NCAA Football 10 Demo Now Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[Moojenowski]

My impressions so far:

I am impressed, after reading that the sky was falling I decided to see for myself. I woke up, groggy, and put the demo on and lost my first game on Heisman. I was getting sacked, throwing picks, making bad decisions.

From then on I've been alert lol. Tons of great games.

What I like:
Ducks are flying when you get hit... finally when you are trying to force a pass under pressure you get punished (Carlos Dunlap hit me with a pick six after I got hit and the ball fluttered for a nice over the shoulder catch by him)

I like the inconsistent snaps, I like the drop backs, and I have seen a good pocket form and I've been able to step up and make plays.

I've been able to run the ball out of the option with UF and out of the power formations with OU, I don't know what people are talking about with not being able to find holes.

User catching is great as always. The new over the shoulder catchers are a thing of beauty on a fade.

New tackle animations are great.

I like that i've been stripped while I'm being sacked and I'm holding the ball out asking for a fumble.

Strategy is a huge key this year, at least it seems so.


What I don't like:

Switched up the controls, again. Swat is LB, that will take time to get used to.

No lead blocker

Kick power

P.S. this isn't the same game at all... presentation is different, Michael Crabtree is on the cover, and it says NCAA Football 10.

I think it's better than 09 and will be a ton of fun. Can't wait to hop online and play my friends. Hurry up July 14th.

[trazzy88]

All i keep getting is a disc is dirty wipe clean or restart game and its a downloaded demo. Makes me want to transfer the money I put down to reserve it on Madden and just wait for August makes no sense.

[floridagatorfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by rhombic21

In terms of the interior shotgun running game, keep in mind the teams that you're playing with here. OU has 97 OVR and 93 OVR starting DT's (according to teambuilder ratings), and a 91 OVR MLB. That might have something to do with why the interior running is fairly difficult, and why you aren't getting very much movement. I've also noticed that the computer tends to play pretty aggressively against the run once you get a few effective runs off, and tends to defend the middle runs more than it does the outside runs, for some reason. Obviously that's something to be concerned about for dynasty play, but in online play, I think the interior running game will be more effective than people are experiencing on the demo.

Problem is they're not blowing plays up, but instead coming in untouched due to poor run AI logic.

Also, Florida's interior OL ratings are pretty good too so the difference isn't that big.

[rhombic21]

Quote: Originally Posted by floridagatorfan

Problem is they're not blowing plays up, but instead coming in untouched due to poor run AI logic. Also, Florida's interior OL ratings are pretty good too so the difference isn't that big.

Valid points.

[mrdeth]

10) Strategy: My impression is that the gameplanning and defensive keys are huge for 10'. Much like REAL football, every time a team huddles coaches and players have an opportunity to adjust scheme/strategy. This feature has the potential to make a typical ho-hum 2nd and 7 in the second qtr from games past to an opportunity like every down is in real ball.


I agree 100%

[ksucats]

just played a couple games on the demo and loved it, the cpu even missed a 36 yard field goal. the only complaint i have is when florida had the ball at the 50 with 2 sec remaining in the game and down 3 Tebow throws a little 6 yard pass to the running back, but besides that everything ran smoothly and i enjoyed it.

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Hey...I do it for the Show so why not here? lol I would if they provided end game stats for you. I don't feel like marking down every play as I go along. Needless to say, I'm having a pretty good time with the demo. I can't wait for the retail game to drop, as I'm sick of Oklahoma and Florida....

Lol... it's worse because they gave us Florida last year too. I'm sick of them!

PS: The game is definitely growing on me... I'll get over the replays

[milmont77]

heisman :

as an experiment , called 5 wide whole game playing as OU. 1st play had a WR running wide open 25 yds downfield. Threw a strike and got tackled trying to dance into endzone after a 60 yd gain. Didn't make it into the endzone as on 3rd and goal it looked like Bradford had and easy scramble... no go... FL DEF collapsed the opening at superspeed as I got close to the GL and flattened me.

Kept calling 5 wide ....alternating plays. Seemed like anytime a DL was engaged and I tried to roll, the DL came free and flatten Bradford. Wide open gameplay is gone.

Had wide open WR a few more times, but more often than not, the D was well adjusted and made me pay for a bland offense.