All-Pro Football 2k8

APF2K8 is the latest football game released by 2k Sports, since EA has bought the NFL License around 2006-2007. Their last NFL game, NFL2K5, was the final NFL game they could make before the license business. But, 2K Sports had a plan: they had permission to have NFL Legends in a football game, so that’s how things started with 2K8.  

2K8 has over 240 legends that have played in the NFL who are retired now, but are still remembered for their legacies. In the game there are several fictional teams with actual past players. When you first start off, you’ll be asked to create a team. This is mandatory for nearly everything in the game. For choosing your players, there are three tiers of players: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. You need to choose 11 of the three tiers of players. Once you have that set up, you’ll be asked to choose what non-star players have for tendencies, such as a good pass blocking o-line, or deep threat receivers, or elusive backs, whatever. It’s totally up to you what you want to do with your team. Then you get to logos and stadiums, and before you know it, you have a team.

There are many things you can do. You can start up a regular exhibition game, or get to Season mode, or warm up with practice, or go on Xbox Live or Playstation Network. You can also create your own player or edit your team if you want.

Now, on to gameplay. Other reviews would say that the controls are the same as 2K5, but I never played a 2K football game, so the controls are new to me. You have a charge move for quarterbacks, running backs, and defenders. There is also a new type of attribute system, similar to the player weapons introduced in Madden ’08. There is a reach tackle system, and a whole bunch of other features that make this game a good console game.

I do have to say, this game is no Madden, but a bright idea to have NFL legends play in modern times in a video game. 2K Sports has made a pretty good football game. 

Score:

8.7/10