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Okay lets start off with the parameters here. Yes, graphics have improved 10000%, I don't think anyone could or would dispute that. The game play is better as well, perhaps not has improved as it could be, but it is improved.
Now comes to the bread and butter of the game, the dynasty and game play features. This is where NCAA 2000 is still ahead of the current series. In NCAA 2000 we had the following features.- Concurrent Division 1A/1AA Dynasties
Yes, you could take a D1-AA team in Dynasty mode and play along with the big boys. You competed for the same recruits and D1-AA even had its own Top 10. I'll admit recruiting was busted as I recall Bethune Cookman bringing in 3 of the top 10 players one year.
Now lets fast forward to 2009/10. We now have transfers, this could be implemented into the game nicely as players could transfer down a level with no penalty. With teams having the ability to jump conferences, teams could jump into D1-A (FBS).
- 24-32 Team Tournament or Bowl Games, you choose!
Okay lets be fair to EA, the NCAA may be the guilty party here in not allowing this, but nonetheless it was an awesome feature. I believe 24 to 32 teams made a tournament at the end of the year and you played through at the end of the season. As it progressed the games actually started to get difficult.
- Create a Play
You could create somewhere between 3-6 plays to put in your playbook. The designs came from pre-designed routes and formations, so it still wasn't as deep as Football Pro but was solid enough. Today this feature could be absolutely sick, but alas EA would rather give us Campus Legend and Mascot Games.
- Better Custom Schedules
Sure we still can do this today, but it just isn't the same. On the PS1, yes the PS1 you had the option of scheduling an OOC game and selecting the stadium it would be played in, which of course included bowl games. So instead of FSU-Alabama in Doak Campbell, it could be scheduled for Alltel Stadium ahead of time. It also had several NFL stadiums like the Vet and the Meadowlands.
Today this could be implemented with recruiting to use as a means to get exposure in another part of the country. Say I am USC, I could schedule a game in the Cotton Bowl to get exposure in Texas.
In another feature you could basically make yourself an independent by removing conference games from your schedule. You could also rearrange your conference games if you wanted to, and you could do this for every single team. So if you say wanted Florida and Miami to rekindle their once year rivalry, you could do so. You get sick of Notre Dame beating up on the Service Academies, well change their schedule. I know this can basically be done today, but not with the ease this was done.
So what do you think, will we ever see a game as complete as it once was, or will we keep dealing with a few table scraps and whatever garbage marketing comes up with.
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There should be an option to set the type of overtime that occurs. There should be an option to have games be declared a draw if tied at the end of a game. There should also be an option to have draws during the regular season, but a full extra period of overtime in bowl games. If the user wanted draws in regular season, but full period of overtime in conference championship games and bowl games, that should be an option, too.
There should also be an option to play through college football the way it was pre-BCS with the coalition voting into the bowls. I am talking about no BCS. I am talking about college football where the Big Ten and Pac 10 were in the Rose bowl every year and after the bowl games (based on differential and overall record with draws), the coalition would vote for the national champion. (which should be based upon point differential among other things)
03-12-2008, 02:45 AM
