NCAA Football 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Wildcats302]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chief_Macho

Creditbilty department? Whatever, jerkoff. The demo game is the worst looking NCAA game to date on the PS3.

Calling other posters names is not cool and you are not really adding much to this thread IMO. You could have left off the first sentence and your reply would be fine.

[packersfan4eva]

Keep in mind that since I got rid of NCAA '11 when my dynasty got boring in January-ish, I'm a little rusty.

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Won a 16-13 thriller with Alabama over FSU on AA, but I kept shooting myself in the foot. I scored on my first drive to make it 7-0, and dominated the rest of the game. I couldn't score, though, because I'm not used to the good zone, so I'd see an open man, throw it, but the underneath defender would pick it off.

The 4th quarter came around, and I had them pinned deep in their territory with 13 seconds left. They completed a pass to give themselves some breathing room, but then I accidentally called a blitz when I didn't want to during their no-huddle and they threw a 75-yard touchdown pass. 7-7. Overtime.

We traded off field goals in OT because I couldn't figure out a ****ing way to score, but then I sacked them on four straight plays to win.

The Good
1) The new AI zone defense -- it was actually tough to throw against, and unless you had an actual wide open man the pass probably wouldn't be completed.

2) The new tackle animations are good, although there was one where I was sprinting at a guy who stood still and I flew backwards.

3) It's more challenging on default than usual.

4) Better than NCAA '11 so far.

5) You can actually BLOCK KICKS!!! Got a hand on a punt, and it appears to be possible to block a kick.
The Bad
1) Too much user pressure. This can be fixed easily with sliders, but I had nine sacks in the game. Nine.

2) Telling the defense to focus on the pass is kind of a cheat code. They didn't complete a single pass after I started doing that in the second half--aside from the time they scored.

The Playbook Glitch
1) When scrolling through punt plays, two of the plays showed up normally, but the third was really small and shoved in the corner, so two-thirds of the normal play box was black and the other third was the whole play compressed.

2) When scrolling through normal plays (I think I was in the Pistol), it showed the three plays, but the top half of two random plays covered the bottom of two of them So there were actually five plays shown on the screen, but I couldn't pick the random ones.

Score
9/10

[cbc72]

Quote: Originally Posted by okstate19

-Has anyone seen the CPU QB attempt any deep balls? I've played 7 games and can't recall the CPU attempting any long passes. It's all been dink and dunk. (Sorry if this has been brought up)

Yes, Bama got about a 30 yard pass on me, splitting cover 3 defenders for a TD.

[wheelman990]

Quote: Originally Posted by AuburnAlumni

Is there anyway we can start a separate "I hate EA/They Don't Try/Dreadlocks suck/I hate Grass/This looks like a Super Nintendo Game/Convince me to buy this" Thread? I feel if we could do that it would be much easier for me to navigate in this thread and see the 1 in 20 posts that doesn't relate to those topics listed above.

I have a feeling you would much rather have a NCAA 12 is perfect, nothing wrong with the game thread wouldnt you? Its so annoyin having to read anything negative about this game right? After all it is perfect in every way.


The fact you have taken notice of the constant complaints of the SAME issues, and act like there all just I hate EA posts baffle me

[Pared]

Stop the bickering and post impressions or don't post.

It's extremely simple.

[AuburnAlumni]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheelman990

I have a feeling you would much rather have a NCAA 12 is perfect, nothing wrong with the game thread wouldnt you? Its so annoyin having to read anything negative about this game right? After all it is perfect in every way. The fact you have taken notice of the constant complaints of the SAME issues, and act like there all just I hate EA posts baffle me

Nope. Constructive criticism is fine. But "Why doesn't EA Care?" "I'm completely disgusted at the lack of awesome grass" "This is the same old game"

That stuff makes me want to bash my head against a wall. Especially when it's repeated ad nauseum by every 5 post wonder who pops their head in this forum to whine and moan for a few weeks, then vanish back into oblivion until the following June when the vicious cycle starts all over.

I think clear improvements such as CPU RB AI, etc. should be recognized. There are obvious issues, such as excessive pancakes on Heisman and a lack of QB scramble, but overall I think it is an excellent demo.

[AirLobo23]

Demo is growing on me. My biggest complaint is the awful looking grass during normal gameplay...i think ps2/xbox had better looking grass.

[wheelman990]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Stop the bickering and post impressions or don't post. It's extremely simple.

Sorry if I went over board with my post Pared. I probably went about it the wrong way expressing my point. Just trying to say criticism doesnt mean someone here has a EA agenda. Again, I apologize.