NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[FlyingFinn]

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Whomever thought those replay angles were a good idea should be drawn and quartered. I mean really... they are all but useless in their current form. So much so if I do happen to buy the game, I would have to turn replays off, negating a lot of the ESPN presentation.

I have only played 1 game but I had to get the replay thing off my chest. As for actual game play, too early to tell from 1 demo game. I do know a lot of the stat overlays are completely wrong or shown at inappropriate times. I kicked off and Ohio State knelt down in the end zone for a touch back. A drive summary pops up for the OSU showing 0 plays for 0 yards and 0 time used. No duh... On one of my scoring drives, it showed I went 120 yards in 4 plays. Not sure how that was possible.

Graphically, the game looks pretty good. The player models are much better then in years past. Maybe it is just a demo thing but self shadowing leaves a lot to be desired with shadows flickering on and off at random times.

[SA1NT401]

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Update....Playing with Texas on Heisman. The SLIP SCREEN is a 95% HUGE play or TD.

Noticed this in the last Qtr when i used FSU. Then ran it 10 times(not in a row) with Texas....Scored 4 times...Got stopped for a loss ONCE (ran into my OL) and then racked up HUGE gains (40+) 5 times. This hopefully is addressed. Unless UO is totally inept at stopping it in any way....Its a HUGE issue.

Man to Man seems QUITE weak overall....Drag routes are open all the time. ALL THE TIME..Speed still means MORE than any other attribute IMHO....

LOVE the DEMO overall. Just thought i would bring these things to light.

Still gonna grab it as the speed slider for gameplay and the other sliders should be able to iron out these things. Not sure about the slip screen though.

*** The replay angles are TERRIBLE overall...DUMB idea and dont know what the heck they were going for honestly. Why show me a replay zoomed into my RB from the front? Cant see anything else...Silly silly choice.

[Rostee F]

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Is there a chance for european users to burn the Demo on DVD and play it like a normal Game at the XBOX 360? Can`t download the Demo, it`s only for you Americans

[Illustrator76]

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I noticed something that could be instant cheese online. If you run a Wildcat formation and then go No-Huddle and audible to passing plays, your RB can almost always take off for huge yardage after dropping back. I did it and I didn't even realize that it wasn't my QB under center for a few plays (was in scramble mode with no timeouts, lol). Hopefully this is something that can be ironed out in the retail version.

[TheBrothers24]

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What do you guys think of the auto-sprint feature? I'm actually loving it because it takes me back to when i used to have nhl 10 and just feel comfortable with it.

Allows me to not worry about pulling RT when trying to avoid a defender and just focus on moving the left stick to make all cuts.

[Lavar]

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Still the CPU/AI is in a rush once again to snap the ball, although I have on occasion seen the CPU/AI fake hike the ball. Whats the point in all these pre-snap audibles on defense If you don't have time to use them. Even in a no huddle Offense the QB doesn't just get under center and snap the ball as quickly as he does here, he will scan the field at least and bark out some orders. Please give the CPU/AI a chew clock to help him with clock management.

[Oliver Beyer]

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Is there a chance for european users to burn the Demo on DVD and play it like a normal Game at the XBOX 360? Can`t download the Demo, it`s only for you Americans

Just create a new account on your console. You don't even need to enter an andress or something, just and email (imagine a fake one, you don't need to validate the account via email) and the US as country. You get a month of gold trial and can download the demo. Simply delete the account afterwards or use it for the rest of the month. I did the same because my main account is silver only.

What's up with the animations though? The incredible amount of sliding and warping is really annoying. Can't remember older NCAAs beeing that bad. The transistion from one canned animation to another is done very poorly here.

[Manbearpig]

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What do you guys think of the auto-sprint feature? I'm actually loving it because it takes me back to when i used to have nhl 10 and just feel comfortable with it.

Allows me to not worry about pulling RT when trying to avoid a defender and just focus on moving the left stick to make all cuts.

it is amazing

[Lavar]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

Create an American PS3 account and download it from there shop. Its what I did, just google an American address to use.

[Oliver Beyer]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

You only need a US postal code, the street adress doesn't need to be real. Only the postal code is checked. So maybe 90210 ...

About those replay angles, me thinks they are trying to imitate Backbreaker here. Only that it works Backbreaker and doesn't in NCAA. Those random angles showing a closeup of the RBs behind don't give you much.

[khaled]

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I still don't have a sack after playing 12+ games. every time I have a sack the QB throws it away, even from the blind side. Many of those passes were grounding but they aren't called!

[Illustrator76]

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Still the CPU/AI is in a rush once again to snap the ball, although I have on occasion seen the CPU/AI fake hike the ball. Whats the point in all these pre-snap audibles on defense If you don't have time to use them. Even in a no huddle Offense the QB doesn't just get under center and snap the ball as quickly as he does here, he will scan the field at least and bark out some orders. Please give the CPU/AI a chew clock to help him with clock management.

Yeah, I just said the same thing a page or two ago. I agree 100%.

[Oliver Beyer]

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Well, just played against the Sooners and got 4 sacks myself. And the two times the QB threw it away in similar situations where both picked.

[TheBrothers24]

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I still don't have a sack after playing 12+ games. every time I have a sack the QB throws it away, even from the blind side. Many of those passes were grounding but they aren't called!

What difficulty are you playing on? I'm on AA and have gotten multiple sacks in almost every gamy i played. Usually from when the CPU QB holds the ball too long trying to go deep. The team i haven't gotten multiple sacks on for the most part is Mizzou, they get up to the line quick and chuck the ball every where too fast to get any constant pressure.

[khaled]

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What difficulty are you playing on? I'm on AA and have gotten multiple sacks in almost every gamy i played. Usually from when the CPU QB holds the ball too long trying to go deep. The team i haven't gotten multiple sacks on for the most part is Mizzou, they get up to the line quick and chuck the ball every where too fast to get any constant pressure.

Heisman.