MY REVIEW OF NCAA 2006

[GaloTorres]

[SIZE=3]I GOT THE XBOX COPY 3 DAYS AGO AND HAVE NOT SLEPT... LOL

SOME RANDOME NUGGETS FIRST....

1. THE GAME HAS A DEMO OF MARCH MADNEES 2005 FOR SOME REASON...
2. THE EA TRAX IS NOT THAT GOOD BUT ITS A GOOD THING THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF AND PUT THE FIGHT SONGS ON THE MENU.
3. THEY HAVE THE EA LINEUP FOR THE COMING SEASON WITH GAMES LIKE MADDEN AND NBA LIVE BEING PREVIEWED.

I WILL COMVER THE REVIEW IN 2 CATERGORIES ONLY... GAMEPLAY AND GRAPHICS...


THE GAME HAS THE BEST GRAPHICS OF ANY FOOTBALL GAME THAT EA HAS MADE SO FAR...

THE PLAYER MODELS ARE MORE DEFINED WITH NICER LOOKING SHEEN ON THEIR SKINS.. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE SWEAT... THE DETAILS ARE SHARPER AND MORE VIBRANT THEN BEFORE.

THE GRASS TEXTURES ARE MUCH IMPROVED BUT NOT TO THE LEVEL OF THE PS2 WHICH I ALREADY PLAYED IN MY FRIENDS HOUSE SINCE WE GOT THE GAME TOGETHER.

IF YOU PLAY IN USC'S STADIUM OR UCLA'S THEN YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE GRASS LOOKS MUCH BETTER THEN LAST YEAR. SOME OTHER GRASS FIELDS DONT LOOK AS GOOD BUT BETTER THEN LAST YEAR.

MY FAVORITE FIELD BECAUSE OF THE TURF IS OREGON'S FIELD WHICH IS SWEET LOOKING THIS YEAR.

EDITING EQUIPMENT IS THE SAME AS ALWAYS EXCEPT THAT YOU THE LEATHER ELBOW PAD IS NOT SMALLER WHICH LOOKS LIKE AN ARM BAND.

THE DETAILS IN THE STADIUMS ARE SHARPER AND THE STADIUMS HAVE RECEIVED A FACELIFT WITH BACKDROPS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NOT THERE LAS YEAR.

OVERALL I GIVE THE GRAPHICS A 8-10 AND IF THE GRASS LOOKED MORE LIKE THE PS2 IT WILL BE 9-10 BUT IT DOES NOT.. THE GRASS LOOKS BETTER THEN LAST YEAR BUT NOT LIKE THE PS2... ( NO EXCUSE FOR THAT BUT WHATEVER)


GAMEPLAY REVIEW..

AS YOU HAVE NOTICED BEFORE I TOLD YOU THAT I DID NOT GET ANY SLEEP LATELY.. THIS GAME IS THAT SWEET.

LAST YEAR THE SLOWDOWN WAS A LET DOWN FOR ME WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME I TRADED THE GAME IN AFTER A MONTH OR SO...

THE SLOWDOWN IS GONE... I REPEAT THE SLOWDOWN IS GONE... I HAVE SEEN IT ONLY DURING CUTSCENES AND DURING GOAL LINE PLAYS WHICH HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ALL FOOTBALL GAMES THAT EA MAKES.

ON-LINE THERE IS MORE SLOWDOWN BUT THAT COULD BE THAT EA HAS NOT TWEEKED THE SERVERS SINCE THE GAME IS NOT OUT YET. I HAVE NOT SEEN MORE THEN 4 PLYERS ON-LINE.. LOL

THE 3 THINGS I WILL COVER IN GAMEPLAY ARE

1. PASS BLOCKING
2. RUN BLOCKING
3. PASSING GAME
4. DEFENSIVE COVERAGE ON PASS PLAYS
5. RETURN GAMES.(PUNT) (KICKOFF)


1. PASS BLOCKING....

THE LINEMAN BLOCK MORE AGGRESIVE THIS YEAR. THEY OFFER MORE PANCAKE BLOCK AND ARE JUST MORE PHYSICAL THEN BEFORE. IF YOU DROP BACK TO MUCH THE O-LINE WILL NOT HOLD UP AND IF YOU SCRAMBLE TO MUCH YOU WILL THROW PICKS LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE. THIS GAME IS ALL ABOUT TIMING ON PASS PLAYS.. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. LOL..

A WELCOME ADDITION IS THE FACT THAT WITH A MOBILE QB YOU CAN SPRING WITH THE (A) BUTTON AND LET IT GO TO GO BACK TO PASSING ANIMATIONS. THAT IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON FOR FAST QB PLAYERS.

2. RUN BLOCKING...

THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE NEW NCAA GAME.. THE LINEMAN TRY AND HURT THE DEFENSE WITH VICIOUS BLOCKS AND PANCAKE DROPS.. IN ONE PLAY MY LEFT TACKLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND WENT HARD AFTER THE CORNER AND LAID HIS *** OUT THAT I WAS IN SHOCK HOW AGGRESIVE HE WAS... LOL... THE RUNNING GAME IS A BLAST THIS YEAR... HOLES OPEN UP NICELY BUT THE GAME DOES SUFFER FROM THE MARIO RUNNING WHICH CLOGOS THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE AND THEN YOU ARE SUCKED IN TO THE LINEMAN. BUT THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME ONLY.. THE KEY TO THE RUNNING GAME IS NOT TO USE THE SPRING BUTTON UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE OPEN. FOLLOW THE PULLING GURDS AND TACKLES AND THEN DO YOUR JUKES AND SPINS.

IT IS IMPOTANT FOR ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ALL AMERICAN IS WAY TO EASY TO RUN AND SCORE.. YOU MUST PLAY PLAY THIS GAME ON HEISMAN MODE WHICH MAKES THE GAME 10X FASTER THEN ALL AMERICAN. I AM WORKING ON HEISMAN SLIDERS AND THEY WILL BE OUT FOR RELEASE DAY...

THERE IS STILL A SPEED CHEAT BUT NOT AS BAD AS LAST YEAR. I WAS CAUGHT FROM BEHIND BY A DEFENSIVE END ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOSS PLAY WITH REGGIE BUSH.. IF YOU PLAY HEISMAN WITH NO SLIDER ADJUSTMENT YOU WILL PULL YOUR HAIR OUT CUZ THE CPU RUNNING BACKS ARE FASTER AND SPIN AND TRUCK LIKE NOTHING.

AT THE BEGINNING YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME TACKLING CUZ THE BUTTON LAYOUT IS DIFFERENT..

PRESSING A IS SPEED BURST AND B IS TO SWITCH DEFENDERS.. Y IS STILL TO PICK OFF THE PASS AND X IS TO DIVE.. THE RIGHT STICK IS FOR THE BIG HITS WHICH WORK LIKE THE HIT STICK IN MADDEN. THE ANIMATION AND TACKLES WITH THE HIT STICK ARE NICER THEN MADDENS BUT NOT AS EASY TO PULL OFF LIKE IN MADDEN..

IN HEISMAN YOU MAY WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THE HIT STICK CUZ YOU WILL BE TOASTED.. LOL

THE PASSING GAME.......

EVERYBODY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSING GAME CUZ OF THE DROPS AND THEY ARE STILL THERE BUT WITH SLIDER ADJUSTMENT THEY ARE GONE.. TRUST ME..

LIKE I SAID THE PASSING GAME IS HARDER THEN THE RUNNING GAME BUT ITS ALL ABOUT TIMING. YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE BALL BEFORE YOU SNAP THE BALL AND CATCHIGN THE BALL MANUALLY GIVES YOU A NICE ANIMATION AND ITS EASIER TO CATCH AS WELL..

THE BALL PHYSICS ARE NICER AND ONCE YOU GET THE TIMING DOWN YOU WILL START TO OWN THE PASSING GAME..

DEFENSIVE COVERAGE...

THE 45 IN VERTICAL IS GONE BUT YOU WILL SEE THE CPU DEFENFERS THAT RUN YOUR OTHER PLAYERS ON DEFENSE STILL DO IT FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU HOWEVER CANNOT DO THIS.. THE LEFT TRIGGER IS THE KNOCK DOWN BUTTON BUT YOUR PLAYER WILL NOT JUMP THAT HIGH AND IT DOES MAKE IT EASIER FOR LEADING THE RECIEVER OVER YOUR HEAD.

THE CORNERS ARE MORE AGGRESIVE BUT CANNOT JUMP LIKE LAST YEAR SO YOU MAY GET TOASTED A FEW TIMES.. SLIDERS WILL HELP.. KEEP TUNED..

LINEBACKERS ARE MORE OF THE AGGRESERS THIS YEAR. THEY LOOK FOR TIP BALLS AND THEY LOOK FOR HOLES TO HIT. THE BEAUTY OF THE CPU DEFENSE IS THAT THEY WILL SWITCH A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND YOU WILL SEE HIM MOVE FARTHER ALONT THE LINE LIKE A HUMAN WOULD TO GET AN ADVANATGE ON SPEED BURST..

THE RETURN GAME IS NICE CUZ THE HOLES DO OPEN BUT THEY CLOSE JUST AS FAST DUE TO THE SPEED CHEAT ON HEISMAN... BUT IF YOU TIME IT RIGHT AND JUKE YOUR WAY YOU CAN GET A RETURN HERE AND THERE.

THIS IS ALL BASED ON HEISMAN WHICH IS THE BEST LEVEL TO PLAY ON BUT WITH SLIDERS. WHEN I POST MY SLIDERS YOU GUYS CAN USE IT TO MANAGE YOUR GAME AND FROM THER TWEEK THEM TO YOUR LIKING..

ALL IN ALL I LOVE THE GAMEPLAY MORE THEN ANY NCAA GAME BEFORE.

THE RUN BLOCKING IS THE BEST AND PLAYING DEFENSE IS FUN AGAIN..

I WILL GIVE THE GAMEPLAY A 9-10 AND ITS NOT PERFECT CUZ NOTHING IS... I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ENJOY THE GAME JUST LIKE I AM..

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THEN FEEL FREE TO ASK ME..

ALSO ADD ME TO YOUR BUDDY LIST ON XBOX LIVE AND I WILL WAIT FOR YOU GUYS ON TUESDAY...

MY GAMETAG IS GMEN4LIFE [/size]

[TerpsGuy710]

I love the whole caps lock thing. It really makes your review that much better.

[GaloTorres]

Quote: Originally Posted by TerpsGuy710

I love the whole caps lock thing. It really makes your review that much better.

sorry man.. how do i remove change it...

[aholbert32]

Use the impressions thread...locked.