NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

[Lava]

Quote: Originally Posted by jms493

will their be difficulty levels??? Or adaptive Ai like Madden?

Both.

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

I hope you are right OMT. That IGN review was terrible. The fact he said the camera was the same made me feel that he was clueless. I'll take your word for it that the review is brutal. I know I've been critical of the NCAA info coming out compared to Madden but it's hard not to be jealous with some of the blogs and info coming out of the Madden camp. Then you get them actually posting games and impressions on OS. I wish the NCAA team could do the same.

It is puzzling and frustrating that the NCAA team members are under mandate to keep quiet about so much of what new in the game- gameplay, A.I. and Dynasty wise.

I guess the TPTB are waiting for E3 to let the information flow begin.

[jaydee6385]

Quote: Originally Posted by Biodawg03

Well rest assured that there are a number of people here that really appreciate the work you and the rest of the staff do. Also, there will also be some Debbie Downers who can never fully enjoy a game because they always look for something wrong than the many things that are right. I actually like that many of the new gameplay changes have not been announced... its not a bad thing to be excited when you open the box on release day to see what is new. I wonder why so many people think about games in the past and how much they loved them... probably because they didn't sit on a website picking the game apart for months before and after it has been released.

this is exactly what is happening.

[sportzbro]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaydee6385

this is exactly what is happening.

or simply because the games were just better back in the day..


btw, not surprising that IGN article sucked.

[jaydee6385]

Quote: Originally Posted by BORN4CORN

or simply because the games were just better back in the day.. btw, not surprising that IGN article sucked.

yeah that too. lol.

but we really didn't critique games back then like we do now.

i guess it's a good thing that we can discuss them.

[Keith121212]

Quote: Originally Posted by rhombic21

It would certainly help if we could get some gameplay videos on a reasonable difficulty setting to see how gameplay has changed.

People should keep bumping this post until "OMT" answers it directly.

[mercalnd]

Quote: Originally Posted by jms493

will their be difficulty levels??? Or adaptive Ai like Madden?

The adaptive AI that has been added in NCAA and Madden 10 has nothing to do with the difficulty automatically adjusting in Madden 09 even though I think they used some of the same terminology last year.

This new adaptive AI is about the CPU changing its strategies during the game based on what is working or not working against the user on both sides of the ball, much like what coaches do in a real game. It's not about difficulty, just about realistic strategies.

Also, Madden never took out the actual difficulty levels in 09. You were able to turn off the Madden Skill or whatever it was called that adjusted difficulty on the fly.

[eritraj]

"the real bread and butter is in the Season Showdown and TeamBuilder modes..."

AWESOME!

Two features I will never use...