NCAA Football 11 Video: Interview and Gameplay

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

It's not just chain gangs bro, chain gangs is just an example. It's that EA let's do just enough mentality. I'm tired of giving them the benefit of the doubt. This is the 5th game in this generation and they're just adding a small detail like refs on the field. If the gameplay was phenomenal sure I'd be nitpicking(maybe), but the lack of small details add up to a bigger problem with the overall outlook of their games.

Exactly. What bothers me most is that when they finally put them in, they do something to downgrade it all. The Show exists, 2K5 exists, 2K8 exists... they can see those games, they've played them, they know about those games incredible reputations. So my question is, what is going through their minds to think that they'd get that kind of praise while doing the opposite of what these all-time great presentation games did? It's almost like jumping out of a window and expecting to fall up. It just contains no sense.

[reco]

great video! one thing i notice was they had bama linebackers in the wrong position. mlb#41 should be olb#41 and olb#35 should be mlb#35 i hope they change this before the demo.

[J-Unit40]

This game is going to be golden.

I really like how the ballcarrier moves now. It looks way more realistic than any other version of current gen.

The QB Read Option play was a thing of beauty! Finally!

And to think there really wasn't an ounce of ESPN Presentation in that video means it will only get better from here. Very nice.

It is going to be a long 2+ months.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWatcher

Exactly. What bothers me most is that when they finally put them in, they do something to downgrade it all. The Show exists, 2K5 exists, 2K8 exists... they can see those games, they've played them, they know about those games incredible reputations. So my question is, what is going through their minds to think that they'd get that kind of praise while doing the opposite of what these all-time great presentation games did? It's almost like jumping out of a window and expecting to fall up. It just contains no sense.

It just boggles my mind.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

And to think there really wasn't an ounce of ESPN Presentation in that video means it will only get better from here.

That's the sad part, it should've been a ton, lol. Hopefully it will get better like you say, but knowing EA, I don't expect much at all.

[Triathlete_201]

Looked pretty good. Love the graphics and ESPN integration. Hopefully, they can get rid of the stutter or lag and the end up plays.

[J-Unit40]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

That's the sad part, it should've been a ton, lol. Hopefully it will get better like you say, but knowing EA, I don't expect much at all.

I think they are holding back that feature a bit to really blow it up later.

I felt like Russ was skipping over stuff to save it for a video blog or something. I have no problem with that.

I honestly think they are going to knock it out of the park with the ESPN presentation. NCAA Basketball did one heckuva job with it and see them even going further with it for football. I'm ready!

[Lynx34]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bwnarrow3

Finally!!! FINALLY!!! They finally got the 40 second clock right this year!!! I've been waiting for this for like 3 years!!! Realistic drive lengths!! Finally!

My guess is that it was fixed mostly to differentiate more between no-huddle teams and huddle teams. Fast play-callers in previous games could be back at the line almost as fast as calling no-huddle. But with the new system in place to compensate for no-huddle only teams (Auburn, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Missouri, etc.) so that everything dependent on the game clock is accurate.

Most important of which is fatigue. So a 8 play scoring drive by a traditional offense should take a a few minutes maybe 3, 3-and-a-half whereas a no-huddle team might get it done in 2 to 2-and-a-half minutes and the fatigue would be that much more accelerated to have to do as many plays in a much shorter time span.

At least, I hope it's implemented this way. It should be. But I believe it was noticed in previous years but they jumped it in order to allow for more offensive series in a game, but now they're forced to accept it in order to allow for their big back of the box feature to be done properly.