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Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: NCAA Football 2003 delivers the tradition and spirit of college football's storied programs with intense rivalries, authentic stadium atmospheres, and realistic gameplay. You'll choose from 117 Division 1-A and 27 Division 1-AA schools across the country, or create your own, and then coach your school through a variety of game modes. In Dynasty mode, you can recruit the best athletes, redshirt your developing players, and use TV exposure to gain status as you build a dominating force in the NCAA. NCAA Football 2003 also features a variety of new moves--including play fakes, spins, and one-foot toe drag--which you must master in order to reach the championship. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Its fast and realistic action should make any joystick jock forget how badly his team is doing in real life, and the endless Dynasty mode will make classes optional for months.
  2. 100
    The three versions of NCAA are virtually identical... The main points involve graphics, and the Xbox version clearly looks the best, sporting the crispest details, richest colors, and best lighting.
  3. As for control, it is fluid and precise.
  4. Perhaps the finest college football game ever made. [Oct 2002, p.117]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. CaseyF.
    10
    This game can be played for hours upon end! Great party game to set up a tournament and play until you have a champion. Perfect game to play during the college football season. Collapse
  2. MatC.
    10
    This game can be tweaked a little, but not too much is needed. This has to be THE BEST sports title in the history of console gaming. Completely immersive, and the play by play is BY FAR the best ever made for a console. It's awesome! Can't wait till this becomes playable on Live - that's the only big omission. Once again, this title is worth the jack. If I were in school still, this thing would have me in the dorms, munching cheezypoofs, and on academic probation! Expand
  3. BryD.
    7
    Terrific Game! I did wonder why they didn't include the create a play option like in Madden 2003. That would have made it perfect!
  4. JoeS.
    3
    Great game, but marred by countless disc error malfunctions. Shame, really.

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