NCAA Final Four 99
- January 01, 2000 00:00 AM PST
When the final buzzer sounds, Final Four's fast action outlasts March madness' features to take the title. If you must decide on one game this season, you can't go wrong with NCAA Final Four '99 - it's a diaper-dandy, baby!
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Bluegrass Bomb
Final Four laces up the Chucks for play in three standard game modes and four difficulty levels� with a lineup of over 290 Division I teams! Yep, you read correctly. Powerhouses like the SEC's UK Wildcats and the PAC 10's Stanford Cardinals can now mix it up with the likes of the OVC's Tennessee State Tigers and the Big Sky's Sacramento State Hornets. With such a wealth of teams available, there's almost no end to the Cinderella stories that can be created on these courts.
Unfortunately, while Final Four overpowers March Madness with such a huge selection of teams, it doesn't eclipse MM's features. For starters, Final Four is devoid of any kind of Dynasty mode (which means no recruiting). You also won't find an end-of-year conference tournament, a Practice mode, or a three-point shootout. And, disappointing as it seems, there are no women's or historical teams. Lastly, Final Four is missing a create-a-player feature (although you can tweak the names and numbers of the players on your squad).
The Heart of a Champ
Fortunately for Final Four, whatever it lacks in features, it more than makes up for with killer gameplay, awesome graphics, and straightforward controls. Final Four jumps out the gym with its bomb-ass player models--dangerously fast point guards and hulked-out power forwards run these courts with lethal quickness, delivering ankle-breaking crossovers and in-your-face rim-rockin' slams. Final Four's motion-capture is second to none--you'll be amazed at how fast and lifelike these virtual athletes move.
The game's controls are solid and easy to get used to--the analog stick is a dream, and the juke moves work great--but they contain one major shortcoming: You can't perform a jump-pass. This is extremely frustrating, especially if your opponent's small forward flies through the lane at the last minute to block your seemingly uncontested shot. Once you get used to this control quirk, though, you'll FInd that Final Four's awesome gameplay compensates for it.
Last-Shot Heroics
When the FInal buzzer sounds, Final Four's fast action outlasts March Madness's features to take the title. If you must decide on one game this season, you can't go wrong with NCAA Final Four '99--it's a diaper-dandy, baby!
