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NCAA Football 2003 (Xbox)

The College Game: Feel all the pageantry with over 200 fight songs, 3D cheerleaders, and 117 Division I-A schools. My Favorite Team: Personalize the game interface based on your team's fight song, mascot, logos, and school colors. Build A Dynasty: Create your own school and schedule, recruit star athletes, and redshirt developing players to build a national powerhouse. Rivalry Mode: Beat your school's archrival and win one of 23 coveted trophies. Trophy Room: Display up to 59 total trophies including conference championships and individual player awards. [EA Sports]

EA Sports
Sports
Players: 4
E (Everyone)
Developer: Tiburon
Released July 23, 2002

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

90 / 100

Critic Reviews

100	GamePro 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.
100	Maxim Online 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.
94	Gamers' Temple As for control, it is fluid and precise.
91	GameSpy The overall depth and lasting appeal to be had in NCAA Football 2003 is unmatched by any game, on any platform, including its big NFL brother.
91	Game Revolution Now players can create their own school. Logos, fight songs, playbooks and, of course, players are all at your disposal in what is the most comprehensively immersive college football game mode I've ever seen.
90	Operation Sports A lot of fun and the depth of features is beyond compare. Easily one of the most immersive football titles made to date.
90	Team Xbox Arguably the best football game on the market.
89	GameZone The animation is exceptional, and the options package is certain to give fans of this sport many enjoyable hours of total gridiron immersion.
89	IGN Casual gamers, hardcore sports fans, RPG fans and trenchcoat-wearing weirdos should all have a go at NCAA Football 2003, because it's the best thing going.
89	Armchair Empire One area the game is really stellar is the challenge given by the CPU artificial intelligence. This game pushes you and makes you sweat to win, especially when it comes to contests against ranked opponents and when squaring off in a rivalry game.
88	GameSpot The rivalry games are incredibly entertaining, and the dynasty mode adds a tremendous amount of replay value to an already great game.
88	Official Xbox Magazine The Dynasty mode in NCAA 2003 is better than any franchise mode in any of the pro games on the market. [Sept 2002, p.99]
80	Xbox Nation Magazine Perhaps the finest college football game ever made. [Oct 2002, p.117]
80	GamePen Even with the XBOX being the most powerful console, frame rate problems still plague the game...Still fun to play even with the AI problems and control scheme on the XBOX.