NCAA Football 12

© 2011 EA Sports (Electronic Arts Inc.)
$60, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Teaches: sports, football

CTR Review

Sports sims continue to expand, even moving to encompass the culture surrounding the sport. Case in point, this year's NCAA Football game that is designed to let you go from high school superstar to top college player, and eventually the head coach; providing your knees hold out. Features include Coaching Carousel, where you roam the sidelines as a coach. While in this mode, you start as a coordinator and work your way up. In Conference Customization you create new rivalries and alter the landscape of college by realigning conferences throughout college football. You can build your own 16-team super conference, create conference schedules, and decide BCS bowl tie-ins. New pre-game traditions include the Sooner Schooner and Ramblin’ Wreck. The game also features a new momentum-based collision and tackling system that allows you to control a player through the moment of impact. See also Madden NFL 12.