NCAA Football 09 for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

There were some needed improvements over last years title, and here are a few examples:

Field/stadium:
PROS: Looks better especially during snow games. During blowouts the fans disperse. Lighting is very nice especially during cold and early evening (sunset) games.
CONS: There is no field degradation over time. Bad teams start each game with a sold out stadium.

Game play Graphics:
PROS: Hip flexion (they don't have broomsticks for spines). More variety in catching and celebration graphics. Cheerleaders, I know it's fluff and stuff but they are the most realistic and natural moving animations in the game.
CONS: Players have no awareness of sidelines (they step out of bounds too often when attempting a juke or spin near the sidelines). Awkward dive animation (they cross their legs before they dive and it takes too long for the player to dive).

Dynasty:
PROS: New recruitment option to allow the CPU take care of some of the more tedious options (like feeling out what the player is interested in during phone calls). You can improve a bad team year after year, and your national rankings start top 5 the year after winning a National Championship (unlike last year when a bad team would win, then the next year you would start ranked in the 40-50's).
CONS: Special games don't feel special. After winning the National Championship nothing special happens (just a pop-up stating congratulations for winning the National Championship). Commentary for the most part seems recycled from previous titles.

Gameplay:
PROS: Harder to score inside the 10 yard line. Homefield advantage; you actually have a harder time beating the home team (especially at the "hardest places to play").
CONS: Pass defense is weak (especially in zone coverage). Pass completion% way too high; for fun I maxed out all of my DB's ratings, and the small school (bad) QB still got an 80%.

Overall it is a good game and an improvement over last years title, but EA still has some work to do.