NCAA Football 06

GameSpy

If you're a college football fan, NCAA Football 06 is the game you've been waiting for your whole life. It might even be the best football game ever made, professional or collegiate, which, given the competition for the title, is really saying something.

Console Gameworld

The complete package - high replay value, amazing graphics, and more realistic gameplay make this a superstar hit.

XGP Gaming

As a whole, the Race for the Heisman mode is a welcomed addition to an already superb game.

GameZone

Playing with the Xbox controller is just as responsive and tight as the PS2 one. The gameplay in this is extremely tight, and the game overall goes by with more speed emphasized.

Stuff

This year's installment features overachieving impact players who are highlighted on the field during games, your very own dorm room (where you can check your stats, store your trophies, etc…), and revamped training games that are addictive as beer nuts.

Next Level Gaming

The AI in the game has been greatly improved over last year. People who like to run the same few plays over and over will need to learn to change their game, or they will get left behind.

Gamers' Temple

It’s a feature-rich game backed by solid gameplay that will keep you playing long after bowl season has ended.

TeamXbox

As solid as a football game gets in this generation.

XboxAddict

I would like to see the defensive side of the ball get the ability to go after thrown balls more aggressively, but it’s pretty well balanced overall.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Thankfully, EA has addressed my biggest complaint with last year's addition of NCAA: the visuals. Everything has been touched up. [Aug 2005, p.111]

IGN

Vast improvements have been made to tighten up the gameplay in all the areas it needed most, and the results make this the most accessible and fun football game I've ever played; and I've played them all.

Official Xbox Magazine

A truly fantastic college football game. [Aug 2005, p.88]

Xbox Solution

Football fans have begged for more options and features and the newest NCAA Football 06 delivers!

Gaming Age

By far the best college football game to date.

Armchair Empire

There's no doubt that NCAA Football 06 lives up to the pre-release hype and keeps the dynasty going by staying on top and garnering yet another title as the best college football game around.

Gaming Target

A great game, though not quite as good as those glory days of 2003 and 2004, when the series was simply amazing.

Talk Xbox

The gameplay and replay value of this game is incredibly strong, and the control scheme and audio are icing on the cake.

Worth Playing

There is an incredible amount of depth, replay value, and fun to be found on this one disc.

DailyGame

Forget that it’s the only college football game for a minute and just bask in the glory of a well-executed title.

DarkStation

The game plays much better then last year's game, and overall ha[s] a great look and feel to it that most people are just going to love.

GamerFeed

The quality of this year's edition is unparalleled, especially when it comes to the heaping amount of modes included (Race For the Heisman in itself is stellar) and the gameplay that EA Tiburon has been working on for years to perfect.

Cheat Code Central

With great new moves, excellent graphics, plenty of deep, exciting modes including a variety of mini-games, NCAA Football 06 comes highly recommended. If you passed on last year's game this is definitely the year to buy.

GamePro

The game successfuly builds on accomplishments of the series' earlier installments without becoming stale and outdated (thanks mostly to the awesome new play modes.) [Sept 2005, p.84]

GameSpot

The improved game balance and new features make NCAA Football 06 arguably the best in the series, as well as a game that's a must-have for college football fanatics.

Inside Gamer Online

The game is a huge improvement over its predecessor... To put it to plain and simple words; NCAA Football 06 is the best game in the series.

Game Informer

A lot of fun to play, but it's more of a 12-yard run on first down instead of the 40-yard bomb down the field. [Aug 2005, p.96]

1UP

A few in-game glitches and some questionable exploits slow down the game's momentum and keep it from becoming the true football fanatic's obsession.

netjak

If this is the way EA is going to approach the development of their sports games, then perhaps the next college football game they release should be "NCAA Football 08." At least it would save me $50.

Game Revolution

It’s silly to think that a team like USC, with so many returning stars, would have the same number of impact players as Cal. Instead of picking a lucky number and binding every team to it, the designers should have bound the number of impact players to some transitional stat, like returning upper-classmen.

Xbox Evolved

If you are a casual gamer who can wait for Madden you should probably just wait.

3DAvenue

NCAA 06 only sees release in the US, which is unfortunate because it is arguably the best gridiron experience on offer gameplay wise - the game feels alive and completely random, and while this can at times become a negative for realism sake, it still makes for some truly awesome gameplay.

G4 TV

NCAA Football 06’s refined approach seems to cater most to the hardcore college football fan rather than the casual sports enthusiast.

Game Over Online

While the inclusion of the Race for the Heisman mode was an incredibly ambitious move, along with some of the other tweaks made to the game, NCAA Football 06 manages to carry them off rather well.

Operation Sports

There’s nothing revolutionary here, and nothing that advances the genre, but this is the best NCAA yet.

Maxim Online

The most fun comes in the game's "Race for the Heisman," an all-new game mode separate from, but similar to, "Dynasty."

My Gamer

For Xbox owners, this version is especially enticing since the graphical bugs of NCAA Football 2005 are fixed. It's a bit disappointing, though, that the game feels like it’s not living up to its potential.

Computer Games Magazine

When EA Sports decides to fix what's broken, specifically the dropped passes and deep passing game, it'll have another A-list football game on its hands. [Oct 2005, p.89]

GameShark

Has some great features on paper, but when played out, it underperforms and seems to be more gimmick than fun. The game excels as a multiplayer football game online or with a friend. As a simulation or for a stat gamer, the game fails miserably.