March Madness 06 Impressions

[RubenDouglas]

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I can tell you this... Arizona's rosters are PERFECT!!! They have included new freshmen like Marcus Williams, Fendi Onobun, and JP Prince. I just wish they had 15 man rosters instead of 12.

ahh.. cool i guess. im just thinking, if they messed up with a midmajor like UNM... how are the other teams gonna look?

but if you play dynasty with a SEC or big10 school, then im sure its nearly perfect. I wouldnt call what i said as an exaggeration because changes couldve been made in 5 months, but I can see how they can have priorities for the top 75 teams in the nation.

[Pratt75]

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The fast breaks have been redone just like in NBA Live. Players cut to the basket and finish the break this year.

Very true, I have had quite a few fast break opportunities.

I don't know much about the players in college basketball so the rosters being perfect isn't a big deal to me but I would love to have all the player names in there that way I can start to figure out who is where.

[sirjam]

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The fast breaks have been redone just like in NBA Live. Players cut to the basket and finish the break this year.

No they don't. Play the game on the highest level, and then come back here and tell me that. The players cut every now and then but nowhere near the rate that they should for a college game. The fast breaks are nowhere near NBA lives, its not even close.

[MaddenLivER]

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WOW i dont know what the hell u guys were talkin about, the game speed is perfect on default no need to lower it, its much slower than last years game and nba live.

[Pratt75]

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WOW i dont know what the hell u guys were talkin about, the game speed is perfect on default no need to lower it, its much slower than last years game and nba live.

I agree with you on the game speed, I'm not touching it. The slower speed was the first thing I noticed once I started playing. Last years game was like a race to the basket every possesion now, its a much better pace.

[aholbert32]

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No they don't. Play the game on the highest level, and then come back here and tell me that. The players cut every now and then but nowhere near the rate that they should for a college game. The fast breaks are nowhere near NBA lives, its not even close.

I have played it on the highest level and have probably played more games then you since I got an early copy. I've also played a ton of Live games and I say the fast breaks are on the same level. I'm sorry you arent seeing the same thing.

[sirjam]

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I have played it on the highest level and have probably played more games then you since I got an early copy. I've also played a ton of Live games and I say the fast breaks are on the same level. I'm sorry you arent seeing the same thing.

No doubt you probably played more games on mm than me. However there is no way the breaks are the same. There are some fantastic breaks that you can pull off on live. 2 on 1, 3 on 1, get the ball to the middle and fill the lanes kick it to the wing who gives it back to the middle who dishes to the opposite wing for the dunk, superstar level. Now go to MM and try the same thing on all american level. The breaks on MM consist of get to the middle kick it to the wing who tries to score or forces his way to the basket, not natural at all. If the breaks were like live than maybe I could salvage this one despite the horrid graphics. Try it on the hardest level and see what I am talking about.

[aholbert32]

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No doubt you probably played more games on mm than me. However there is no way the breaks are the same. There are some fantastic breaks that you can pull off on live. 2 on 1, 3 on 1, get the ball to the middle and fill the lanes kick it to the wing who gives it back to the middle who dishes to the opposite wing for the dunk, superstar level. Now go to MM and try the same thing on all american level. The breaks on MM consist of get to the middle kick it to the wing who tries to score or forces his way to the basket, not natural at all. If the breaks were like live than maybe I could salvage this one despite the horrid graphics. Try it on the hardest level and see what I am talking about.

I'm telling you I have. I played Duke using MD on the highest level two nights ago was able to run multiple breaks. On some Caner-Medley would step out near the 3 point line for the kick out. On others he cut to the basket. I'm just saying that ive seen them.

[sirjam]

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I'm telling you I have. I played Duke using MD on the highest level two nights ago was able to run multiple breaks. On some Caner-Medley would step out near the 3 point line for the kick out. On others he cut to the basket. I'm just saying that ive seen them.

My fault I mis read it. I thought you said you haven't played on the level yet. You can't be serious about the breaks being compared to lives. Maybe you can give me some things like what camera you use and what sliders you use. To me on default the plays are to effective. Run a play like high post or something and see if your cutter ever gets stopped. There is just something about the game that doesn't feel right or like the college game. So if you can help me with the feel, I may play a few more games before deciding. thanks

[Da_Czar]

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from what i saw it was well done. the players have faces and not just names and numbers so it feels kind of personal. I love the fact that you can nab a great player who is a discipline problem and you have to weight that out. because you will have to sit him a lot of games if he is a discipline problem but can you resist ?? ..

on the same thought as above last night i was simmed through most of my first year and had some tuff decisions to make. I was sanctioned by the ncaa and lost 2 scholarships which really hurt bad. One of the guys very interested in my program was a 6'9 6 star small forward from a juco with poor discipline.I could not resist I just couldn't and because of the scholarship loss I could only pick up 2 players instead of 3 and we were losing both centers and a pg(illinois) so i had to take a 5 star pg as my fr pg didn't look to hot and it was either of 2 four star centers with solid grades or the Juco 6 star.... I took the flyer on the 6 star and the BOY can PLAY.

nice J good moves to the rack... so we start the season and he goes for just under 30 his first game with 5-7 3's right.... then before the next game my man gets caught cheeting on a test with a cell phone. Because we lost schollies the ncaa is alread down my back and they want me to sit the kid for 16 games to keep their level of interest all the way down.... DAM


to me this is the best part of the game this year. Hilarious! me and my Ol lady were cracking up.. did I sit him ??? hell nah I'm tark the shark baby play ball!!! LOL

[Da_Czar]

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How is the framerate on the XBOX? Last year it was terrible - VERY choppy. I liked the game last year, but the framerate killed it for me.

I didn't play last year but it is very noticable this year!

[Vince]

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Lack of auto sub feature....Can't export draft class into Live....Cruddy looking crowd graphics....Poor team roster scouting....lack of distinction between good and bad teams at the higher skill difficulties (Wash St. giving Indiana trouble in Bloomington)...

Have you seen Indiana play lately?

[MaddenLivER]

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um u guys that have this on xbox plz spread the word a couple minutes ago i was THE ONLY person online this is a good game and will be even better when rosters are done so plz spread the word and get ppl online, maybe even a league started with us here. Also theres no roster edit limit cuz the computer can auto name EVERY player , which means we should as well just tryin to clear that up for some ppl

[Pratt75]

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I noticed that last night when I went online. I was schocked that there was only five people actually online in the game but there was not one person in the lobbies. I've never seen a new game have no one online. Thats just crazy.

[MaddenLivER]

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u know y cuz this game hasnt been advertised at all and live barely came out what ? 2 weeks ago, i havnt seen a commercial for this game yet , i for one know it hasnt been advertised because my friend who always gets the new ea games hasnt even gotten it yet i doubt he knows its out, i woulda waited a lil later to release it