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[Steelers30]

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Wow dude, all you have to do is put on recruiting assist and then only recruit whatever side of the ball you're a coordinator for. I can see where it might be a SLIGHT annoyance but no where near enough to completely disregard a entire new feature. Atleast to me. To each his own I suppose.

Thanks for the tip.

[Mtneer08]

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Player movement is still awful. That's all I need to know. This game just doesn't look or feel anything like football. Players turn on a dime, they skate all over the field, there's hardly any sense of weight, and momentum is not properly respected. That's why I'm going to sit this year out and hope for the best next year, but I'm afraid the player movement (and player interactions) are going to change very little until the next gen of consoles.

For those of you who can overlook this issue, I honestly envy you.

Playing on slow or very slow helps the skating and the feeling of sense of weight to the players.

[Altimus]

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A special edition of NCAA 11? No matter how you put it, that is never good to say in a review.

[jwmcards]

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I thought the review is ok with a decent score, it touched on some good points, I just don't think there was a ton of depth to it.

Since I've played 11 to near death, I'm sure I'll notice smaller tweaks and changes just because of the amount of time I've spent with it, so maybe that's why I think that about the review.

Plus it's just one person's opinion, which can be nice to get a feel for the game, but since I was buying the game already, reviews won't have much bearing for me on this purchase.

[TigerRag]

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Thanks for the tip.

No problem man, sorry if I came off as being a jerk. As for the review, yeah it's pretty fair. I usually take reviews with a grain of salt though. I played the demo and I liked it and that's the reason that I am purchasing it.

[Pokes404]

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Playing on slow or very slow helps the skating and the feeling of sense of weight to the players.

No, it doesn't. Players still don't plant their feet then they turn, they don't lean into their turns, the running animations still look bad, momentum still isn't respected, and players still have that "twitchy" look to them. It does give players a slightly "weightier" feel, I'll give you that, but not by much. The problem is EA's locomotion engine, which looks to have not been touched since last year. I was excited about the locomotion engine last year because I thought it was a stepping stone towards producing more realistic player movements. I didn't realize it was EA's end-all solution to the issue. That's what worries me about the future of the series. The fact that they can look at the current locomotion system and say, "Yeah, that looks really good," makes me seriously question whether they're ever going to be able to make the simulation game I'm looking for.

[LambertandHam]

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I'm surprised he didn't take the review, run twenty yards behind his office chair, and then hit the post button.

[willIam9387]

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That was a fair review to me, but then again I don't really take much stock in a game's score on a website or in a mag. I'm much more interested in reading the impressions thread on here or reading impressions from someone who is familiar with football, especially the sport's many nuances.

Some would say it's a edited and slight upgrade from NCAA 11, but that's fine with me. If Oregon plays fast-paced, Navy runs that disciplined triple option, and, etc, then I'm going to be happy with NCAA. Refinements that are done right and help towards making a more complete football game are better than new gimmicks or additions that are meant to cater to the casual gamers or meant to increase the hype for the game. I'd rather take small substantive refinements and features, instead of additions or features which are half-baked.

[acts238shaun]

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Sorry, can't agree with review. Off somehow.

[dennis580]

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No matter where you start (coordinator or head coach), you're in charge of recruiting for the entire team.

Wow that is a very BIG negative for me; as I planned to play as a career offensive cordinator. I didn't want to be wasting time with the defense at all. That is really dumb.

[TheMove4]

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All I want is real foot planting like NBA 2k.

[The_Wise_One]

hahhaha

Mizzou won more games last year than kansas and Texas combined...

[ODogg]

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Not really a fan of the site, but it's a good score based on how they've reviewed the game in the past.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1181529p1.html

Largely unchanged gameplay? This just goes to show how clueless IGN is about football games. The problem is that probably the only time this reviewer played NCAA last year and this year was to review it. If that's the case it would explain such a ludicrous statement.

[Happyvally74]

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Wow that is a very BIG negative for me; as I planned to play as a career offensive cordinator. I didn't want to be wasting time with the defense at all. That is really dumb.

I fully agree with you on this point

[acts238shaun]

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Largely unchanged gameplay? This just goes to show how clueless IGN is about football games. The problem is that probably the only time this reviewer played NCAA last year and this year was to review it. If that's the case it would explain such a ludicrous statement.

That's what I meant by the review was off. He doesn't know what the heck he's talking about ODogg.