I genuinely do not care about the NFL license, if we could get a football game that was basically 2K8 with a franchise mode, and up to date equipment I would absolutely never play another football game again
@@JEtienneMusicfor real, they don’t really even need the NFL license. There will always be people out there willing to create the rosters and uniforms for a community download.
@@JEtienneMusic like maximum football. Since 2K has great writers (Mafia 2 and 3 are an example of this), they could make a game with fictional players but based on real players.
2K isn’t the only one that made a masterpiece, you made a masterpiece aswell with this video. You legit made a 20 minute video feel like 5-10 mins, great work 🔥
My favorite thing from the later 2K football games was always that there were legitimate 50/50 balls or tip drills, where anything could happen. If you came up with the catch/int/whatever, it would feel exhilarating instead of like some animation cheese that glitched through your opponent. I miss that feeling.
Looking at Madden in the last few years and now seeing this video in terms of the abilities, you just gotta wonder where EA got their inspiration from... Great video man!
unfortunately 2K isnt that company anymore. They were in a pocket back in the early 2000's. I fear now it would be a football version of NBA2K. Id be interested to see it, but my expectations would be super low.
I used to love this game. The controls were especially intuitive. Holding the truck button down to charge up before releasing it and flattening the defender was so satisfying
This was an amazing video. I play this game on the pc and they have a discord to where you can play the 1984 and 1993 season, with real life rosters for each season. Simply amazing. This game overall is this best gameplay hands down.
The gameplay of this game is 2K5 but better which I didn’t think was possible, but the lack of a franchise mode and NFL license hurts the game a lot, but if you just care about the gameplay it’s the best football game ever made
Great video! Thank you :) Your video has inspired me to go back and play this game again. I played it originally, but was quickly distracted with another game. Thinking I would go back to it (and savor the drafting system), sadly I never did.
I miss all pro 2k8 I would never get tired of watching the animatronics for your stadium when you scored and the hit spin move was always dope to see. I wish it was back along with nfl street and blitz the league
This game makes sense for a remaster more than just about any other sports game. This is in part, because legends remain legends. In a remaster they can of course update the graphics and team designs, add a franchise mode, and maybe even get weird and go get the licenses for the UFL or something as well. After all a number of football legends suited up for spring football teams in the old USFL and XFL.
I never bought the NFL 2K games because they were so much cheaper than the Madden games. I always thought they were just the generic games and the Madden games were the 3:34 real games. It kind of shows you how pricing can really mess with the mind
I think with this game, if a Franchise mode was made, I think the best way they could've done it is to have a setting to either have the legends as rookies, have them at their peaks in terms of age and age them over time at that age, or to completely remove them and instead have generic players but similar ratings to the real life players. I wish it was easier to run on a lower end PC as well, since I can't really run anything more than Black Mesa with lowered graphical settings lol. Hoping the next 2K football game whenever that releases will be similar in game play, since it's stuck being an arcade NFL game they could just make it like this but with actual NFL licensing and far more real players.
its really only a season long thing. it should let you make your own rosters to play against. I can play the legends almost endlessly myself. the sharks are a lot of fun. there's a few others that are fun. the key is to change the a.i once you get too good for the computer. I play on like 10/90 human/Ai split
Awesome. This was a staple in my childhood, and I still play it on PS3 to this day. Dan Marino and Earl Campbell are my favorites to use in this game. It aged so well.
If my 360 didn't red ring, I would be playing this hardcore. I know Xenia is a thing, but I don't think my current setup can run it. Fantastic video as always will.
Glad I found your channel, I miss 2k8 I miss playing it though i still have it it doesn't play on my Xbox series S 😢. I found out that it doesn't play on the Newer Xbox which sucks. I plan on one day purchasing an old Xbox one day 😊. I loved playing the Broadcast Camera view it made it feel as if you were actually watching and playing the 🎮 game at the same time. CFB 25 Comes close to 2k8 and I like that and I can play on the broadcast camera view. I hope ne day 2k will update 2k8 and enhance the graphics and rosters one day. Maximum Football 25 is ok but only time will tell if it will be the "Madden Killer" many was hoping it would be. Thanks 👍🏿. New Subscriber by the way 😃.
I wanna believe that so bad but with how Take 2 has had 2K run the NBA franchise into the ground(still a decent game all around) I'm hesitant to believe they'd still give us 2K8 but better because the state of modern gaming
@@JEtienneMusicyeah seriously at this point they would probably use makeup mobile game... Which is actually what they did. All of that said the NFL license is obviously valuable enough that EA sports is willing to spend billions on it. So I must have some value for potential competitors
I had to pause and comment before finishing, where are those gloves at 3:58 ? Its around the shots of EA hq. Dont tell me those are in a madden office please. Those gloves are so old and we've never had them in the game.
If only they would have created a deep franchise mode for this game, I would have never stopped playing it. I played it from 2010 to 2020. I just got tired of using the editor; creating rosters and transferring them gets grueling. Nice vid.
I remember customizingy roster, creating players not in the game, and changing the playbook (all formations and positions) and uniforms to go online on the 360 with as close to the Redskins as I could. What a game.
I've been a football gamer since they could only have 8 per side. And in my opinion 2K was the far superior brand!! For always, the customizations of the stadiums(music, cues, looks) to the fact they had '1st person mode' where you played through his vision. It broke my heart when EA bought the rights! They should so do an updated game like this with the newest. Wish we could do a petition or something.
We need to start a petition for 2k to bring this All Pro Football back, the same base gameplay. And just update graphics and give us a franchise mode, and just a little bit more in terms of players, gold stars etc. Plus so many more legends to add from 2008 until now.
This video is perfect! I still have a dream 2K will do another All Pro for current systems. Let the community mod it like they did for NFL 2k25 : ) !!!
Was just thinking bout this game the other day. I liked how they used the star system instead of the 0-99 number rankings we've always used. Would be nice if they used it cfb
The way the NFL controls so many humans likeness speaks volumes…They make all the money on the front & backend plus they control the players likeness stopping them from making money even after retirement
All i want is this game on Xbox with upgraded graphics and the ability to play franchise coop online... I dont understand y we cant even do that in madden in 2024... A game about a team sport and we cant even play on the same team in franchise mode online smh. Also i just wanna control my QB player i dont like playing both sides that the main thing i like about madden i can just create my player and do what i can on offense and then see what my defense can do.. Gives that immersion that im.the QB allowing my team to also keep us in the game. If i could do that in a real simulation game like 2k8 i would spend 70$ with no hesitation on that game. Coop franchise online with only having to control my created player.. Thats my dream football game
This is also my favorite game, if they could have used custom logo design feature and unlimited create a player feature it would still be relevant today. The gameplay is the best we have ever seen, only if you know real football 🏈
Remember all the cheese in this game? RouteGod WRs on fade routes, Earl Campbell, Quick Release QBs, Branch Tackle RBs, the "2 Hard" play not working on defense, and so on. Where's the meaningful counters for defense without resorting to a fully stacked D? Paul Gaither proved that an elite offense (400+ rushing yards) can be had without any stars on offense, proving the CPU can be easily exploited. Yes, I hear y'all, "BUT WHAT ABOUT MADDEN? THAT GAME CAN BE CHEESED ALL THE WAY!" Not all glitters are gold, but this could be an opportunity for all if they're not willing to have a cartoony looking game to reboot this game.
Another awesome video! Do you think you could do a video on Super Mega Baseball 4? Legit one of my favorite -sports games- video games of all time - and I don't even really like baseball 😂😂
20:47 Clearly the guy was a murderer but the fact he broke the leagues rushing record for total yards is wild and he did it in 14 games. That 1973 season he put up 2,003 total yards, 143 yards per game and 6 yards per attempt 😳 Dude was an absolute beast
Give this game a franchise mode and it's the greatest football game of all time. It's already that as far as gameplay goes, but add in a good franchise mode, and it's hands down the best.
I always thought if it had a franchise mode would you play a season in the you the championship team gets to lock all their star players or they can upgrade a spot. So like siver player you could cut them and pick a Gold in the draft and play off teams get locks depending where they ended then you do a draft with any player not the team didn't lock. And then you could have a fake player FA. I always thought that would have been awesome.
I genuinely do not care about the NFL license, if we could get a football game that was basically 2K8 with a franchise mode, and up to date equipment I would absolutely never play another football game again
Facts!!
I'm right there with you! The community would Mod rosters if you cared for that at some point anyway but that gameplay would more depth is peakkkk
@@JEtienneMusicfor real, they don’t really even need the NFL license. There will always be people out there willing to create the rosters and uniforms for a community download.
@@JEtienneMusic like maximum football. Since 2K has great writers (Mafia 2 and 3 are an example of this), they could make a game with fictional players but based on real players.
amen
2024: when we look back to 2008 for answers
My GOD, truer words have never been written...
If only the Jets would use this logic
Kobe
2007*
Actually we have been doing that every year since 2004
Genuinely one of my favorite people to watch. Please never stop
Such a wonderful video. Thank you for making it. This brings back so many good memories.
Thanks for watching it Carl
2K isn’t the only one that made a masterpiece, you made a masterpiece aswell with this video. You legit made a 20 minute video feel like 5-10 mins, great work 🔥
My favorite thing from the later 2K football games was always that there were legitimate 50/50 balls or tip drills, where anything could happen. If you came up with the catch/int/whatever, it would feel exhilarating instead of like some animation cheese that glitched through your opponent. I miss that feeling.
This is the best football ever made. I loved this game so much. The physics were unmatched
What did I just watch? This was so well written!
All Pro Football 2k8 is still incredible, can’t wait for 2k’s next foray into sim football
The 2k dev team that would handle the game would be far different than back then.
@@FecalMatadorthey’d have two tremendous games to use as a base in 2K5 & 2K8
@@ngelwings have you played nba 2k ? It’s fueled by micro transactions the football game would be the same
@@JuliusIrving-c7j yeah but i might actually pay for those if the gameplay is good
@@thisthresh4248 the physics in ea is unmatched I play nhl and ncaa 2k only made good basketball games before micro transactions
I always enjoy the random times I see your videos on my subscriptions am I liking before I watch yuuuup
Great work! Been on a binge of sports video game videos and this one is damn good.
Looking at Madden in the last few years and now seeing this video in terms of the abilities, you just gotta wonder where EA got their inspiration from...
Great video man!
We need 2k to enter the football market again
unfortunately 2K isnt that company anymore. They were in a pocket back in the early 2000's. I fear now it would be a football version of NBA2K. Id be interested to see it, but my expectations would be super low.
Way to show the details. I never seen that before. From other uploaders. signatures in sports are sorely missed 😢
I used to love this game. The controls were especially intuitive. Holding the truck button down to charge up before releasing it and flattening the defender was so satisfying
I forgot to talk about the tap A/X to sprint feature but I love that
This was an amazing video. I play this game on the pc and they have a discord to where you can play the 1984 and 1993 season, with real life rosters for each season. Simply amazing. This game overall is this best gameplay hands down.
The gameplay of this game is 2K5 but better which I didn’t think was possible, but the lack of a franchise mode and NFL license hurts the game a lot, but if you just care about the gameplay it’s the best football game ever made
running game ? was terrible
Good thing you can mod it now to have a franchise mode
Yet another good one! The quality keeps improving.
Great video! Thank you :)
Your video has inspired me to go back and play this game again. I played it originally, but was quickly distracted with another game. Thinking I would go back to it (and savor the drafting system), sadly I never did.
Holy crap is Will from That's Good Sports. What masterpiece has the algorithm served me today?!
I miss all pro 2k8 I would never get tired of watching the animatronics for your stadium when you scored and the hit spin move was always dope to see. I wish it was back along with nfl street and blitz the league
I still play this, underrated gem🔥
This game makes sense for a remaster more than just about any other sports game.
This is in part, because legends remain legends.
In a remaster they can of course update the graphics and team designs, add a franchise mode, and maybe even get weird and go get the licenses for the UFL or something as well. After all a number of football legends suited up for spring football teams in the old USFL and XFL.
This is awesome will. So glad ur back uploading
I never bought the NFL 2K games because they were so much cheaper than the Madden games. I always thought they were just the generic games and the Madden games were the 3:34 real games. It kind of shows you how pricing can really mess with the mind
My 🐐 of gameplay football games! Masterful! Just like your video thank you🙏🏾
Seriously can you imagine right now if you could play this game with Tom Brady and Drew Brees and Calvin Johnson.
i'm still taking marino and ditka.
@@TrevorHamberger ditka OP catches everything and runs everyone over
Just create them & that's it.
Making me wanna start up my 360 and rip this game again, haven’t played it since I was a kid and couldn’t fully grasp how great of a game it is
What was ya gamer tag back in the day 😂
I think with this game, if a Franchise mode was made, I think the best way they could've done it is to have a setting to either have the legends as rookies, have them at their peaks in terms of age and age them over time at that age, or to completely remove them and instead have generic players but similar ratings to the real life players. I wish it was easier to run on a lower end PC as well, since I can't really run anything more than Black Mesa with lowered graphical settings lol. Hoping the next 2K football game whenever that releases will be similar in game play, since it's stuck being an arcade NFL game they could just make it like this but with actual NFL licensing and far more real players.
I was thinking opposite. Have the legends retire after the season and put all the teams in a rebuild mode/fantasy draft type deal.
its really only a season long thing. it should let you make your own rosters to play against. I can play the legends almost endlessly myself. the sharks are a lot of fun. there's a few others that are fun. the key is to change the a.i once you get too good for the computer. I play on like 10/90 human/Ai split
Excellent video
Thanks, and thanks for the help!
Dude I love this game. About to pop it into my 360 right now. Thanks for this great video!
Amazing video. Got goosebumps watching Gale Sayers stare the camera down and state “Give me 18 inches of daylight. That’s all I need.”
17:43 Art Donovan the same Art that is infamous for his WWF Commentary in the 90s Art “How Much does this guy Weigh?” Donovan
Baltimore Colt legend
"This guy Double J's a cutie"
Yooo I’m glad I’m such a nerd remembering this 😂 shoutout OSW Review, first time I heard of Art Donovan
One of your best videos and that's saying something. Season mode playthrough, when?
Awesome. This was a staple in my childhood, and I still play it on PS3 to this day. Dan Marino and Earl Campbell are my favorites to use in this game. It aged so well.
This fucking game was immaculate, I mean just *chefs kiss*
Will rarely drops but when he does it’s always a banger
A piece of art, thank you will keys
God bless you Max
@@willsucksatgames your wife and kids leaving you nearly had me falling out of my chair 😂
Genuinely sincere review, well done!
Very good video introducing the game to potential new players. It's the best sports game of all time.
If my 360 didn't red ring, I would be playing this hardcore. I know Xenia is a thing, but I don't think my current setup can run it.
Fantastic video as always will.
Yeah if the allowed this to be backwards compatible on the XsX I'd def be playing this over madden
After watching this 2k needs to make another footbal game like this and make you the sponsor becuase now I want to pop in the game and play .
Yay! Love your work pal!
Will is such a damn good writer
Glad I found your channel, I miss 2k8 I miss playing it though i still have it it doesn't play on my Xbox series S 😢. I found out that it doesn't play on the Newer Xbox which sucks. I plan on one day purchasing an old Xbox one day 😊. I loved playing the Broadcast Camera view it made it feel as if you were actually watching and playing the 🎮 game at the same time. CFB 25 Comes close to 2k8 and I like that and I can play on the broadcast camera view. I hope ne day 2k will update 2k8 and enhance the graphics and rosters one day. Maximum Football 25 is ok but only time will tell if it will be the "Madden Killer" many was hoping it would be. Thanks 👍🏿. New Subscriber by the way 😃.
Will keep cooking! i love this video so much thank you definitely had me laughing🤣
🙏🙏🙏
I still play this on a weekly basis
Great vid bro .. this game was great its still in my collection.
The best player movement and ball trajectory ever. This game deserves to be modded fully
I had this game and played the hell out of it! Great video! 💗
Could you imagine if they made a game today with modern technology? It would be an absolute masterpiece.
I wanna believe that so bad but with how Take 2 has had 2K run the NBA franchise into the ground(still a decent game all around) I'm hesitant to believe they'd still give us 2K8 but better because the state of modern gaming
@@JEtienneMusicyeah seriously at this point they would probably use makeup mobile game... Which is actually what they did. All of that said the NFL license is obviously valuable enough that EA sports is willing to spend billions on it. So I must have some value for potential competitors
@@JEtienneMusic they would churn out garbage.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 They should make a UFL 2K football game.
Man we had so many great football games in the late 90s through late 2000s, nfl 2k,madden, fever, street, blitz, extreme.
best work yet
Beautiful video for a beautiful video game.
I had to pause and comment before finishing, where are those gloves at 3:58 ?
Its around the shots of EA hq. Dont tell me those are in a madden office please. Those gloves are so old and we've never had them in the game.
If only they would have created a deep franchise mode for this game, I would have never stopped playing it.
I played it from 2010 to 2020. I just got tired of using the editor; creating rosters and transferring them gets grueling. Nice vid.
Great video.
I LOVED this game it was such an original idea brought to reused concept and it was just perfect
I remember customizingy roster, creating players not in the game, and changing the playbook (all formations and positions) and uniforms to go online on the 360 with as close to the Redskins as I could. What a game.
Love this dudes videos!
I wish they would just add more legends and a franchise mode and release this game again
I used to play this game all the time. Broke my 360....and haven't played in years.
I've been a football gamer since they could only have 8 per side. And in my opinion 2K was the far superior brand!! For always, the customizations of the stadiums(music, cues, looks) to the fact they had '1st person mode' where you played through his vision. It broke my heart when EA bought the rights! They should so do an updated game like this with the newest. Wish we could do a petition or something.
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To me the most impressive thing is the animations not looking magnetized. Players really don't glide into an unrealistic position. Nice video 👍
Still have this game for xbox 360.
Man, I've never heard of this game before. I would've loved this in 2008.
Holy Sh!t a Chali 2na sighting #WhatsGolden
great video keep going
Dude they should release this game on modern consoles!
I wish
I want it so bad on my XSX...
We need to start a petition for 2k to bring this All Pro Football back, the same base gameplay. And just update graphics and give us a franchise mode, and just a little bit more in terms of players, gold stars etc. Plus so many more legends to add from 2008 until now.
This video is perfect! I still have a dream 2K will do another All Pro for current systems. Let the community mod it like they did for NFL 2k25 : ) !!!
What a beautiful legendary masterpiece 🫡
Madden’s monopolistic ways are American as it gets
Holy shit just started playing this game again last week perfect timing
This was excellent
Best game community of all time
Was just thinking bout this game the other day. I liked how they used the star system instead of the 0-99 number rankings we've always used. Would be nice if they used it cfb
That was my game
Right there
The way the NFL controls so many humans likeness speaks volumes…They make all the money on the front & backend plus they control the players likeness stopping them from making money even after retirement
Good video. Never played this game though unfortunately. What’s the song at the end?
Pretty Bad by Roselawns
Thank you for saying it straight about OJ
Holy Sh** is that Will Keys? I love this.
All i want is this game on Xbox with upgraded graphics and the ability to play franchise coop online... I dont understand y we cant even do that in madden in 2024... A game about a team sport and we cant even play on the same team in franchise mode online smh. Also i just wanna control my QB player i dont like playing both sides that the main thing i like about madden i can just create my player and do what i can on offense and then see what my defense can do.. Gives that immersion that im.the QB allowing my team to also keep us in the game. If i could do that in a real simulation game like 2k8 i would spend 70$ with no hesitation on that game. Coop franchise online with only having to control my created player.. Thats my dream football game
This is also my favorite game, if they could have used custom logo design feature and unlimited create a player feature it would still be relevant today. The gameplay is the best we have ever seen, only if you know real football 🏈
I have this game and still play it when i get the time. definitely a realistic game thats fun to play.
I use to love this game 😂🔥 I had a crazy squad with current players n legends
"grew up watching nfl network" got me feeling old
Remember all the cheese in this game? RouteGod WRs on fade routes, Earl Campbell, Quick Release QBs, Branch Tackle RBs, the "2 Hard" play not working on defense, and so on.
Where's the meaningful counters for defense without resorting to a fully stacked D? Paul Gaither proved that an elite offense (400+ rushing yards) can be had without any stars on offense, proving the CPU can be easily exploited.
Yes, I hear y'all, "BUT WHAT ABOUT MADDEN? THAT GAME CAN BE CHEESED ALL THE WAY!" Not all glitters are gold, but this could be an opportunity for all if they're not willing to have a cartoony looking game to reboot this game.
Another awesome video!
Do you think you could do a video on Super Mega Baseball 4? Legit one of my favorite -sports games- video games of all time - and I don't even really like baseball 😂😂
I’ve been considering it. I love the series myself. What a game.
20:47 Clearly the guy was a murderer but the fact he broke the leagues rushing record for total yards is wild and he did it in 14 games. That 1973 season he put up 2,003 total yards, 143 yards per game and 6 yards per attempt 😳 Dude was an absolute beast
I noticed that lions game at the start of the narration. Don't the refs look like milk or ice cream men?
Beautiful presentation
The word flawed and masterpiece can't be both used to describe something.
Oh they definitely can
Yea they can masterpiece doesn't mean its perfect a masterpiece can have flaws.
Give this game a franchise mode and it's the greatest football game of all time. It's already that as far as gameplay goes, but add in a good franchise mode, and it's hands down the best.
This is great and all, but what are the best lineups
I always thought if it had a franchise mode would you play a season in the you the championship team gets to lock all their star players or they can upgrade a spot. So like siver player you could cut them and pick a Gold in the draft and play off teams get locks depending where they ended then you do a draft with any player not the team didn't lock. And then you could have a fake player FA. I always thought that would have been awesome.
This was the best football game I had ever played . To this day..
All Pro Football 2k8; You're Only As Good As Your Weakest Link
Bi-polarity being of course the sexiest sort of polarity ;-)
Ahhhh the my introduction to Rush 😎
All Pro Football 2K8 would have been GOATED if there was a Franchise mode.