New to College Hoops 2k8

[tril]

when it comes to recruiting. make sure you have a coach with at least a b+ recruiting capability.

a 5 star recruit is harder to recruit with lower ranked coaches.

if playing a closed legacy

pending on teh school you are using, plan for the future.
look at your current roster and see who will graduate ina few years, find top recruits in your home state who are sophomores or juniors put them on the target list, (target list: press the the start button on the recruit page)

size and potential matters in this game. so make sure you scout appropriately.
find serviceable big men. size in the paint matters. Ive had plenty of 1 and 2 star bigs who filled their role.

red shirt walk ons that are low ranked but have high potential. role players are just as important as a team stacked with a few blue chippers.

make sure you train your players. not only does your team improve throughout the legacy mode, but so does every other team.

be prepared to see a bunch of upsets in the tourney, in conference play etc.

11 years in since Ive had this game and I still see new animations. gameplay never gets old.

in addition, someone created a playbook with motion offenses. find it on line if you can.

players dont stand around. its night and day between the default playbooks and the motion offense play book.

[CujoMatty]

I go back and play a lot of my older games from time to time. 2k8 holds up super well in a lot of ways, most ways to be honest but there is 1 thing that really kills the experience for me. AI behaviour was really lacking in 2007. Lol

I’m not saying this to bad mouth the game because I really enjoy it and really don’t think that even to this day that there has been as complete a game or deep a “franchise” as good as 2k8 that really makes me want to invest years in to.

But I have honestly never seen a sports game have such a manufactured difficulty as this one. Again I really enjoy the game but it can be infuriating at times. Missed layups, out of control steals, blocks, offensive rebounds, litterally everything the game can do to artificially make the game harder it will do. A lot of people will say it mimics real life and I get it. I really do it’s just not that fun to me. I want the cpu to be better if they are a good team not force me to be terrible. I like playing games where my skill is the real determining factor. Luckily managing your team, recruiting and building yourself up to get that dream job is just so well represented that it’s easy for me to forgive the lopsided gameplay when it does happen.

Everything else has actually held up pretty well over time. 2k controls have come a long way since 2k8 but they are servicable. Graphics are dated but they are definitely not terrible. This game really is a college basketball fans ultimate opus.

[TrueSkillz45]

With March Madness in full swing, I decided to dust off my 360 and play some College Hoops 2K8. I remember back in the day I use to play as Duke with a player I created. I did some research into Legacy Mode and seen that you have the option of either an Open or Closed Legacy. For some reason I'm not getting the option for a Open Legacy. If someone can tell me where I need to go or what to do to start an Open Legacy, I would greatly appreciate it. I know this game is 11-12 years old, so some assistance with this matter may be a long shot but figured I'd ask anyway. Thanks.

[R1zzo23]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

in addition, someone created a playbook with motion offenses. find it on line if you can. players dont stand around. its night and day between the default playbooks and the motion offense play book.

I never knew this! I've always used custom playbooks that people made online: balanced, perimeter or post preferences depending on which team I was going up against next and based on their strengths. A motion offense playbook would make things completely different! I'll have to give this a look!

Any idea where to find it?

[sportsgamergt]

Hey y'all, another newbie here. I'm doing an open legacy with Georgia Tech right now, and it is a lot of fun. I love the depth of the game, and I'm going to start a closed legacy once I get a little bit better of a feel for the game. My question is, how can you be good at defense? I tried a zone at first, but teams were draining 3s on me, so I switched to man. That didn't help much, as the opposing team still shoots 50-60% on me every game. Last night I played man to man the whole game against UNC and they shot 70% for the game, 80% from 3. The game is very fun, but not fun when it seems like the CPU makes every single shot it throws up there.

[eyeammine]

Hi! Just got this game for PS3. I hope I am in the right place to ask a very silly question. Why when I start up the game does it always go into a quick game? I am having to let the quick game start and then quit it to get to the main menu. Does that sound right or is there a way to navigation to the main menu right after starting up the game. Thanks!

[Gramps91]

Quote: Originally Posted by eyeammine

Hi! Just got this game for PS3. I hope I am in the right place to ask a very silly question. Why when I start up the game does it always go into a quick game? I am having to let the quick game start and then quit it to get to the main menu. Does that sound right or is there a way to navigation to the main menu right after starting up the game. Thanks!

It's been a year or two since I last fired it up but I don't remember that being the case.

[SonicPower]

Welcome to college hoops 2K8. I just got back in the game in the last month. I was going post some house rules for the game I use but can't start a new thread, so not sure about that. Anyways, so great to see other players still on this game. I just started my new career legacy. Super excited.