8.8 /10 1 Votes
88% Metacritic Series NCAA Football | 8.7/10 IGN Initial release date 15 July 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre(s) Traditional football simulation Similar NCAA Football games, EA Sports games, Sports games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 oklahoma sooners 1 usc trojans ncaa football 2005 video game
NCAA Football 2005 is an American college football video game which was released on July 15, 2004. It is the successor to NCAA Football 2004 in the NCAA Football series. The product features former Pittsburgh Panthers and current Arizona Cardinals standout wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on the cover. The game is the NCAA Football series released by EA Sports. This would be the final game in the NCAA Football series to be released to the Nintendo Gamecube.
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- 2 oklahoma sooners 1 usc trojans ncaa football 2005 video game
- Ea sports ncaa football 2005 x box game play
- Home field advantage
- Features
- Reception
- References
Ea sports ncaa football 2005 x box game play
Home-field advantage
The main focus of NCAA Football 2005 is home-field advantage. While playing at home is an advantage in any sport, amateur or professional (especially in the playoffs), some say the concept of home-field advantage matters most in college football. Hence, the major addition to the 2005 game is the "Top 25 Toughest Places to Play," compiled by EA Sports. These rankings are based on home winning percentage, average attendance, and "atmosphere" (i.e., fan rowdiness and noise).
Players with the home field advantage on defense can increase the crowd's volume before the snap by repeatedly pressing a certain button on the controller, depending on the system. Likewise, the player with the home field advantage on offense can quiet the crowd with one press of the same button. Crowd noise may affect the quarterback's ability to get an audible across to his other players. If the noise is sufficient, when the quarterback tries to call an audible, one of his teammates will come down to him and gesture that he can't understand him.
Features
Reception
The game was met with very positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 89.45% and 88 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; 88.40% and 89 out of 100 for the Xbox version; and 88.01% and 88 out of 100 for the GameCube version.
