NCAA Football 14 Ultimate Team Preview (Kotaku)

[jpdavis82]

Kotaku has posted their NCAA Football 14 Ultimate Team preview.

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There will be real football players, using their real names, in the debut of NCAA Football Ultimate Team this year. They just won't be anyone suiting up on a college football field this fall. A deal with the NFL Players' Association gives NCAA the rights to use up to 2,500 current NFL stars, pictured in their alma maters' uniforms, and build a pool of virtual trading cards just as large as Madden Ultimate Team, where the collection-and-player-management game has been running since 2010.

[RebelHog]

Uh wow

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[BleedGreen710]

thought it was gonna suck

it actually looks awesome

[JerseySuave4]

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That was the business mandate. Creatively, Haumiller said he wanted Ultimate Team in his game as a point of pride. "It's a feature that's become a gold standard, to show you are on the top tier of team sports games," he said. "We're the No. 3 seller in North America in sports games; we know we need it. How, that was the question."

That's why they need to get rid of some of the people they have there now. They have no direction, no sense of what a good sports game needs, they just think because they sell a lot of games, they make a good game.

Ultimate Team is not needed in NCAA Football right now. There are so many other things that should be a priority.

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"You can have Penn State's uniforms, in Autzen Stadium, with Drew Brees as your quarterback," Haumiller said. Or something truly loathsome, like Tim Tebow being cheered at Doak Campbell Stadium.

And how many people are REALLY dying to play as Drew Brees in a Penn State uniform in Autzen Stadium, what is cool about that?

Reminds me of when they marketed THE SAME EXACT THING with their Heisman mode or whatever the mode was called where you could take a past Heisman winner and put him on whatever team you want... "Tebow in a FSU uniform *gasp*"

The fact that they think this is something you NEED to have if you're considered a top tier sports game (which they're not), shows this team is clueless. Yes they sell a lot of games, but that's because they have licenses + college football, so the sales are automatic.

So glad they figured out a way for me to play as Eddie George in a Michigan uniform in Death Valley. Because that's something i've always wanted to do.

Next time they should just come out and say, "we need to figure out a way to squeeze more money out of you guys with micro-transactions. Uniforms aren't enough, buy these cards and give us more money."

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

Ultimate Team is not needed in NCAA Football right now. There are so many other things that should be a priority.

Every other sports game has a microtransaction-based gameplay mode, and NCAA was going to struggle to stay relevant without one, from an economic perspective.

To the end of the continued existence of the series, this mode was and is necessary in the context of the evolving climate of the video game industry. Indeed, the target audience of this mode isn't this message board's general population, but that is independent of the previous observation.

[VTPack919]

I love FIFA ultimate team and have for years. This mode actually looks pretty good so far.

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Every other sports game has a microtransaction-based gameplay mode, and NCAA was going to struggle to stay relevant without one, from an economic perspective. To the end of the continued existence of the series, this mode was and is necessary in the context of the evolving climate of the video game industry. Indeed, the target audience of this mode isn't this message board's general population, but that is independent of the previous observation.

having or not having this mode is not what has made them #3 in sales. It's the combination of college football + exclusive license. They've been falling lower & lower in terms of quality when compared to games like Fifa, MLB the Show, NBA 2k, etc. not because they don't have Ultimate Team Mode, but because the quality of the game is not where it should be. People love to excuse EA on a lot of their issues or when they're still missing things people will say they need to allocate resources a certain way or don't have enough time/man power/money to do certain things... and then each year you find a BRAND NEW mode they add that very few request. Instead of improving on what they already have, they feel they need to come out with something brand new each year. Those other games that have this mode at least put out quality gameplay and got down the heart of the game because they took the time to add this.

NCAA is just adding this because they think it's required these days. It's just too bad that other things that you'd think would be required, like IN-GAME SAVES, would be in the game.

I've said what I have to say on this Mode.

[VTPack919]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

having or not having this mode is not what has made them #3 in sales. It's the combination of college football + exclusive license. They've been falling lower & lower in terms of quality when compared to games like Fifa, MLB the Show, NBA 2k, etc. not because they don't have Ultimate Team Mode, but because the quality of the game is not where it should be. People love to excuse EA on a lot of their issues or when they're still missing things people will say they need to allocate resources a certain way or don't have enough time/man power/money to do certain things... and then each year you find a BRAND NEW mode they add that very few request. Instead of improving on what they already have, they feel they need to come out with something brand new each year. Those other games that have this mode at least put out quality gameplay and got down the heart of the game because they took the time to add this. NCAA is just adding this because they think it's required these days. It's just too bad that other things that you'd think would be required, like IN-GAME SAVES, would be in the game. I've said what I have to say on this Mode.

This is a popular game mode on every other game. Why not add it into NCAA? I don't think they are adding it because it's "required". Why can't they just add it because people like it? It's not like they won't focus on other things because they are adding this. Chill.