Customer Reviews

NCAA Gamebreaker 2000

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All I can say is if you like Gameday 2000, you'll love Gambreaker 2000. This college game not only has each schools fight songs, team colors realistic, and really sharp football fields, but also specific team playbook, developed by Bob Toledo. This game is MUCH better than NCAA 2000, by EA Sports.

While the NFL Gameday series is improving rapidly, NCAA Gamebreaker is basically just the same old tired game. It is basically identical to last year's, and NFL Gameday 2000 is a much better game. It is still fun, and there is some good gameplay, but there is ot enough improvement to make this worthy of a purchase.

First off, the game itself is pretty good. My problems with it are mostly in documentation. I don't know why, but there's a widespread gaming philosophy that the manuals need not have all the controls listed. I can see that for a game like Mortal Kombat, where finding the hidden controls is half the fun, but in a football game this is just unnecessary irritation.

The controls I'm talking about are things like making the QB spike the ball to stop the clock, or kneel down to run the clock out and end the game. I've lost two games now because I've had to call a running play instead of a kneel down, and my running back fumbled. The player recruitment section is also barely documented in the manual, making it quite difficult to recruit the players you want. Another thing that is badly documented is the player creation section. Selecting different degree majors increases and decreases player stats, but this is not covered anywhere in the manual and it is not intuitive. Since the cover says "make a walk on that can dominate the game" I tried it, and was able to create a running back with an overall stat of 74. Unfortunately, all the running backs already in the game had stats of 80 or better, so there's no domination there.HEY! 989!! THIS IS A PART OF THE GAME, WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT IN THE DARN MANUAL?!?!

The announcer's sayings are also badly programmed. A number of times it's called the wrong defense ("Nebraska showing the nickel package." when I'm in a 4-3 is an example.) and his sayings get annoying after you've heard them a few times, since they're repeated three or four times a quarter.

One of the things that I found to be outstanding with this game is the sportsmanship. Every time you make the poor decision to "show off" you will be penalized for it. The REAL NCAA should follow those guidelines once in a while. (And so should the NFL.) There are also numerous cutscenes of players shaking hands after the game, or helping one another up after a hit. I like this, because I coach youth football, and I have to teach my players what good sportsmanship is a lot of the time.

The interface is easy to use, but it can be difficult to read the offensive formation because most of the camera angles give you a tackle to tackle view from behind the offense. It's also a little tough to figure out what player you want to control on defense. Some of the man to man defenses against certain offenses cause the defenders to line up in odd locations, an it can be difficult to determine which one was the blitzing linebacker, and which was the corner trying to cover a running back.

I'd recommend you get it if you like college football.

ncaa 2000 is a very enjoyable game to play.good graphics and sound.the only complaint i would make is that it is geared more to offense than defense.i am a total novice of when it comes to video games,but i am already towards the end of my second undefeated season and i haven't thrown an interception yet, not to mention the staggering offensive numbers i've been putting up 540yds per game.i am an offensive juggernaut.buy the game for a good fun time,that is only if you like offense.

This is a fun, terrific game. There isn't much in terms of difficulty, but the fun factor, graphics, statistics, and game-play make up for that. Great job by UCLA Head Coach Bob Toledo designing team specific play books. Kudos also go to the game commentary by legendary broadcaster, Keith "Whoe Nellie" Jackson.

I didn't have a playstation, and went over to my buddy's house, he has a playstation, and we had rented this game. The features were so incredible that I immediately began looking into purchasing this game and a playstation console. The fight songs, the crowd, the plays, the stadiums are so realistic. The play moves fast, loved running the option. The authenticity of the size and speed of individuals was also incredible. It's a must have for college football fans. The play has a very electric atmosphere.

This is one entertaining college football game. It has a lot of nice touches added to it, making it a good game.

It is fairly easy to control the players, and the total control method let's you do it all. There seem to be a lot more plays to choose from this year, making it very realistic. The graphics are of high quality, and Keith Jackson doing commentary is an added bonus. I really like all the stadiums, and the weather feature is pretty nice as well. This game pretty much has it all.

Overall, it's a pretty decent game that is a lot of fun to play, and it's very offensive-minded. You will enjoy it, especially if you are a college football fan.

This game is fun when you learn how to play it the best feature is the historic teams in which I play with Nebraska 95 when Tommie Frazier was the quarterback

decent game for the PS one console Recruiting is a joke to me

on the game but still fun.

Having one friend go to G-Tech and the other to UGA it's an ongoing battle in my house. They change the stadium, weather, skill level and even players for their head-2-head meetings. Myself, I'm a Big East person, so I'll play anyone, but we all agree this game is a blast. Also, having a good selection of plays always makes for interesting moments. The only thing I would change is to give Keith Jackson a co-commentator.

Gamebreaker 2000 is awesome. I say this because the bands play the actual fight songs for each college, it has realistic graphics, and it is next to impossible to overthrow, or underthrow, or just generally miss a reciever. Overall, I'd say Gamebreaker 2000=fun.