NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

[adembroski]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

"the real bread and butter is in the Season Showdown and TeamBuilder modes..."

AWESOME!

Two features I will never use...

Good, because I'll use Team Builder enough for both of us.

I wish people would stop acting butt hurt because there's a feature others might like but they don't. I doubt too many of us give two ****s about Season Showdown, but I'd say a very good sized portion care a great deal about Team Builder... and I have no problem saying, "sure, go ahead and throw in a mode for the casual fan since you've thrown me a bone with TB." I'm perfectly cool with that.

I personally don't think NCAA is going to be, on the field, better than Madden this year. Hard to fault them, they've been the better game all but two or three of the past 10 year in virtually every department... game play (has been back and forth until NextGen, where NCAA's ran away with it), franchise vs. dynasty (no contest, never has been), superstar vs. campus legend (again, no contest), online options (duh), atmosphere and presentation... name an area Madden's been better over the past 10 years.

I can think of one, and that's playbooks. Madden's gonna win the battle this season on the field, but NCAA will win, once again, off of it. However, I do anticipate a highly improved gameplay, and to me, with the retuned adjustments to the draft classes in Madden, that makes it worth the purchase.

It's always been one game too me. NCAA + Madden, the paradigm. I can't have one without the other.

[Child Rebel]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

Good, because I'll use Team Builder enough for both of us.

I wish people would stop acting butt hurt because there's a feature others might like but they don't. I doubt too many of us give two ****s about Season Showdown, but I'd say a very good sized portion care a great deal about Team Builder... and I have no problem saying, "sure, go ahead and throw in a mode for the casual fan since you've thrown me a bone with TB." I'm perfectly cool with that.

I personally don't think NCAA is going to be, on the field, better than Madden this year. Hard to fault them, they've been the better game all but two or three of the past 10 year in virtually every department... game play (has been back and forth until NextGen, where NCAA's ran away with it), franchise vs. dynasty (no contest, never has been), superstar vs. campus legend (again, no contest), online options (duh), atmosphere and presentation... name an area Madden's been better over the past 10 years.

I can think of one, and that's playbooks. Madden's gonna win the battle this season on the field, but NCAA will win, once again, off of it. However, I do anticipate a highly improved gameplay, and to me, with the retuned adjustments to the draft classes in Madden, that makes it worth the purchase.

It's always been one game too me. NCAA + Madden, the paradigm. I can't have one without the other.

I'm sorry, but team builder doesn't really do much for me. I'm not going to knock anybody who wants and will enjoy it, I mean to each his own. However Team builder doesn't do anything to improve the overall experience of the game. It doesn't improve gameplay, presentation, cosmetics, or any other vastly important aspect of the actual game. From what I've gathered, and I could very well be wrong, but you're getting a rehash of last years title with some new custom teams. That's enough for you?

[zoltan]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

I can think of one, and that's playbooks. Madden's gonna win the battle this season on the field, but NCAA will win, once again, off of it.

so are you saying that Madden is going to have better playbooks than NCAA this year???

well i certainly hope that is not that case

[adembroski]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

so are you saying that Madden is going to have better playbooks than NCAA this year???

well i certainly hope that is not that case

No, I'm saying Madden has already had better playbooks. When I say that, I'm talking in terms of "replicating what the team really runs".... NCAA's playbooks are all fairly generic and far from 100% team specific.

NCAA has better playbooks in the sense that there's much more variety of styles in college football, but in terms of team-by-team flavor, you've got 120 teams vs. 32... it's a lot easier to get 32 to be fairly faithful to what the teams actually run than 120.

[adembroski]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

I'm sorry, but team builder doesn't really do much for me. I'm not going to knock anybody who wants and will enjoy it, I mean to each his own. However Team builder doesn't do anything to improve the overall experience of the game. It doesn't improve gameplay, presentation, cosmetics, or any other vastly important aspect of the actual game. From what I've gathered, and I could very well be wrong, but you're getting a rehash of last years title with some new custom teams. That's enough for you?

No, but I know that's not not the case. The upgrades being carried over from Madden are what make NCAA a buy for me. PA, branching animations, steerable animations, pocket forming, and improved pursuit angles.

I understand team builder doesn't do much for some, and more power too you. My entire point was that your opinion is not shared by all. I think a quick glance at the first two pages of this forum proves that pretty conclusively.

[acts238shaun]

Re: IGN Pre-E3 Hands On

Woah! What?

Unless I am mistaken QFT is short for "Quote for truth". I usually don't abbreviate, but it fit there.

[adembroski]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

Let me be clear; I wish NCAA was taking the Madden route all around and rededicating themselves to 100% sim. I really do. I have no doubt that this will be the first year since 2005 that I play more Madden than NCAA. Is NCAA going to be the game I wish it was? No, it wont, but the upgrades that are making the leap, with the addition of team builder (CAT has always been one of my favorite features), make NCAA a buy for me.

That doesn't mean I'm granting the game an A+.

[moylan1234]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

adembroski did you play both at the cd?

[Child Rebel]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

Let me be clear; I wish NCAA was taking the Madden route all around and rededicating themselves to 100% sim. I really do. I have no doubt that this will be the first year since 2005 that I play more Madden than NCAA. Is NCAA going to be the game I wish it was? No, it wont, but the upgrades that are making the leap, with the addition of team builder (CAT has always been one of my favorite features), make NCAA a buy for me.

That doesn't mean I'm granting the game an A+.

I dunno man, from what I've seen? NCAA looks pretty much the same, and some of my suspicions were confirmed by this article. I'm fairly sure the man didn't lie when he said the game plays pretty much the same. I'll rent NCAA, and if it's good, I'll buy it. However as much as I love collegiate football, I can't spend my money on a mediocre product.

[hayvis]

Re: IGN Pre-E3 Hands On

It would certainly help if we could get some gameplay videos on a reasonable difficulty setting to see how gameplay has changed.

This is key. We're only eight weeks from release, and I'm worried that E3 is going to be used as a smokescreen for raw footage. We need to see the gameplay thoroughly in action before E3 so that we can make a decision on it without being smothered in more media hype videos, a la NFL Draft.

[adembroski]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

adembroski did you play both at the cd?

No

[rudyjuly2]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

No

Have you had any hands-on experience with NCAA 10?

[heavy_hitter]

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It would certainly help if we could get some gameplay videos on a reasonable difficulty setting to see how gameplay has changed.

I can honestly say this is the first year EA doesn't have my money for NCAA. It doesn't have to do with the economy either. I haven't SEEN one thing for NCAA10 that peaks my interest. Unless I SEE anything before release, I will still be playing one of the COD titles on release night.

Hearing is one thing and there have been things said that peeks my interest. The only problem is, I have heard it all before. I don't trust EA and what they say. I want to see actual game footage of people outside EA playing this game. E3 is always smoke screens and mirrors. IGN, Game Pro, and other sites are just propaganda avenues for EA to market their crap.

Seeing is sometimes believing and EA has shown nothing. And please don't say the Flexbone because those videos were garbage.

IMHO, EA owes loyal fans of this game more than just secrets they haven't told us. They owe video coverage of the game. I am pissed at EA. I feel that they ripped me off with 09. They aren't going to give me my $60.00 back which they should. So SHOW me something I can SEE to make me believe this game is worth buying.

[J-Unit40]

Re: IGN Pre-E3 Hands On

There's no doubt that it feels very similar to last year's NCAA on the field. The default gameplay camera angles are the same, animations are carried out at the same speed and the general ebb and flow on the field is the same that I remember from years gone by. That's certainly not a bad thing, but it's definitely going to feel like familiar territory to series veterans.

I can't disagree with this guy more. NCAA 10 plays nothing like 09. There is no "wide open gameplay," there is a pocket and pressure on the QB, the CPU throws deep, there are incomplete passes that aren't dropped, balls get batted down at the line (to name a few things that are very noticable), and there is a big gameplay feature that we haven't announced yet.

Sheesh.

That is fantastic news! How did I miss this comment yesterday? I cannot wait for this game!

Thanks OMT. You got my all amped again.

[Maximus205]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

Regardless i'm buying both. Cause I have to get my NFL rookies from somewhere.