NCAA = SOA...same old atmosphere

[mgddog56]

I have to agree. I know they're two different sports but I feel like MLB '07 The Show has created the best atmosphere ever in a sports game. The crowd is great and actually reacts to what's going on down on the field. Each field has it's own "character" such as the role call at Yankee Stadium, sound of the waterfalls in the outfield in KC, sound of the L train outside Wrigley, fans yelling things in overdone Boston accents at Fenway, etc. etc. Also, you also feel like the commentators are actually watching the game rather than using the same canned lines game after game.
NCAA '08 looks great from a gameplay, animation, and dynasty standpoint. I feel like if they add more atmosphere to NCAA '09 including more dynamic crowds, "character" for the bigger stadiums, and improved and varied commentary the game would truly be awesome.

[Gman]

Last year the atmosphere was much better in the Xbox version than the 360 one IMO. Hopefully EA will do a better job with the 360 version this year.

[Alburt Poohole]

Quote: Originally Posted by tommygunn

Is it me or does this look like the same exact game we've been playing forever now. I'm a big atmosphere/pagentry guy. Do I have to hear the same boring drum cadences after every first down? It's been the same for years now! How about some more clever band interaction? College bands add a HUGE amout to game day atmosphere but they are woefully absent in the NCAA series. GIVE ME SOME ATMOSPHERE DAMN IT!!!!!!

Its definately just you...Band Interaction?????...I've really heard it all now...To each his or her own but its stuff like this that makes a company like EA realize they will never please everyone....In all my 20+ years of gaming I have never heard one person complain or even suggest that more needs to be added to the game by way of the BAND???

[Sting]

Quote: Originally Posted by Alburt Poohole

Its definately just you...Band Interaction?????...I've really heard it all now...To each his or her own but its stuff like this that makes a company like EA realize they will never please everyone....In all my 20+ years of gaming I have never heard one person complain or even suggest that more needs to be added to the game by way of the BAND???

to each his own there albert, some like the pageantry of college football. the band is a big part of that albert. peace

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by baumy300

Without the atmosphere, college ball is just a glorified high school game.

How do you figure?

[njskillz]

As I've been stating since goodness knows when, this is why EA, 2K, etc. need to put out two versions of their football games. One a bare bones online version, the other with all the bells and whistles (ie. "band interaction", recruiting, cribs, etc, etc.) requested by the solo gamer.

They took "my" advice and put out NFL Head Coach or whatever it was called for the wannabe virtual Coach/GM's. They need to take my advice again.

[FAIRDALE_KINGS]

Wow... there are really bands that appear at College Football games?

Whenever they play during the game I'm always yelling for them to quit playing. And whenever they appear at halftime they are just the warm-up show for the Louisville Cardinals National Champion "LadyBirds" Dance Team and 12-time National Champion Cheerleading squad. Both teams were actually the 2007 National Champions. Oh well, I guess there are people that get excited about watching people march in line while blowing their horns. I'm just not one of 'em. These are probably the same people that tell you the "band" is the reason that there is a football game.

[mrprice33]

we do need some team specific entrances...I would love to see Miami running out of the smoke at the OB, or Michigan running under the big sign, or Maryland rubbing the turtle, etc...also, we need some licensed music in this game for entrances, especially "Enter Sandman."