Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

[ViLLiO]

Maybe I need to pay closer attention, but I haven't read one single thing that tells me to buy this game. Have the devs actively come out and said that they will fix the gameplay? Specifically the defense? I check the website every now and then and come away shaking my head.

Take a look at Battlefield 3 for instance. Even though it comes out much later than NCAA, the teaser trailers for it literally give me goosebumps. I am so hyped up about it that I've already pre-ordered it, and I'm not even a "pre-ordering kinda' guy". Why can't NCAA 12 match that with, at the very least, some information? The majority of people don't care about visual enhanced screenshots or 25 new plays. They care about those 25 new plays working correctly.

I just see no reason to buy this game at this point. I know I'll get blasted with "patience is a virtue", but you must admit that you're skeptical to say the least. I fear that it will suffer from the same gameplay issues that NCAA 11 suffers from.

The game is supposed to be "user friendly", and appeal to the casual gamer, yet you have to be elite with the sticks in order to even slow down your opponent's offense. Creativity is no longer necessary since we are unable to get pressure with our front four, forcing us to call the same, typical blitz over and over. The tactics we use in order to get a defensive stop are so cheesy that it took all of the fun out of it [for me].

Anyway, I'm not gonna' go on a major rant. I am just severely disappointed with the amount of information we've been provided thus far. Isn't the release date in a couple months? Usually this is the time where I'm most excited about a release...

$.02

[mrMagic91]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

They havent said anything about the game yet. You cant determine if you're going to buy it or not right now. Im going to buy it, because Im a college football fanatic and without it I cannot complete my sports game collection and feel complete. Even though we dont get what we want, the game is still enjoyable at times. just be patient. Im sure we will get info this week.

[MF DOOM]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

...but...dreadlocks?

seriously though, you have a good point. it seems they haven't even talked about gameplay, only aesthetic changes. but then again, isn't it the same every year? sometime in April they'll prob announce some new mode that's just a re-hash of the college showdown crap, or "road to heisman", just renamed.

[boomersooner31]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

i will always buy it regardless but we're approaching 3 months until gameday...and nothing major revealed. Hmmmn....

[Roggie]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

i will always buy it regardless but we're approaching 3 months until gameday...and nothing major revealed. Hmmmn....

They've always done this. I'm not going to start the argument again over why this is a good marketing strategy, but it's their strategy, and I agree with it.

[Kaiser Wilhelm]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

I can say that I currently have only been pushed away from buying this game so far. All I'm saying is we should know something about their focus.

So far all I know is that I'm supposed to pay $60 for new lighting and dreads.

I understand not spilling all the beans but a glimpse at the general focus is also nice. If anything atleast recognize the major flaws in your game and that you are aware of them.

[mrMagic91]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

yea, after some thought, EA has done a pretty poor job on keeping people amped about this years game. You cant just come out with a blog on lighting and visuals then just abandon your fans.

Come one now, give us something to work with besides these plays and voting for the irrelevant cover

[illwill10]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

Not so much.
The info doesnt start really rolling until they announce the cover athlete. They do have a poor way of keeping the anticipation up. The plays are alright but I wouldnt of mind another small blog to say We are still here. ALmost everyone knew Mark Ingram would win the cover once they announce the contestants.
I wish they did what Madden did and release a schedule, so you will know when the next blog is coming up so you would have to check everday. But I do expect a blog or at least a photo either this week or next week.

[khaliib]

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I understand not spilling all the beans but a glimpse at the general focus is also nice. If anything atleast recognize the major flaws in your game and that you are aware of them.

Normally the argument is about Gameplay/Engine vs Visuals/Modes etc...

This term says it all because EA's NCAA vesion of College Football has never been defined since making it to Next-Gen.
We've been given different Marketing Punch Lines year after year, but nothing put out has defined EA's Focus for this series.

Just saying "The Most Authentic" has not shown what Vision they've had for the title.
The way "Most Authentic" has been used, suggest that there is an alternative to compare it's version against to see how it measures up to.

Not one of the Titles released to date has given the gaming community a glimps into what awaits as the series continues.

Maybe I missed something, but I'm trying to think of something that was Birthed through this series and sadly, nothing pops up.
Every injection seems to be from another Sports Title and/or Developer from a past release, but nothing that NCAA has stamped as the "Originator" of.

Simply put, where are they going with their version of College Football?

I'm trying to think of this series Foundation that the game is built on and around.

I wonder can any gamer honestly define this series Focus and how they are accomplishing it from the Titles that has been released thus far?

This isn't a rant/complaint etc...
But this word "Focus" really made me stop and think of NCAA's direction, and I couldn't define it.

What is it?
Maybe knowing this would help ease most of the anger towards this product and it Developer!

[Pokes404]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

Not excited right now, but I'll wait for the gameplay announcements before I decide anything. It's still early, but isn't this what happened with Madden 11 last year? Didn't they wait a long time to talk about anything substantial and as it turned out, from what I've heard, the game didn't make much improvement.

I don't really play Madden though, so I'm not sure if that was the case or not. And even if that was the case, it doesn't mean that's what's going to happen to NCAA 12.

[statum71]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

I can't agree that I'm "not excited."

They haven't even given us any info yet. Besides that video about the lighting.

And thats not much to make a judgment on.

[berad88]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

Battlefield 3 will have plenty of bugs. EA Dice games always have tons of bugs but they are still fun. It is the same way with football. NCAA 12 may not be perfect but I am sure it will be really fun. The whole fact that it is college football is enough to make me want to play the game. Really Battlefield 3 looks like Bad Company 2 (EA DICE) with improved lighting/graphics.
Since we know the visuals of NCAA 12 have been made even better I really do not see why the OP is not running out to preorder NCAA 12.

[Watson]

You're not excited because it's April.


We're one blog away from the forum exploding into "HOLY **** ICANTWAIT" mode

[hurricanefootball4]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

I check the boards everyday to see if something new has come along. I was excited to hear about dreadlocks & lighting when we did b/c I thought we would start getting a pretty steady flow of information.

With the assumption that the minor details are released first and then they build up I was pretty excited about dreads and the new lighting. The excitement over that has become quite stale at this point.

There are 14 weeks until launch, I certainly would hope that they've made 14 improvements to the game where they could drop 1 to us a week.

It just scares me that there isn't a lot of information to release to us and that is why it isn't getting released.

The cover voting ended today so hopefully we can get something soon? Just something to keep my interest high

[hurricanefootball4]

Re: Anyone else not excited about NCAA 12?

YWe're one blog away from the forum exploding into "HOLY **** ICANTWAIT" mode

My fear is that they think improving Road to Glory is going to provide that moment and I know that won't do it for me personally