All Pro Football 2K8 - Texas T-Rex

These are pictures of my first created team in NFL2k8. The Texas T-Rex. Named after Aidan's favorite - dinos. Thought the uniforms were pretty sleek. I was going after a Texas Tech look combined with Astros colors. Brick Red, Black, and Sand.
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Gold - (QB) Steve Young, (TE) Iron Mike Ditka

Silver - (WR) Charley Taylor, (CB) Lester Hayes, (SS) Dick Anderson

Bronze - (T) Joe Jacoby, (DE) Dexter Manley, (CB) Terry McDaniel, (HB) Barry Foster, (WR) Wesley Walker, (FS) Nolan Cromwell

It's been a nice team so far. Young really can run well. He's gotten me a lot of first downs on short yardage vs. man coverage. Ditka is a HORSE. He runs so well with the ball after catches. I went heavy on DBs with this team. I just want to keep the other team from lighting up the score board and give my squad a chance. If I could make a tweak, I might trade a DB or two for another lineman. But, still learning with this group. Have yet to use Anderson's play stealing ability. I will try that tomorrow.

Playing All-Pro Football 2K8

I have been real busy tonight playing my new Xbox360 football game: All-Pro Football 2K8. I am loving it. Great concept. Great game play. A lot of fun.

Creating your own team is neat. I made a team of all Steelers:

Gold - Lambert, Woodson
Silver - Lloyd, Dawson, Greenwood
Bronze - Green (TE), Hoge, Foster, Noll (LB), O'Donnell, Thigpen

Pretty neat to be able to change their uniform to match the Steelers. The name in the game is the Pittsburgh Ironmen. Neat stuff. I actually am pretty good running Barry Foster. The D is awesome with Greenwood on the line, Lloyd and Lambert at LB, and Woodson in the secondary. Sad thing is, Chuck Noll (the player, he played for the Browns, but coached the Steelers) doesn't get to play much because of the depth chart. I'll have to work on that.

Loving the game though. I have to relearn video football. I have been tainted these past couple of years with trying to convert to Madden. That's over. Thank God.

I saw this online tonight:

Definitely a sick part of the game. There is a team in the game called the "Slashers." If you put OJ on it... when he scores a TD he can do a celebration where he slashes across his throat. Not cool. IMHO they should have left OJ out.

Otherwise, I love what I see. I am forcing myself to go to bed now. Otherwise I might be up playing all night.

All Pro Football 2k8

Cover of the game. Looks great. Nice animated shot of Jerry Rice, John Elway, and Barry Sanders. Best part about the game is how they are adding a huge number of legend players. 2K sports does not have the rights to the NFL or team names, but the game is fully customizable and it won't be long until there are files available with current teams, players, uniforms and stadiums. Until then, I will be happy to play in the 2k8 universe a bit. You customize and draft your own team from the legends and players they added to the game. The goal is to create and draft the best team.


This is a nice side-by-side shot of the Madden08 cover boy (VY is certain to break a leg now that he is the Madden cover boy) and a screen from 2K8. Interesting. Screens mean little when it comes to game play though and 2K8 should have that down. I just can't stand the Madden degradation of NextGen football. :(


This looks like a signature Emmitt Smith move to me. Scores and points to the stands with the ball under his arm. Looks perfect. Signature moves like this from legends will be cool. Can't wait to see Chuck Knoll and Gregg Lloyd!


Here are the 3 cover boys at the midfield coin flip before a game. Looks cool. Can't wait to see this game!


Johnny Unitas lives!

I am totally pumped for this game to come out for the 360. Of course, I'll need to get my 360 back from being fixed. Hopefully that'll happen next week. Seeing all the old Sega NFL 2K footage as I have been reading about the 2k8 game online in forums makes me really wish I would have kept my old Xbox and been able to play the old 2K games on it. I made a big mistake trading it in. But, who would have thought I would have this much trouble keeping a 360 working?

Regardless, it is costing me 0$ to get it fixed. So I won't complain. I just need July 17th to get here already! It will be great because that's the week I come back from my conference in San Diego. I'll be ready to play!

Friday night/Saturday morning at 1am SPIKE TV will have the first footage of this game on tv. I can't wait to see it.
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Great news... All-Pro Football 2k8 is coming!

I have hated Madden for a long time. I have tried my best to convert to it this year because it is the only football game in town. But, it has done nothing but frustrate me. This is the best video game news I have heard in a LONG, LONG time:2KSports announces ALL-PRO Football 2K8

Many sports game fans likely remember the date as one where the landscape of the football gaming world dramatically changed. On that date the announcement was made that Electronic Arts had secured exclusive video game rights to the NFL, effectively cutting the NFL 2K series out of the race. Despite predictions of doom and gloom, and the series' two-year absence from store shelves, it seems you can't keep a good football series down. Today's official announcement of All-Pro Football 2K8, a game long-rumored to be in the works, confirms that the team at 2K Sports is back on the virtual gridiron, preparing a football game that looks to make up for what it lacks in officially licensed teams and logos with the kind of hard-hitting, authentic gameplay the series has built its reputation on.

I am pumped! Great News.

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