Each arena is detailed pretty nicely with the home team's mascot standing courtside. From the excitement and noise of the crowd to the music of the marching bands, EA Canada does a good job replicating the college hoops experience.
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One of the biggest factors in the March Madness series is its ability to capture the spirit of college basketball, which it does pretty well. Still, EA does a good job of capturing realistic commentating that actually coincides with what's happening onscreen - Baby! Some of their conversation is funny at first and if you're a fan of the duo you may enjoy it, but once they repeat themselves several times you start to wish there was more variety of comments. A lot of the commentating becomes repetitive as well - so much so you may want to shut off the annoying bantering between Brad Nessler and Dick Vitale completely. There is one where your teammate will give you a little shove as you celebrate a blocked shot that seems to be shown over and over again. One thing I did notice is the repetition of the animations occurs a bit too often. Things like your teammate cooling you off and dusting off your shoes after you block a shot make the game a lot more fun. Little animations and celebrations between plays are a nice touch. You can do the same on defense to call for double teams and foul intentionally, but they aren't really as necessary. Calling plays is essential to successful offense, using the directional pad to post up and set pick-and-rolls. You must look to the open man to make the play best suitable in each setting. Whereas a skilled NBA shooter may be able to nail a three with a defender in his face, a college player may not be able to make the same shot. Because players may naturally be slower or less athletic than an NBA athlete, you must use strategies, run plays and take your time to score buckets. The thing to understand is that the NCAA is a different type of basketball game than the NBA. Patience is key, but sometimes when you want to run a quick play, MM 08 makes it difficult.īut I don't want to make it seem like I'm totally complaining here. It can be annoying because the camera angle changes around so slowly when you're in a rush to go the other direction. Another negative point is turnaround of the camera angles from up-court to down-court in transition. You will notice how slowly your player reaches around to tap the ball away from your opponent and then moves to recover the loose ball from the floor. One of the biggest examples of how sloth-like the players move is when they steal the ball. The focus of MM 08 is definitely setting up the perfect play, but the result of the sluggish player movement is also unexciting gameplay. It also makes it pretty difficult to drive the lane at times when even holding R1 for a turbo boost doesn't make them move that much faster. The blurry-faced players are extremely sluggish as they run up and down the court, making for a pretty boring gaming experience.
One thing I noticed about this year's installment of March Madness is how slow the players move. And while setting up offensive and defensive strategies and calling plays in action are focal points of March Madness 08, it's safe to say graphics and animations have definitely been benched. With few changes game-to-game in the March Madness franchise, 08 focuses on its strategic basketball gameplay. They may be the only ones interested, however. Featuring Texas Longhorns freshman phenomenon Kevin Durant on the cover, NCAA March Madness 08 is sure to appeal to collegiates caught in the hype of this spring's tournament.
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