All-pro Football 2k8

  

Did you know there was a football game that was not Madden? The whole idea seems surprising. These sports games are synonymous with EA's annual release of the Madden franchise. 2K Games sits at the bottom of the mountain with a bold ambition of giving people a choice in their football games in All-Pro Football 2K8.

The game features a fictional league called the 'All-Pro League', or 'APL'. The APL consists of 24 teams that are grouped into six divisions of four teams each. The league runs a sixteen-game schedule and holds a championship game at the end of the playoffs, similar to the NFL. Since the exclusivity deal the NFL has with EA Sports only covers. You can only make 20 players and 8 teams on a given roster file. However, there is a trick you can use to keep an unlimited number of created teams and players on your hard drive. You can only have 2 Golds, 3 Silvers, and 6 Bronzes on a team, but any of them can be created players if you want. You can make a team using all in-game.

  1. Jul 16, 2007 All-Pro Football 2K8. First Released Jul 16, 2007. Visual Concepts returns to football with the release of All-Pro Football 2K8, the first new football game from.
  2. All-Pro Football 2K8 is nothing revolutionary, considering most of the game is a refinement from its All-Pro Football 2K5 game. However, it is a refreshment from the typical overzealous Madden NFL games. The encouragement of creativity and the polished football mechanics make this very enjoyable throughout.
  3. All-Pro Football 2K8 Achievements. Full list of all 50 All-Pro Football 2K8 achievements worth 1,000 gamerscore. It takes around 25-30 hours to unlock all of the achievements on Xbox 360.

EA owns an exclusive license for the NFL and NFLPA - the outcome of All-Pro Football would be interesting. This game would not be able to use the names of NFL teams nor any active NFL player. So if you can't play as your favorite teams or be your favorite player - what's the point? It's easy to assume that it would be a very diluted version of Madden, but hold on there!

The Underdog is Shooting for Glory!

All-Pro Football 2K8 is like the sports franchise nobody expects to get anywhere in a tournament, just to please their longtime fans. They could be pitted against the best team in the league, then suddenly, out of nowhere, the underdog is giving the big boy a run for their money. Who would have guessed a game with such average assets would actually be pretty good?

Considering that 2K does not have a license for NFL assets, this may have worked to their advantage. The developers had to focus on making a game with good gameplay. Additionally, a high level of customization allowing players to do whatever they want in team-building. Maybe they could recreate the New England Patriots? That's up to the player, of course! There are even some retired classic NFL sportsmen available...

The visuals and animations look great and resemble real actions. The gameplay replicates the high octane action of a football game - and play structures work very well. Yes, you won't be living the real battles in the NFL. However, the create-a-player and create-a-team mechanics deliver some of the most fun you could have with a sports game. It's fantasy league on steroids.

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It's a Hail Mary

All-Pro Football 2K8 is nothing revolutionary, considering most of the game is a refinement from its All-Pro Football 2K5 game. However, it is a refreshment from the typical overzealous Madden NFL games.

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All-pro Football 2k8

The encouragement of creativity and the polished football mechanics make this very enjoyable throughout.

The multiplayer and online play could certainly use some work, and there are instances such as the kicking system that is tough to use at times. There is much fun to be had, though, where you can create a football team called 'The John Elways' - and then fill up every spot on the roster with a character named John Elway. The comical entertainment you can get from subtle elements of All-Pro Football 2K8 makes it a recommendation for a sports game, but don't expect it to blow your mind.

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Pros

  • High-level customization that is very entertaining
  • Overall it's polished gameplay
  • Classic football players integrated into the game

Cons

  • No NFL license - players will not be able to play their favorite teams
  • Some systems such as kicking and tackling can be tough to use
  • Feels like a slightly better version of 2K5
Overall rating: 7

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From CanuckPlay on the Maximum Football Discord regarding APF 2K8.
Q: If someone could acquire 2Ks football engine and get the gameplay from APF... man. First time I ever played APF 2K8 was today and oh man is it good.
CanuckPlay A: 'I spoke to one of the senior executives at 2k about 4 years ago about licensing their source. It took them 3 weeks just to figure out where it was. It's not something they maintain or even keep track of. Once they did figure out where it was. I was told that they don't license out any of their content to anyone (unless you purchased the whole company).
The tools they used to create the game are obsolete and do not work on new operating systems. The file system they used was proprietary and to generate them you needed to use special plugins - which are no longer supported and the software they plugged into is obsolete. The graphics API used is no longer supported on any platform. It would need to be replaced.
There is nobody left at the studio that understands the game logic. One of the developers that worked on 2k8 is actually dead.
None of the current game engines - unity or unreal - that I would have access too support the animation system that 2k uses. They've built a game engine and animation system designed for sports games. Unreal and Unity have animation engines designed for mobile games and first person shooters.
Could that stuff be updated? Sure, probably, with a lot of work and time. But they don't license out their stuff anyway so it's all moot.'
Do you guys believe TTWO/2K/Visual Concepts would be this careless?
The highlighted guys (some un-highlighted) are the ones who are still at Visual Concepts and worked on NFL 2K, APF 2K8, and now work on NBA 2K Series.
2KFootballNow
The lead AI Engineer is still there.
Shawn Lee
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-lee-5242a/