NCAA March Madness 07 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I have played an enormous amount of basketball games in the past including NBA titles and NCAA titles and have been pleased but I have also been mad at a lot of them. This title puts all of the other crapy games to rest. I loved this game from the first time I put it in. Some people say that it is just like all the other ones, but I say that it is not at all like any other basketball title i have played. What I havn't liked about other basketball titles is that the crowd dosn't make a difference in the games, and the players are only as good as the programers made them. This game is different. You can have a terrible player at the start of the game, but then you make a couple of baskets with him, and your team gets on a roll, his composure goes up and so does his all around ability. I love that feature of this game. Also if you are playing very well in a game, you will eventually get an impact moment that will pump up your team and make them play better but at the same time it will make the other team play worse. That is one of the best features of this game. The graphics are great, a 9 out of 10. The online is also very well done for an EA title. 8 out of 10. All around I would give this game a 9-10 out of 10. Great game and a great choice for rental or for purchase. I would never get bored of this game and I don't think that any one will. A great title!!!

I bought this game because I liked the way the graphics looked and the dynasty looked like it could be pretty sweet. On both of these counts March Madness does a pretty good job. The animations are a little stale and I've tried my hardest to get a closer view of the action, and the camera just doesn't adjust any closer.

The dynasty mode is nice, but when the novelty of how it is set up wears off, the actually mechanics behind everything is pretty much the same as any other dynasty mode. It's not bad, though, by any means.

The problem I have with this game is the actual gameplay and controls. The controls just aren't responsive enough, and the lack of icon passing really hurts the game. When you see a player open, and the circle is around that player, often times you press the pass button to get it to him and nothing happens. Moments later, your player passes to an altogether different player. This happens too many times and hurts the gameplay.

I really wanted to like this game, so much so that I bought it before receiving my Gamefly copy and now I am regretting it.

Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game, and I've had some fun playing through a couple of dynasty years, but now it's just gotten old, because the gameplay just brings it down. I guess I'm just spoiled with the gameplay on NBA 2K7. This just doesn't measure up in that area. And in the long run, when you take in to account the animations, the graphics aren't that much better than NBA 2k7 anyway.