by busta_cap on Sun Nov 16, 2003 8:03 am
Picked the game up yesterday in Houston, TX @ Best Buy - Willowbrook. All CompUSAs in the area are sold out, but Fry's and Best Buy have plenty in stock.
Right out of the box, the gameplay and ratings are better than untweaked 2003 (not as much running and blocking), and the play-by-play and color commentary (Marv Albert and Mike Fratello) is the best I've ever heard in a sports game, very responsive to in-game action and trends.
Runs perfectly smooth with no choppiness or delays in 1024x768x32 on an Athlon 1.2Ghz, 512Mb ram, 64Mb Geforce 4 Mx440 with Detonator drivers, Win2K.
So far, I love the new defensive capabilities and evolutionary improvements over 2003.
Athlon 64 3500+ | MSI KN8 Neo4 Platinum mb | 2gb Corsair VS PC3200 | BFG Geforce 6800GT OC | WD 160gb SATA | Maxtor 250gb SATA | Seagate External 320gb | Plextor PX-740A 16x DVD+/-RW | Sony CRX-320E DVD/CDRW 52x | Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case | Aspire 520w dual fan PSU | Logitech Z640 5.1 speakers (72w) | Logitech Cordless MX kb | Logitech MX-518 mouse | Logitech Dual Action controller | Logitech Extreme 3D Pro stick | Logitech Premium Stereo Headset