Over/under on when the EA developers start posting here again?

[Hey_Rebby]

Seems like there are a lot of frustrated fans here (me included) at what appears to a lack of attention payed to NCAA gameplay (and formation subs). I'm wondering when do you think guys like OMT and Russ are going to come back and face the fire? I know there are a lot of questions to be answered. Ian is already back at it with the Madden forums. I think he's posted 10-15 since returning from E3. I wish we had that type of dedication for NCAA.

My biggest disappointment is I don't recall reading any reviews of NCAA Football 10 that raved about the improvements to gameplay. It seems like everyone thought it played similar to NCAA 09 (which I thought sucked). I was hoping there would be reviews and/or videos giving praise to the stuff Russ mentioned a few weeks ago ----


Russell_Kiniry_EA
NCAA Football 10 Designer



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NCAA Football 10 Game-Play Round Up

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It’s been crazy busy here at Tiburon trying to finish the game. On top of that I had to travel a few times so I have not been around the boards much lately . Anyway the last few days have been interesting with the game-play talk and I think it’s worth pointing out the list of stuff we’ve already talked about that is in NCAA 10 (well have it all in one post).

This stuff is from blogs on insideblog.easports.com so I’m going to be short on the details:

Pass Blocking
Branch Windows
Steering and Manipulation
Adaptive AI
CPU will adapt to your play calling
Catch Steering
Catches near the sideline will try and turn you up field
WR/Defensive Back Interactions
Route Running and Man Coverage
WR/DB Jostling
Press / Release
Layered Blending
Throwing when being hit
Inaccurate Passing
Passes miss in a more logical direction (not random)
Procedural Awareness
Head Tracking
Pursuit Angles
Sideline Pursuit
Then there is stuff that has not been blogged about, only talked about on some forum posts...

CPU Passing improved
They will throw down field more often
Defensive Line will get up and tip passes
And I mean tipped, not just knocked down
Break out of tackles
From Madden 09 you can try and break out of tackles after they start
Intercepting Pitches
You can actually catch a pitch if you get in-between the QB and the pitch man (instead of it just bouncing off you and hitting the ground)
Two Man Tackles
Another one from Madden 09
Non-Catch Catches
Players will go for a catch even when they will not catch the ball
Slips on Routes
In bad weather players have a chance to slip when running routes
Tons of new animations (examples below):
Tackles
Over the Shoulder Catches
Motion Hand-offs
Shotgun Hand-offs
Then we still have some talking to do about the details of Game-Planning, Linked Plays, and Defensive Keys in the next few weeks...

I guess my point is to simply remind everyone that Game-Play is a huge focus for us on NCAA and it is easy to forget all the stuff we've been talking about for months

-Russ Kiniry
Designer NCAA Football 10

[Solidice]

under, Adam has posted here since E3. mainly about finding bugs in TeamBuilder.

I believe Russ, Greg, and Ben all went to E3, so they may or may not start posting again today.

It is disappointing to see a huge disparity of attention given to the community by EA's NCAA team.

[rudyjuly2]

Greg only posts at NCAA Strategies I think. Russ posts at both places.

Ian has certainly posted a lot more here but I'm sure he will quit for a bit as the game gets close to gold. I'm assuming NCAA 10 is very close to gold and when it does get finished, they will be back with a few posts here and there.

[bartolet7]

Frankly, given the constant pre-release hate, beat downs, comparisons to Madden, and general negativity that this game has received from posters on this site as well as others over the past month or so, I imagine Adam and Russ aren't in any big hurry to come back for more abuse. Not defending them, but can't say I blame them, either.

[peteykirch]

Quote: Originally Posted by bartolet7

Frankly, given the constant pre-release hate, beat downs, comparisons to Madden, and general negativity that this game has received from posters on this site as well as others over the past month or so, I imagine Adam and Russ aren't in any big hurry to come back for more abuse. Not defending them, but can't say I blame them, either.

However, silence can't silence the critics. They should come here and refute the facts of what is going on. Especially the TeamBuilder rosters.

On the other hand they might think if they tell us the truth, and hypothetically it's negative, and all of our worst nightmares come true, we won't go out and buy the game. So by saying nothing they are pretty much leaving it open until when the game drops or the reviews a few days prior to the release date.

[GigemAGGIES13]

Somebody will know about the rosters before the game drops.

[bartolet7]

Quote: Originally Posted by peteykirch

However, silence can't silence the critics.

True. In fact, at this point I think continued silence will only invoke more complaints of perceived indifference on their part, justified or not.