All-Pro Football 2K8
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All-Pro Football 2K8 is an
Overview
All-Pro Football 2K8 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 only covers team licenses, 2K contracted the individual rights to over 240 retired NFL players to appear in the game.[1]
Even though there are no NFL teams in the game, the player can still create teams that resemble their NFL counterparts. A Create-a-Player feature allows the user to add in players that were not included in the roster.
Teams
Many of the teams in the game have one or more aspects that are veiled references to other elements of popular culture. While some link to sports teams past and present, others refer to TV, films, cars, comic books, American history and even Native American tradition.
- New Jersey Assassins – The team plays at DiMeo Stadium, named after the DiMeo Crime Family. The crime family is the one Tony Soprano works for on The Sopranos. The Sopranos is set in New Jersey. Possibly a reference to the New York/New Jersey Hitmenof the XFL.
- New York Knights – Possibly a reference to the WLAF team, or the baseball team from the book and movie, The Natural. The team plays in a stadium that the game says was designed by G. L. Costanza, a reference to the Seinfeld character, who always wanted to be an architect.
- Boston Minutemen – Thinly veiled reference to the New England Patriots.
- USFL team of the same name.
- Detroit Firebirds – A reference to Detroit's nickname of 'The Motor City' and the Pontiac Firebird automobile. For many years, the Lions played at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
- Pittsburgh Iron Men – Possibly a reference to an early name used by the Steelers, circa 1940. Pittsburgh is known for its steel and iron industries. The city's real life NFL team is named the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Iron Men play at "Steel Mill Park", which is constructed of over 30,000 steel rivets. However, the team's colors are similar to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- New Jersey Red Dogs, which eventuality relocated to Cleveland. The Cleveland Browns have a section of fans known as "The Dawg Pound." The primary color of the Ohio State Buckeyesis red. It is fair to say that the Red Dogs are a nod to Ohio area sports culture.
- Cobra Organization in the G.I. Joecomic book and animated series.
- Tampa Bay Top Guns – Possibly a reference to MacDill Air Force Base, which is in Tampa.
- Wasp. Additionally, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacketsmake their home in Atlanta.
- Miami Cyclones – A reference to the vast amounts of hurricanes in Miami, and the Miami Hurricanes college football team.
- Wolfram & Hart in the TV series Angel.
- Milwaukee Indians– In many Native American tribes, Milwaukee means meeting place. This could also be a reference to the Indian Packing Company, the namesake of the Green Bay Packers.
- Seattle Sailors – A reference to the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.
- Minneapolis Werewolves – A reference to the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA.
- Denver Cougars – Thinly veiled reference to the mascot of the NBA's Denver Nuggets, Rocky the Mountain Lion. The mountain lion is also known as the cougar.
- Dallas Gunfighters – Thinly veiled reference to the Dallas Cowboys and USFL's San Antonio Gunslingers.
- St. Louis Rhinos – A reference to the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, who played in St. Louis at the time.
- San Francisco Sharks – Their home stadium is called "Amity Stadium", named after the town Amity in Jaws. Presumably named after the San Jose Sharks hockey team.
- Entourage and the Miller Gold Agency that is run by Ari Gold and Barbara Miller.
- Las Vegas Rollers – A reference to the gambling industry in Las Vegas.
- Founding Fathers of the United States; the Declaration of Independencewas signed there in 1776. The city is often referred to as 'The Birthplace of America'.
Reception
Aggregator | Score | |
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PS3 | Xbox 360 | |
Metacritic | 73/100[13] | 75/100[14] |
Publication | Score | |
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PS3 | Xbox 360 | |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 6.67/10[2] | 6.67/10[2] |
Game Informer | 8/10[3] | 8/10[3] |
GamePro | N/A | [4] |
GameSpot | 7.5/10[5] | 7.5/10[5] |
GameSpy | [6] | [6] |
GameTrailers | 7.1/10[7] | 7.1/10[7] |
GameZone | 7.5/10[8] | N/A |
IGN | 7.6/10[9] | 7.6/10[9] |
Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | 8/10[10] |
PlayStation: The Official Magazine | 8/10[11] | N/A |
411Mania | N/A | 8/10[12] |
The Xbox 360 version received "generally favorable reviews", while the PlayStation 3 version received "average" reviews, according to the
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See also
References
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b EGM staff (September 2007). "All-Pro Football 2K8". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 219. Ziff Davis. p. 86.
- ^ a b Kato, Matthew (August 2007). "All Pro Football 2K8". Game Informer. No. 172. GameStop. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Lunchbox (August 14, 2007). "Review: All-Pro Football 2K8 (X360)". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Navarro, Alex (July 20, 2007). "All-Pro Football 2K8 Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Villoria, Gerald (July 20, 2007). "GameSpy: All-Pro Football 2K8". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "All-Pro Football 2K8 Review". GameTrailers. Viacom. August 9, 2007. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Bedigian, Louis (August 20, 2007). "All-Pro Football 2K8 - PS3 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c Goldstein, Hilary (July 20, 2007). "All-Pro Football 2K8 Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "All-Pro Football 2K8". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. September 2007. p. 81.
- ^ "Review: All-Pro Football 2K8". PSM. Future US. October 2007. p. 80.
- ^ Redkey, David (October 2, 2007). "All-Pro Football 2K8 (X-box 360) [sic] Review". 411Mania. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "All-Pro Football 2K8 for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ a b "All-Pro Football 2K8 for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- 1UP.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the originalon April 2, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "O. J. Simpson ordered to pay Goldmans over game". CNET. CBS Interactive. Reuters. September 6, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2020.