NCAA 2004 Review PS2

[@bigbenchusapltx]

I saw the name of your channel and instantly liked and subscribed! As a 37yr old gamer dad, this game is cherished part of my HS years. Lee Corso saying "he can scoot!" is burned into my brain, lol. great video.

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Thanks for watching. Agreed these games are a special part of my life with so many good memories tied to them.

[@travissimmons174]

Ps2 era was the greatest era for sports gaming..

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

We had it so good back then

[@travissimmons174]

@@LameDadRetroGamer u aint lyin. I still have my ps2 lol.. All the 05/2K5 games.. Arguably the greatest year in sports gaming history (2004)

[@VX1_l]

Still deeper than Cfb 2025

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

@@VX1_l I agree with you on this. I am enjoying CFB25 but I was really expecting more

[@GameCubeGalaxy]

I have to say man, reviewing sports games are your bread and butter. The knowledge and passion you have for this is clearly evident, and has me intrigued to fire this game up one day soon. Also, lmao at the StarCraft box scene 🤣. Great review man!

[@TigerChainsawVideoGames]

I would agree that the NCAA games were more fun than Madden. I think it has a lot to do with the atmosphere around college football and the traditions, rivalries, and different stadiums. Interesting that you mention playing on higher difficulties results in the pocket collapsing faster. That's something I probably wouldn't have noticed but I did notice that coverage is much tighter instead of your receivers getting open by three yards. While I'm very nostalgic for this era of sports video games, the AI just cheats when you ramp up the difficulty. I'm not sure how they could have tweaked it but IMO it's much less based on skill when the difficulty is cranked up, and just sheer luck of how much you can stop the COM from cheating. Oh wow, I totally forgot about the Sports Illustrated portion... that stuff used to jack me up so much. I miss those details in sports video games. As you know, my first ever PS2 game was NCAA Football 2002 and I played that for an infinite amount of hours. Never got another college football game afterward but that series was great. I hope if it ever returns it comes back to the core gameplay and presentation that made it so special to begin with. Nice video, LD.

[@BigJ-Bone1800]

I honestly think that 04to 06 where the best years for this game I just think 14 gets so much hype because it was the last one but honestly the way the players run on 13 and 14 makes me sick the motion wasn’t realistic to me.

[@PoolPartyPapi]

I still play the classics on PCSX2 on my PC, it scales it up to 2K at 60FPS as well. These games kill anything out today STILL

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

They are so much better than anything released today. Thanks for watching!!!

[@oaklandtraphouse]

Facts brother untouchable

[@KeethOcelot]

I’m an anarco-communist gender fluid Buddhist vegan person of colour that’s from Seattle...I absolutely love the fact that someone like you and someone like me can connect with shit like this..mad respect to you man and big ups. Glad I found your channel

[@KeethOcelot]

@@pipingpepsi6665 damn right

[@KNR6292]

Go Huskies

[@KeethOcelot]

@@KNR6292 go dawgs

[@PJ.Rob06]

Bro you're joking 😂😂😂 checking every DEI box

[@KeethOcelot]

@ every single one

[@PaulGaither]

2001-2004 [NCAA/Madden 2002-2005] felt like a lifetime, and in some ways it was. Then you had the whole ESPN 2k5 and exclusive license nad switch to Xbox 360 and so forth. It was never the same again.

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

No it has never been the same. I really wish Madden would try and duplicate the ESPN broadcast now as I think that would go a very long way

[@PaulGaither]

@LameDadRetroGamer - To be fair, in Madden 13 or 14, they copied CBS with Jim Nantz and Phil Sims. They worked with the TV crews where cameras were; they already had the stadiums built since Madden 2006 and made the press box accurate to each stadium; the end of the 1st and 3rd quarters had the then stylized commercial break cut and return anggles and replays. It was good, but everyone hated 13 and didn't give 14 a chance, and it was forgotten. Go check it out JUST FOR PRESENTATION and tell me what you think.

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Yea 13 was terrible. I will have to check it out as I am curious. I know NCAA did the whole ESPN presentation for a few years which was really nice but not much since then. Yea hearing Phil Sims and Jim Nantz wasn't terrible.

[@kiudcalvin99]

Loved this vid man! Keep it up

[@WhatAG23]

This game was my childhood since it came with our PS2

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

It's such a classic and so easy to go back to.

[@PaulGaither]

Unfortunately, NCAA Football 2004 on the original Xbox has a bug where the draft classs are corupted when transfered to Madden. They only work on PS2 and Gamecube. I read that EA offered some kind of a disc swap, and I don't remember which was to blame - the college game way it saved filed or how Madden read them - but if you don't specifically have that replacement disc, you are out of luck.

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

I had no idea about the bug

[@PaulGaither]

@LameDadRetroGamer - I have a softmodded xbox and ran into the problem 2 years ago. I looked it up, and there are archived threads and conversations about it + an archived reply by EA from 2003. Back in the day, I played on Game Cube and never had this problem back then.

[@Thomas_4308]

I love this game I currently got it from a PS2 and honestly I love it. But however there's some stuff that is really gets under my skin with this game. I don't know if you guys have the same issue but if you have more than a 2-minute game your game can sometimes phrases for a couple seconds or just could be completely Frozen.

[@ozzymandias7649]

Question, you mention a stretched image, but also an HDMI. I really only have familiarity with 05/06. But in each of those games there is an option for widescreen display. You might already be aware of that, but if not it greatly improves the experience on modern displays.

[@alijordanx8954]

The very 1st NCAA football game I’ve ever brought NCAA Football 04 is where it all started

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

And a fantastic game for you to get started with

[@HakeemTheDream616]

Greatest sports game ever

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

It's an absolute banger. Thanks for watching

[@Maal7432]

In the early 00s Live was better than 2K, but NCAA 2004 is underrated. Could be the best one. My user skills in this game is crazy.

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

I agree it's definitely one of the best in the series. NBA Live had some great years as well. Being a rockets fan I loved seeing Steve Francis on the cover of Live 2002

[@Iam123-i5j]

I love the qbs pocket presense in this game.

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Such a fantastic game. Thanks for checking it out

[@Brazil144hopeful]

You aint lien brother it was a great time to be alive. I myself didn't realize how good we had it in gaming back then

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

We had it so good. Better times back then

[@pro100]

Amazing game! How about the lower level D2 games or non ranked games that didn't have any tv coverage thus no play by play commentary during gameplay. This game had it all!

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

I remember that aspect! I played a lot as UH and there was never any commentary. Such a classic game, truly one of my all time favorites

[@aevi09]

thats the game that had the new facemasks and dreadlocks

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Hell yes it did!!!

[@danheath2913]

I just finished a dynasty w umass , won heisman with a 72 over WR , finished with 3500 yards and 27 touchdowns. Great game. Hardest level on this video is very challenging to say the least especially with a garbage team like umass

[@DaveShow]

6:00 Florida State looks awful! How many different shades of garnet and gold is that?

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

At least 37 LOL 😂

[@jasonr.6428]

GREATEST games during that time period!! Wtf happened?? 🤦‍♂️ I REALLY hope NCAA 25 knocks it out of the park!!

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Agreed! These games were bangers and some of the best in the series. Hopefully 25 is decent and not a half @$$ Madden clone

[@gullpayne]

Not ever played an American football game but this looks fun 👍

[@GenerationPixel]

Strangely enough NCAA wasn't a thing over here 😂 I have a NTSC PS2 now, so perhaps I can give them a look now 😉

[@TheNwalters0]

And brad nessler

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Yup absolutely

[@CJRealHoops1]

7:12 poltergeist confirmed!

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

They're here!!!!!!

[@FostersHomeFG]

video gets a like just because wayne

[@op_steph]

NBA live was better than 2k for a while when I was a kid probably till 06 when 2k made all the games $19

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

2k was going for the kill when they pushed out their games at $20.

[@aevi09]

brock berlin was NOT that fast

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

That wasn't Brock lol but good catch

[@rcgodandretti2017]

Everyone was fast in the game

[@rcgodandretti2017]

Then a xbox game falls off hahaha

[@LameDadRetroGamer]

Just got to roll with it sometimes

[@rcgodandretti2017]

@@LameDadRetroGamer just had to do it for the playstation people keep up the good work