NCAA Football 09 Interview

[Vadiplomat04]

Quote: Originally Posted by MomentousCeltic

No it isn't.

Why isn't it?

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by therizing02

Ha! I actually like: "EA Sports, if it's in the game...this year...it won't be next year. -or- "EA Sports, if it's in the game...we're looking into that for next year."

They should just make it "EA Sports, we're playing games........" I wonder if they laugh and snicker when they take out a feature or break something that was fine before. I wonder if they call us sheep over there. "Baaaa.......The sheep don't care if we take out variation in the playbooks, they just like looking at the pretty colors on our next gen uniforms......"

[Cardot]

Like alot of the other folks here, I feel like I have been down this road before. Everything sounds great ....as it does every year pre-release. In '08, the shrine looked great (which it was) and the stadium shots looked fantastic....but they didn't mention 2 pick-6's per game.

Things I am hoping to hear after '09 comes out:
1. Turnover issue resolved (this one is obvious).
2. No money plays.
3. Menus and switching screens isn't molasses slow as was '08. Not too many people seem to complain about this, so I may be alone, but I find '08 tedius to navigate. Looking through dynasty stats is a chore, and games themselves take about 10 minutes longer from simply waiting for screens to change.
4. No new gamekilling flaws that have not been in any of the previous 15 versions of the game.

[Cardot]

After looking at this thread yesterday, I popped in '08 after taking the last few months off. I only played a quarter, and I remembered what made this title so frustrating........there are alot of things it does RIGHT!!! The quarter I played was realistic, challenging and fun. Which reminded me of last fall, when I would get a great game in and figured I had finally found the right settings. But then my hopes would be crushed as the next 3 games were ridiculous turnover/JTS fests.

[TrevJo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cardot

Like alot of the other folks here, I feel like I have been down this road before. Everything sounds great ....as it does every year pre-release. In '08, the shrine looked great (which it was) and the stadium shots looked fantastic....but they didn't mention 2 pick-6's per game. Things I am hoping to hear after '09 comes out: 1. Turnover issue resolved (this one is obvious). 2. No money plays. 3. Menus and switching screens isn't molasses slow as was '08. Not too many people seem to complain about this, so I may be alone, but I find '08 tedius to navigate. Looking through dynasty stats is a chore, and games themselves take about 10 minutes longer from simply waiting for screens to change. 4. No new gamekilling flaws that have not been in any of the previous 15 versions of the game.

I am with you all the way on #3. The menus are horribly slow, and loading files is horribly slow as well. After saving a lot of photos and videos through several seasons of dynasty, it now takes me literally 10 minutes to boot up the game, load my dynasty, and start playing. It's my number-one beef with the game.

[Cardot]

Quote: Originally Posted by TrevJo

I am with you all the way on #3. The menus are horribly slow, and loading files is horribly slow as well.

The one that kills me is when I try to view a replay before the play is completely over.
Hit Start
---wait for menu screen to pop up
View that replay is not yet available, so I back out.
---wait for game screen to return.
---wait for play to formally end.
Hit start again
--wait for menu screen
Hit Replay
--wait for replay screen.
view replay and the exit out.
--wait for menu screen
exit
--wait for game screen to return.

[NYG_Meth]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cardot

The one that kills me is when I try to view a replay before the play is completely over. Hit Start ---wait for menu screen to pop up View that replay is not yet available, so I back out. ---wait for game screen to return. ---wait for play to formally end. Hit start again --wait for menu screen Hit Replay --wait for replay screen. view replay and the exit out. --wait for menu screen exit --wait for game screen to return.

Agreed 100%