The audio in NCAA 2007 is everything it should be. The sound effects sound realistic but loud enough that they can actually be heard. There is a constant roar from a seemingly always-rowdy crowd, which grows louder depending on how your “Momentum Meter” is doing. If the home team gets near the red zone the audible level goes up which makes the gamer get more excited, it’s a very nice effect. All the team fight songs are in the game as usual, along with some team-specific chants that come out of the stands during a game. Once again the commentary gets very repetitive and annoying after only a few games, something that EA has been unable to fix since the origin of the NCAA series. Obviously everything sounds better with a 5.1 surround sound setup but even with the most basic audio speakers NCAA 2007 wins some points in the audio department.
Final Word
It is true that there are a lot of sports games out there for the Xbox 360 right now; it seems to be the only genre that is not hurting for quantity of titles these days. Unfortunately many sports titles are often rushed to meet deadlines and thus suffer the consequences of being a lackluster game. College football fans can rejoice because NCAA 2007 doesn’t fall into that lackluster category, this is the sports game to own if you’re not a Madden fanatic. After putting a good ten hours of gameplay into NCAA Football 2007 I can honestly say that it is the best one of the series. Maybe it is the beautiful graphics or the insanely fun multiplayer; it could be the Dynasty mode or the feeling I get playing a home game in the ultra-realistic Jordan-Hare stadium. Whatever it is, EA won some major points with me this time around. College football season doesn’t start for a few more weeks but EA’s NCAA Football 2007 will give me something to do until that time for the first live game.
