CDJ, Pastapadre to go hands-on with NCAA 09 This Week (4/24-25)

[cdj]

I'll make sure to ask about the presentation and note what this new 'post-game presentation' really is.

Also, we've had a lot of questions about OL/DL interactions & blocking, but I'll go on to include the interaction at other positions as well.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by cdjacobs

I'll make sure to ask about the presentation and note what this new 'post-game presentation' really is. Also, we've had a lot of questions about OL/DL interactions & blocking, but I'll go on to include the interaction at other positions as well.

[ex carrabba fan]

What are these guys' track records with critiquing or reporting on past NCAA's?

[jamesda3asu]

Does the game have Wake Forest new press box in it? It isn't even done yet but it will be for football season and there are pictures of it everywhere.

[bad_philanthropy]

My main hope is just that nothing that was already well done is made broken like what happened in 2005. All of a sudden QB's couldn't pass the pall, the defensive ai gained the ability to make inhuman athletic feats, and even the sim engine in dynasty was off compared to the year before. As long as everything from before that was good is still good and the improvements implemented are also well done then I am optimistic.

[umd]

Quote: Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan

What are these guys' track records with critiquing or reporting on past NCAA's?

It'll be all rah rah for sure. Otherwise they don't get invited back. How come OS team guys don't go to stuff like this more often? Oh, it must be cause they don't hand out all 9's and 10's for every review...

Guess we're the only ones who actually care about gameplay cause there weren't many GP questions over there...Hope they have the right color shoe laces this year. If not, count me out.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote:

It'll be all rah rah for sure. Otherwise they don't get invited back. How come OS team guys don't go to stuff like this more often? Oh, it must be cause they don't hand out all 9's and 10's for every review...

lol man if you only knew the truth

[umd]

Quote: Originally Posted by russell05

lol man if you only knew the truth

And what's "the truth" - enlighten us to the unbiased opinions we always see coming out of EA community days from EA "community leaders". It's always the same excuses if the game has broken parts - they usually read like this:

"we only had 30 mins with the game even though we were there for 2 days..."
"we only played online..."
"we were told that part of the gameplay wasn't implemented yet..."
"they were working hard on some issues..."
"they said ______ would be fixed by release..."

"overall I'd still give it a 9.0..."

Those always seem to balance out the "excitement" and "hype" articles coming out of community days.

The only real previews (if someone gets it early) and reviews come from this forum and if we're lucky it's when the game has gone gold and it's OSers playing the crap out of it for a week straight.