NCAA Football 2009: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Quote: Originally Posted by mike586corleone

and camera views.

Adding that RIGHT AWAY!!!!

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Good:

1****nning controls are better.
2.despite all the stuff wrong with the game there is still some fun to it.
3.Easports world

Bad:

1. Overall gameplay on the field is broken/inconsistent.
2. No ground breaking gameplay impacting features.

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Quote: Originally Posted by GQman2121

So the game sounds, the uniforms, and EA's Locker are awesome, but the actual game blows chunks huh? That is F'ing hilarious. to the laugh you just gave me. Bravo!!!

Well do you want me to lie and say I thought that all of the gameplay related topics I listed were good? I could do that too, but I'd much rather just list them under ugly where they need to be. If they were good I would list them as such.

I call it as I see it.

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Good:
the way the defensive line plays vs. the run

Bad:
the way the defensive line plays vs. the pass

Ugly:
LB/DB A.I. vs. the pass

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People have made some great points so far, so I'll only add this.


The BAD: The presentation - During the pre-game they talk about one player that's going to have an impact, yet the field is completely empty during the entire intro. The last gen games at lease show the player in question warming up on the field and even have them running out of the tunnel. I don't think it's too much to ask that they add something new or dynamic to this generations sports games considering that for the last few seasons the games have only regressed in this department. No refs or chain gang......Really?

For example: Here's the St. Louis RAMS warming up before playing Carolina. Notice that the camera man is focused on Steven Jackson; it's at this point in the game someone could mention that Jackson is going to be a huge part of the offense today and that blah, blah, blah, blah he could have an impact on the games outcome. End the segment by saying "The kick off when we return" - cut to black screen for one second - return with the coin toss just as it is now, only show the coaches on the sideline or players on the field. BAM right into kick off.

See, I was one of those crazy thinking people a few years ago - when the 360 and then PS3 were announced - that thought these next generation machines were going to usher in an entire era of sports gaming. I imagined seeing team specific intros for the larger programs like Clemson entering Death Valley by running down the hill or Notre Dame coming out of the locker room (which was in the game a few years ago!) before running out of the tunnel to take a knee at the far endzone facing the student section.

None of this is even remotely in my mind now after seeing the first two/three entries on the PS3 and 360. But it is still an example of something that would greatly increase the importance of each game be it a Rivalry, Bowl or Conference match up.

Nice contribution.

I have updated the first post, continue to post new ideas for this thread!

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The Bad:

Hawaii's new under armour uniforms are awful. The developers should have used their discretion and kept the old ones in seeing how the new ones suck so bad.

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