Staff Roundtable: NCAA Football 12 Demo Impressions

[mikeld1]

demon 19000,

Lets see were should i began. First NFL2K5 may be a old game, true ...but its still better than any game EA sports have made since. Funny you say last generation game, EA sports is still in the last generation of making games in a new generation, even though they are allowed to make a new game every year. Which mean they suck! As for calling you a Sarah Palin supporter, never said that ...What i said was no wonder people like Sarah Palin has a voice. Translation ... people will buy anything you sale them.

[xITSxDAWKINSx]

the game feels so much better i just might have to get madden and ncaa this year

[Eski33]

I found the graphics from a distance to look similar to last year's game. However the game in motion looks awesome. The players move much smoother with the tackling as impressive as advertised.

The lighting may not jump at you but FSU's helmets look outstanding especially as the dynamic lighting kicks in.

The area that impressed me most was blocking. Seeing lineman get to the second tier and cut block LB's is a thing of beauty. Also screen plays work great. Two years ago screen plays were money. Last year they were impossible. The few I ran looked more realistic where you had to find lanes which closed fast. No big gainers but it felt effective enough to where it isnt money at the same time where it doesnt discpurage you from using it.

[BA2929]

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I agree with Dustin the most. The CPU AI bothered me some, but it has for the past 14 years I've bought this game. I guess I've come to terms with the fact that a video game player will never make the same "common sense" decisions a human would in a majority of situations. The play-calling could be tightened, but it isn't that big of a deal to me really. Unless this demo looked like a SNES game, it wasn't going to have any impact on whether or not I was going to buy the game. It's a must buy for me each year. The only video game that can say that anymore.

[TreyIM2]

Only played most of one game of the demo last night on the PS3 but here is my lil take:

-Graphics seemed to have more 'POP' to them. Maybe it's the lighting bit the players almost looked 3D....bit by the same token, the jaggies stood out S well. The PS3 NCAA demos, and usually Madden, never look as optimized as the retail versions...usually. Last yr's demo seemed to be pretty much on par wit the retail version
- Feels SMOOTH and I could feel the difference from previous versions because of ERADICATED suction so now I gotta learn a bit of newness wit how I control thangs.

- TACKLES, TACKLES, TACKLES!!! WOOO, my reactions to good hits is unlike ever before. Pops are really pops, now. I feel dem ishes, mon! Lol.


More on it later. Got a phone call and I beez typing and commuting...

[poopoop]

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This is not the best Sports Game out, period.
Interesting how the ESPN presentation was done good in their College Basketball, but is just simply absent in their Football version.

I've come to the conclusion that EA bought the ESPN rights only to prevent any other Developer from using, because they surely have not purchased it to enhance the "ONLY" College Sports game out, which of course is only produced by them.

This is the 2nd year that leaves you to question, why own it, if your not going to use it?
In it's current form, it's simply an "Imbarassment" to the ESPN Product!

You mean you don't like listening to day old ESPN radio segments while you recruit?

You don't like ESPN tickers with REAL sports scores?

I agree with you though, also agree with Jayson.

[G da Lionheart]

After playing the demo I have to agree with Jayson Young 100%. While I'm disappointed with the demo I'm actually not to bummed because it was unlikely I was going to buy it any way even though I'm a huge sports gamer. I have been alternating between madden and ncaa on a yearly basis. After you skip a year the other title sure seems a lot fresher. I guess it's been a little luck involved also because I bought madden 10 and it was a great game in it's day. Skipped madden 11 (which sucked) and got ncaa 11 which was a pretty good game. Now it's time for me to skip ncaa 12 and from the demo I see I won't miss much. Plus this years madden seems to be a vastly improved game how lucky am I!

[BigFan77]

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OS,

While our PS3 game does support displaying 1080i/p, it does this by scaling from an intermediate resolution that does not preserve as much detail.* It was built this way to support old HD sets that only had 480/1080 options.

If you want the game to look it’s very best, use PS3 720p only because we render in that directly.

I hope that clears things up for everyone.

[NJG-11]

1080p looks good to me on my ps3 but imma try it out on 720p

[Jessep07]

OS,

While our PS3 game does support displaying 1080i/p, it does this by scaling from an intermediate resolution that does not preserve as much detail.* It was built this way to support old HD sets that only had 480/1080 options.

If you want the game to look it’s very best, use PS3 720p only because we render in that directly.

I hope that clears things up for everyone.

So does this mean that we can expect the PS3 version to look identical to the demo (graphically)?

[Super Glock]

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For everyone that says the game is great, I would like to know what they are comparing it to. NCAA 06? Compared to the other sports games like NBA 2k11 or NFL 2k5, This game suck!! ........ people are out of their mind or don't know football. I can't believe what i am reading. No wonder people like Sarah Palin has a voice.

Its posts like this that have me looking for a dislike button.

[Big2055]

This my first time posting here and I just wanted to share my game play experience with the demo. As some have mentioned the first thing I noticed was the floating feel of the game. For some reason it made me feel a little disconnected from the game but nothing big. Also, let me not forget to mention I was playing as Oregon against Texas
The first memorable moment of the game came on my second drive as my outside receiver ran a deep inside slant and had a step on the corner. There was a safety over the top so I waited for the receiver to get perfect inside position to shield the ball. Everything went to plan and I let it rip, the corner had no shot at the play and the most the safety could do was bang the ball out of my hands, or so I thought. The ball arrived quickly and the receiver reached out his hands only to have the ball go through him without any obstruction and into the hands of the safety. The safety with his hands now positioned through the body of the receiver made the easiest pick in the world, truly as if nothing stood in his way.
The second jaw dropper came a few drives later when after a 5 step drop I see a wide open receiver 25 yards down the field. I stepped up and made the throw thinking of all the open field ahead of me. Sadly a Texas d-lineman playing 5 yards off the line had different plans as he leapt to pluck the ball form the heavens displaying some of the greatest vertical and ball skills since Larry Fitzgerald.
Now I have got to say after 5 demo play troughs this game is not all bad but after repeated "come on man" moments the frustration which would build over the course of a year just does not seem worth it.

[kingsofthevalley]

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Its ok. Not too much different to me. Players still have zero weight to them, or atleast the illusion of weight is not present. Slipping and sliding all over the place as usual.

The running animations are still jacked up also. Players still run with that slight hunchback. Check live football footage or fire up NCAA11 for the PS2 and you'll see what running is supposed to look like and feel like.

Still a first day buy for me as usual but come on guys. Please fix the running animations and get rid of that float feel thats been present in the current generation of your titles. Thanks.

[BaylorBearBryant]

Yep, Mr. Young said it best.

[sparkdawg777]

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Its ok. Not too much different to me. Players still have zero weight to them, or atleast the illusion of weight is not present. Slipping and sliding all over the place as usual.

The running animations are still jacked up also. Players still run with that slight hunchback. Check live football footage or fire up NCAA11 for the PS2 and you'll see what running is supposed to look like and feel like.

Still a first day buy for me as usual but come on guys. Please fix the running animations and get rid of that float feel thats been present in the current generation of your titles. Thanks.

Yeh you're right on that. Do they not see these things? And are they that hard to fix in a year? This along with some other bugs have been in the game all of this gen. It kind of makes me mad, it's not that big of a deal but it seems like if something isn't a "gamebreaker" then they aren't going to change it. It's one of three things, EA is using "screw you, you're gonna buy it anyway" approach, they are just too lazy, or they don't see it (ignorant of their own game and real life football). This isn't just about the animations either, its the gameplay, the presentations, and other things like the dreads. I'm sorry I just feel like if you're going to do something you do it 110%, not half-assed.

I sound like I hate the game but I don't, I still like the game but it is mainly because I love football. I am still having fun with this game but the devs really need to rethink these things.