NIT??

[Dash]

Is there a NIT in NCAA 2004

[Gators]

nope

[joshuahuskers]

I really wish this game was on my gamecube!! does anyone know if there are any plans to take it to the 'cube next year?

[robino2001]

no cube as far as i know..... from what i understand, it was lucky it made it to xbox for 2004

[Dash]

joshuahuskers said:

I really wish this game was on my gamecube!! does anyone know if there are any plans to take it to the 'cube next year?

I would think so...I am surprised they didn't make it this year

[joshuahuskers]

seems we have conflicting stories

i mean NCAA football is on all 3 platforms...why not MM...does it not sell as well or something?

[BSUBroncofan]

joshuahuskers said:

I really wish this game was on my gamecube!! does anyone know if there are any plans to take it to the 'cube next year?

You should get ESPN college hoops if it is available. I find it a WAY better game than MM. It does have some minor glitch problems, but they don't really hurt the gameplay.

[joshuahuskers]

well right now neither of them are on the cube

Im hoping for next year. just one or the other will do!

[DC Admin]

joshuahuskers said:

seems we have conflicting stories

i mean NCAA football is on all 3 platforms...why not MM...does it not sell as well or something?

wow, that might be the understatement of the century.

NCAA Football has always sold much better than MM, that's why it's given more emphasis and hence produced a much better/cleaner game.

Unfortunately for big college b-ball fans like me, it means we suffer and wonder things like why they can't make recruiting in MM exactly like NCAA Football. That said, the recruiting this year seems to be MILES AHEAD of previous versions.

The same could be said of Madden vs NCAA Football. Madden is and always will be EA's flagship game-so it will get all the bells/whistles first. It's just good business.

[BSUBroncofan]

Stephen said:

Unfortunately for big college b-ball fans like me, it means we suffer and wonder things like why they can't make recruiting in MM exactly like NCAA Football. That said, the recruiting this year seems to be MILES AHEAD of previous versions.

Have you tried the recruiting in ESPN College Hoops? I personally think it is the best recruiting system I have used for any game. It goes throughout the whole season and is easy to find the players you need and who want you.

[Terps2k3]

Stephen said:

wow, that might be the understatement of the century.

NCAA Football has always sold much better than MM, that's why it's given more emphasis and hence produced a much better/cleaner game.

Unfortunately for big college b-ball fans like me, it means we suffer and wonder things like why they can't make recruiting in MM exactly like NCAA Football. That said, the recruiting this year seems to be MILES AHEAD of previous versions.

The same could be said of Madden vs NCAA Football. Madden is and always will be EA's flagship game-so it will get all the bells/whistles first. It's just good business.

I think MM2004 has much better gameplay than ESPN (I've played both), but the recruting process is a royal pain in the rump on MM2004. It takes forever to load up each week, and I've frequently recruited 95 OVR guys, which shouldn't happen too often. ESPN destroys MM in recruiting.

[BSUBroncofan]

Terps2k3 said:

I think MM2004 has much better gameplay than ESPN (I've played both), but the recruting process is a royal pain in the rump on MM2004. It takes forever to load up each week, and I've frequently recruited 95 OVR guys, which shouldn't happen too often. ESPN destroys MM in recruiting.

I think the franchise mode in ESPN blows MM away, which is why I buy my sports games.

[DC Admin]

Yeah, I did a little research on both games before I made my purchase. I'm a little biased towards EA's gameplay, but I've always been frustrated with MM's lack of features. Last year I bought Sega's College B-ball 2k3, because MM didn't even have dynasty mode. That really ticked me off.

But I found the gameplay of Sega's version a little klunky and not as fluid and tad slow. Like I said before, I was probably just used to playing EA games.

From what I've read, it's pretty much the consensus that ESPN's has much better sim/dynasty features, but MM's gameplay is better. I was kind of torn between the two, but since I found that I won't finish my seasons if I don't like the gameplay, I decided on MM. Plus it had the dynasty mode and more teams added this year. While I still don't think it's close to good, I enjoy the gameplay, so I figure I'll keep playing dynasties that way.

The main beefs I have with MM so far (in my limited playing of it so far) are:

- recruiting appears to be too easy (as someone stated above)
- having to pick my fav school EVERY time I enter the game
- create a school doesn't allow full flexibilty in uniforms or mascots.(I'm really ticked about this one)
- editing the player rosters is not very fluid.

Anyone else? I'm sure I'm missing some.

[Gators]

To save your favorite team I think you have to save your settings or something.

One thing I hate is how slow the menus are, it seems like it takes forever to move and to load things

[robino2001]

i agree with gators on the saving....those are my only complaints with the ea bball games is the saving process which is rediculous.

I believe these and FIFA are the only ea games without auto-save features

[BSUBroncofan]

I find the gameplay way more realistic on ESPN. It's also 300% better than last year's version and a lot different. Just my opinion though.