NCAA Football 2004

NCAA Football 2004 is an American football video game released in 2003 by Tiburon. It is the successor to NCAA Football 2003 in the NCAA Football series. The player on the cover is former USC quarterback Carson Palmer. The game is available for play with the N-Gage. Commentators are Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso. The game is an EA Sports Bio game, and is compatible with other games with the feature (Madden NFL 2004 and NASCAR Thunder 2004, for example).^[2]

NCAA Football 2004
North American cover art for PS2 Pictured: Carson Palmer
Developer(s)	EA Tiburon, Exient Entertainment (N-Gage)
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	NCAA Football
Platform(s)	Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, N-Gage
Release	GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox NA: July 15, 2003[1] N-Gage NA: December 10, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game's gameplay is similar to NCAA Football 2003, but with updated player stats and rosters. Players can rename players or create their own college team. If the player named the school after one of the schools in the game, the announcers use its name and fight song in the game. The game features new on-field presentation features such as players walking out of their locker room area and then onto the field behind a group of flag bearers. It also features player touchdown celebrations which can result in a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(PS2) 93.27%[3] (Xbox) 91.33%[4] (GC) 90.42%[5] (N-Gage) 62.75%[6]
Metacritic	(PS2) 94/100[7] (GC) 89/100[8] (Xbox) 88/100[9] (N-Gage) 65/100[10]

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	9.17/10[12]
Game Informer	(PS2) 8.75/10[13] (GC) 8.5/10[14]
GamePro	[15]
GameRevolution	(PS2) A−[16] B+[17]
GameSpot	(PS2) 8.8/10[18] 8.3/10[19] (N-Gage) 5.5/10[20]
GameSpy	[21][22] (GC) 86%[23] (N-Gage) [24]
GameZone	(PS2) 9.6/10[25] (GC) 9/10[26] (Xbox) 8.8/10[27]
IGN	(PS2) 9.1/10[28] 9/10[29] (N-Gage) 5.6/10[30]
Nintendo Power	4.8/5[31]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[32]
The Village Voice	8/10[33]

Reception

The game's reviews varied across consoles. According to video game review aggregator Metacritic, the PlayStation 2 release received "universal acclaim"^[7] and the GameCube and Xbox releases received "generally favorable" reviews,^[9][8] while the N-Gage release's reviews were "average".^[10]

GameSpot named NCAA Football 2004 the best PlayStation 2 game of July 2003.^[34]

During the 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated NCAA Football 2004 for "Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year", which was ultimately awarded to Madden NFL 2004.^[35]

The game sold 550,000 copies in its first two weeks.^[36]

References

1. "Game of the Month: July 2003". IGN. July 31, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
2. Randy MacGruder (September 23, 2003). "NASCAR Thunder 2004 (PS2)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
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4. "NCAA Football 2004 for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
5. "NCAA Football 2004 for GameCube". GameRankings. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
6. "NCAA Football for N-Gage". GameRankings. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
7. "NCAA Football 2004 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
8. "NCAA Football 2004 for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
9. "NCAA Football 2004 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
10. "NCAA Football 2004 (ngage: 2003): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
11. Jonathan Sutyak. "NCAA Football 2004 (Xbox) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
12. EGM staff (August 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 (PS2)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. p. 118.
13. Matthew Kato (June 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 122. p. 102. Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
14. Matthew Kato (July 2004). "NCAA Football 2004 (GC)". Game Informer. No. 123. p. 111. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
15. Air Hendrix (July 14, 2003). "NCAA College Football (GC, PS2, Xbox)". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
16. Joe Dodson (August 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
17. Joe Dodson (August 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 (Xbox, GC)". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
18. Giancarlo Varanini (July 16, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
19. Giancarlo Varanini (July 16, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 Review (GC, Xbox)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
20. Alex Navarro (December 16, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 Review (N-Gage)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
21. Adam Pavlacka (July 26, 2003). "GameSpy: NCAA Football 2004 (PS2)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
22. Adam Pavlacka (July 26, 2003). "GameSpy: NCAA Football 2004 (Xbox)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
23. Adam Pavlacka (July 26, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 (GCN)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
24. Justin Leeper (January 7, 2004). "GameSpy: NCAA Football (NNG)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
25. Michael Knutson (July 25, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
26. Michael Lafferty (July 24, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 - GC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
27. Tim Surette (July 28, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
28. Jon Robinson (July 16, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 (PS2)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
29. Jon Robinson (July 16, 2003). "NCAA Football 2004 Review (GCN, Xbox)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
30. Chadd Chambers (March 23, 2004). "NCAA Football 2004 Review (NNG)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
31. "NCAA Football 2004". Nintendo Power. Vol. 173. October 2003. p. 138.
32. Chris Baker (August 2003). "NCAA Football 2004". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. p. 100. Archived from the original on March 29, 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
33. Nick Catucci (July 29, 2003). "Spaceballs". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
34. The Editors of GameSpot (August 1, 2003). "GameSpot's Month in Review: July 2003". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 8, 2004.
35. "2004 Awards Category Details Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
36. Kasses, Glenn (August 16, 2003). "Video game has best of college football". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 22. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• NCAA Football 2004 at MobyGames