums the home team can have an impact on the reaction of fans. Pressing the button during the preparation for offensive play can silence the fans, and during defense, we can tease them to louder shouts, which lowers the rivals' morale.

This function is combined with a new mechanics of reproducing the psyche of football players. Each of them can represent a state of control, neutral or shaking. The results of previous matches and the last games will influence the player's current performance. As a result, QB, which has several unsuccessful passes in a row that end in the rivals' hands will start to feel the increasing pressure and uncertainty about their own skills. This will make that player even more nervous about passing the ball accurately. This state changes dynamically during the season.

Game modes

NCAA Football 2005 doesn't introduce any new play modes. Dynasty remains the core mode. There, you can manage your team through the seasons, recruit new players, develop pre-match strategies, etc.

Technical aspects

In terms of the audiovisuals, no major progress has been made compared to last year's edition. This means that NCAA Football 2005 is slightly below the level set by Madden NFL and NFL 2K entries released the same year.

Last updated on August 5, 2019