NCAA Football 09 Interview

[iamemmittsmith]

GameTap has posted an interview with Kendall Boyd, Product Manager for NCAA Football 09.

Quote:

GameTap: "What's the hook for NCAA Football 09? How has the gameplay changed?" Kendall Boyd: "The big focus this year is about wide-open gameplay and the college atmosphere. If you went to the National Championship last season, it was all about electricity. We want you to be able to feel the electricity as best you can when you go in and play the game. You do that by making it a more wide-open experience in terms of giving guys more ankle-breaking jukes. At the same time, when you hit the hole immediately at the line of scrimmage, you'll find your opening. But if you're playing against a lesser team, that hole will open, and after running five or 10 yards, it might come down to a footrace. Blocking is one of the big keys to that and [it's] the area the dev team is really concentrating on right now."

[Sausage]

I'll believe it when I rent it and see it. If I have enough will power I will wait until the patches are out before I play NCAA or its big brother.

[Jistic]

I'm buying this anyway...but...

Quote:

Boyd talks about how Madden stepped up in 08 and it's NCAA's turn to finally rise back to prominence when it hits stores July 15.

Wow....we're just doomed!

[fistofrage]

Talk is chEAp.

[SageInfinite]

Sounds like they're working on the atmosphere and presentation. Me LIKES . I wont get excited yet tho.

[Soonerd2]

Better be more than chearleaders.

[mva5580]

"I think one of the things for us is really focusing on making the transition over to the PS3 and 360. We're in our third year now, and we're finally at a point where we understand the software, the developers know the ins and outs of it,........"

So he's essentially admitting that we shouldn't waste our money on games within the first couple years of a new system because the developers learning curve is so slow that it takes 3 years of development for a game to actually be worth buying.

Thanks for the confirmation, I appreciate it.

[davin]

All this sounds great, but a lot of the article was really just the typical talk. I'll buy this anyways. I think we'll have to wait awhile still to really figure out if this stuff is actually coming to fruition the way they say.