First Video Featuring NCAA Basketball 09

[stephensonmc]

Check out the first video featuring NCAA Basketball 09.

[stewaat]

Re: FIRST Video of NCAA Basketball 09

That actually looks pretty good.

[baseball88]

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How many teams can we control during a season?
I sure hope it is more than one.

Thanks

[texasgmr]

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Thanks for posting this. The game looks amazing, I wonder how the gameplay is.

[PhantomPain]

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game looks pretty good from first glance. Little (ok a lot) dissapointed that there is no love for Kentucky in it, but what can ya do?

Look forward to hearing and seeing more about the game.

[ChubbyBanana]

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Wow.

That video has caught my eye. I might have to give this game a look this year.

I wasn't a fan of the past games, was more a 2k guy, but this game could be a good purchase for me.

Thanks for the video stephensonmc.

[Vince]

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Considering how solid NBA LIVE is, this game is an automatic purchase for moi.

[blurredvision]

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Little (ok a lot) dissapointed that there is no love for Kentucky in it, but what can ya do?

Haha, just thought the same thing myself after watching it just now .

[Jethown]

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I wasn't expecting much, but I was really impressed by the video. This game may actually be pretty good...

...although, EA's trailers usually look 95420439035 better than the actual game is.

[HiJumpr111]

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Wow! I can't believe how amazingly authentic this game looks in just this short preview.

For the brief time I saw Indiana University in the video, I honestly recognized none of their players!

[J-Unit40]

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It looks good. As does nearly all of EA trailers for their sports games.

The big question is....will it play as good as the trailer looks?

I'll check out the demo and take it from there.

Thanks for posting.

[whittleboy615]

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Wow! I can't belive how amazingly authentic this game looks in just this short preview.

For the brief time I saw Indiana University in the video, I honestly recognized none of their players!

Golly, you are right! This is sub-par compared to all those other college sports games that make player appearances identical to their real life counterparts.

EA should add in some kind of "edit player" feature where you can change each guy's appearance yourself since they're obviously too lazy and too unwilling to break the NCAA regulated ban against it!

[ehh]

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Well, while game companies can't make players look exactly like the real life counterpart they can get their accessories, skin tone, hair, etc down pat. That is something CHoops did very well for years. Even as far back CH2K5, that had a great looking JJ Reddick and Taylor Coppenrath OOB.

The accessories I don't really care about as much, but editing a ton of players' skin tones is going to be tedious. Hopefully the editor is as improved as they claim.

Anyway, the vid looked good, hopefully there's more media in the near future.

Wow! I can't belive how amazingly authentic this game looks in just this short preview.

For the brief time I saw Indiana University in the video, I honestly recognized none of their players!

And as for that, does IU even have a a full roster yet since everyone left or got kicked out? LOL, probably can't blame EA for that.

[Behindshadows]

Re: First Video Featuring NCAA Basketball 09

Well, while game companies can't make players look exactly like the real life counterpart they can get their accessories, skin tone, hair, etc down pat. That is something CHoops did very well for years. Even as far back CH2K5, that had a great looking JJ Reddick and Taylor Coppenrath OOB.

The accessories I don't really care about as much, but editing a ton of players' skin tones is going to be tedious. Hopefully the editor is as improved as they claim.

Anyway, the vid looked good, hopefully there's more media in the near future.

No they didn't! I've done 2k rosters since the first game, and there were many teams that had players the wrong race, hairstyles etc.

Only teams that are mostly accurate are Big12, ACC, Pac 10, and about 4 other major conferences. All the rest were just thrown together with the correct heights and weights etc....but a lot of their appearances were way off.

And they have never added tattoos already on the players and sometimes even the accessories wouldn't be added. With an exception to the occasional elbow pad and head band. And that's pretty much where it stop. Those were always added by us!

[ehh]

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No they didn't! I've done 2k rosters since the first game, and there were many teams that had players the wrong race, hairstyles etc.

Only teams that are mostly accurate are Big12, ACC, Pac 10, and about 4 other major conferences. All the rest were just thrown together with the correct heights and weights etc....but a lot of their appearances were way off.

Having the high-majors accurate is a lot better than having nothing, can't blame any company if they "only" accomplish that since a majority of the people who buy the game are never going to use Central CT State and the like.

2K was never perfect obviously, but it was impressive.