Thoughts on the March Madness 08 demo and videos
After playing through the demo a few more times my impressions of it are below. I've also recorded the full demo played through two times and added those videos for everyone to watch.
Ever since the info on March Madness 08 started coming out they've been pushing the idea of how they slowed the game speed down. That concerned me heading into the demo because it almost felt as if they were conditioning people for it so that it wouldn't be such a major shock in how different the game was go...
All about March Madness 08 Dynamic Post Moves
One of the biggest improvements to the March Madness series this year is the Dynamic Post Play. A new producer blog with a gameplay video from IGN and a video breakdown of the feature by Billy Donovan recently came out to go over it in more detail.
The producer blog can be found here. It basically just expands upon what is talked about by Billy Donovan in the video that demonstrates the feature.
Everything about the Dynamic Post Play sounds great, especially having options on the defen...
March Madness 08 hands-on and gameplay videos
IGN has posted up a hands-on preview as well as three new gameplay videos. Below are a few excerpts and my thoughts on them.
The intensity controls that were in last year's title are back again, and perform pretty much identically. You can still build up your intensity meter in an effort to rile up the crowd, your teammates, the other team, or yourself with a quick press of the left bumper and a flick of the right stick.
I liked that to a certain extent last year. It helped make the atmosp...
March Madness 08 trailer and producer blog
IGN has posted up an official trailer for March Madness 08 as well as a producer blog featuring Sean O'Brien.
In the blog he goes over in detail some the new features for this year. He covers the Dynamic Post Play, classic teams, atmosphere/commentary. You can check it out here.
There were a couple interesting pieces of info revealed in the blog. The demo will be released on November 19th for the 360 and PS3. Surely not a coincidence, that is the day before rival College Hoops 2K8 is ...