The bashing of the EA NCAA developers should come to an immediate halt. It is evident that the developers have a keen insight and desire to take NCAA to that next level; however, they are limited as a result of marketing executives who have the final input concerning what is featured in the game. Any person above the age of 18 realizes the mindset of marketing so called experts who constantly deliberate in board meetings concerning what will sell a product, in which, the said individuals (executives) have no first had experience of. Yes, the developers are limited. They are limited by the execs and limited by this generations game engine. Furthermore, until an immediate competitor can break through EA's monopoly on college football as well as Madden, no immediate changes will take place in order to immediately garner the attention of the executives...$$$

"These things have been spoken, so that those who hear, might believe"

same game....tired

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I don't think they're going to release the videos of the final build of NCAA 13, 4 months in advance of the release date, so the wolves here at OS can pick apart every minor deatil, and kill the buzz of the game before it really gets started. Without expectation there can be no disappointment; but with very little expectation, there can be great surprise. :y7:

All I'm saying is that it would actually be in EA's best interest to not give all their secrets away so soon. I think that is what they are doing. These are not the most recent gameplay videos. I would not be surprised if those videos were taken 5-6 months ago.

I love college football but after watching that. I was not impressed..Besides the different celebrations, that looked like ncaa 12....i lil disappointed.

i find it hard to believe the NCAA Football team is so limited compared to every other great game we've played. Maybe their desire to create something better or improve the engine is what is limiting them. They know it's crap, it CAN and SHOULD be fixed, but they'd rather just pop out a mediocre game with a new coat of pant, sell the tons of copies they'll say simply off of name recognition and being the only college football game around, and then wait until the next gen or some competition to come along which will then force them to fix/change the engine. It's called complacency, why spend money and time fixing the engine when they can add some fluff and still sell because there is no competition.

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The problem with this theory is that people say this every year. But in reality come retail version, the game looks exactly the same way it does in the April and May videos every year.

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While I agree that they are likely limited by the EA highereups by what they are allowed to do, I disagree that it is evident that they have "keen insight."

I just don't know if I believe that these developers have keen insight into taking this game to the next level. Where is this evident?

The gameplay isn't the only thing lacking. Presentation. Commentary. Attention to detail. Dynasty depth. Recruiting depth. Even the proper use of the ESPN-license. It's all lacking.

And as much as I hate saying this, isn't it the dev who implemented this game engine?

I don't watch the developers and get the feeling that they have a keen insight into football, and have a deep desire to authenticate a football simulation game.

I do get the feeling that they want to make us happy, and want to make a fun game, and want to improve overall, but not to the point of rising past video game cliches and taking this brand to the next level.

Maybe they do. But I don't think anything about the last 7 years makes it 'evident'. I'm just kind of worn out by hoping and wishing for this game to match the other sports games.

I remember the first time I saw NCAA football on PS3 at walmart, and I thought "why are they running like that?". I didn't know at the time that the running animations wouldn't be fixed by the time I graduated college (I was in early HS at the time.)

Football is my favorite sport by far, but I spend way more time on other sports games. I'm tired of making excuses for why.

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Was this a video of NCAA 10, 11 or 12?

Take a year or two off and build a new engine. That's the only way we're going to notice any kind of different and they won't do that until we go next-gen again.