NCAA Football 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

[legendkiller5]

Quote: Originally Posted by badpoet

I'm so much less worried about presentation than I am about gameplay. I don't care if there are player entrances or postgame shows I won't watch. I want a game that plays solidly and gives you a feel of college football. Atmosphere at the stadium is important, but little things like player intros or how they didn't get X and Y stadium exactly right aren't.

Yeah, b/c pre-game band routines(that are well done) and specific team entrances don't add to the atmosphere of college football nor 'give(s) you a feel of college football.' No, of course not.

[stevedrumsdw]

Quote: Originally Posted by beau21

" no team entrances"

Oh my Lord how freaking lame is that wow

[moylan1234]

Quote: Originally Posted by berad88

That means the generic FCS teams will always be on the schedule no matter what! That is NOT real!!!

you realize you can edit your schedule and remove those teams right?

[michigan21]

Quote: Originally Posted by nstod

no new camera angles - FALSE. There isn't MULTIPLE camera angles, but there is a NEW camera angle. no new presentation - FALSE again. patch improved gameplay. Patch? I'm curious how much dev time you think it would take to implement adaptive AI, modify OL/DL, WR/CB interactions, implement branching animations, among NUMEROUS other updates to the gameplay. Just curious why you call this a "patch". Is this how it works? if (version == "09") gameplay = "sucks"; else if (version == "10") gameplay = "better";

Seriously? The game might play a little better than 09, it may have bands on the field, it may have adaptive AI, a slight or even nice improvement over 09 is not worth 60 bucks. I think a lot of old timers like myself (over 35) seen what happened to the March Madness franchise, and see similarities to the ncaa franchise.

[Drocks]

Quote: Originally Posted by stoncold32

I think it would be better if the notion of set-up plays were in the game, but not shown. I mean, I'm not 10 years old, I know what sets up what in football. I dont need to be told that running successfully will setup the PA pass.

Yeah, maybe an option to take off the percentages would be good, so a user can determine on their own discretion whether a play is set up or not. Kinda adds to the cat and mouse game moreso.

[Moostache]

Quote: Originally Posted by Happyvally74

Good write up. Would have liked to hear some news on the OL/DL interaction.

Any more questions on OL/DL interactions?
EA ---><---- YOU

In fairness, I am going to show an example later where a CPU OT does a nice job of picking up a manually controlled DE on a speed rush, but the above picture was breathtakingly stunning to me. For all the focus and discussion on the OL-DL that has gone on since January (and earlier), to see BOTH OTs turn INSIDE to watch the QB was horrifying!

[GTheorenHobbes]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moostache

Any more questions on OL/DL interactions? EA ---><---- YOU In fairness, I am going to show an example later where a CPU OT does a nice job of picking up a manually controlled DE on a speed rush, but the above picture was breathtakingly stunning to me. For all the focus and discussion on the OL-DL that has gone on since January (and earlier), to see BOTH OTs turn INSIDE to watch the QB was horrifying!

Wow...just wow. How the NCAA team keep their jobs is beyond me.

[moylan1234]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTheorenHobbes

Wow...just wow. How the NCAA team keep their jobs is beyond me.

don't you think there's a chance that's just a glitch that has already been fixed?