NCAA Basetball 09 Demo Available, Impressions Here

[Vince]

Quote: Originally Posted by maskedmarvel

Also pretty unimpressed by the off-ball movement and general AI, the players don't seem to do basic basketball cuts and practice elementary floor spacing depending on your passing, which is something all basketball games need. I'm sure playcalling helps with this, but still -- it just reminds you of how game-y everything feels.

Wow, I disagree with this ten-fold!

You don't need to call plays for guys to set picks. When you are pressed or trap, players come to you to help you out so you can dish out the rock. I find the off-ball movement is very good. Better than Live 09.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vince

Wow, I disagree with this ten-fold! You don't need to call plays for guys to set picks. When you are pressed or trap, players come to you to help you out so you can dish out the rock. I find the off-ball movement is very good. Better than Live 09.

c/s, that is one of the highlights of this game. I love it.

[htfdthewhale]

Things I liked:
-Coach comments on game pace etc
-Floor spacing was really nice

Things I did not like:
-Shorts look ridiculous. Yes, the shorts in todays game are big, but the plaryer models are so skinny and the shorts circumference are just way too big. They also look incredibly rigid. Combine the actual circumference of the shorts (in comparison to the chicken legs everyone has) with the rigid look, and it just looks ridiculous. This is pretty nitpicky and I can definitely get over this.
-Player models
-Contested shots going in EVERY G-D-effing time
-Nessler's "Up aaaaaan IN!" 12 times in 8 minutes.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by Behindshadows

Go away! Everything you posted is bull.... Players models and detail are great and graphics are way better than College Hoops. The gameplay is smooth and fast paste no where near sluggish!

The player faces are incredible. The models are waaaay too thin. It looks like they are swimming in their jerseys.

Courts look amazing though.

[IHateDuke32]

Got a chance to play the demo more, and the more I play it the more impressed I am. The atmosphere is truly great in this game, although the commentary gets repetitive and pretty annoying. And as somebody mentioned before, its pretty weird how players are shown shooting with both hands. I just played a game using UNC at Michigan State, and in the preview before the game they showed Jimmy Black shooting left handed, when he is right handed (he shoots right handed in the actual gameplay). A pretty small glitch, but one that shouldn't be in the game none-the-less.

I would recommend, if possible, that EA either gets rid of the commentary period and starts from scratch or gets Nessler and Vitale back in the studio and comes up with a lot more material.

Other than those two gripes, I am loving this game

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Behindshadows

... and I never trade games...

lol You never do a lot of things.

Hopefully the player models get a complete revamp next year. They look completely out of place in the game. The game would look more authentic with different player models.

Seems a bit better than Live... I can't really make a good assessment from the demo. I would need to play the full game. The demo just felt a little bare to me and I don't think it's an accurate depiction of the game.

Oh yes... the commentary is much better in Live.

[Tomba]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

lol You never do a lot of things. Hopefully the player models get a complete revamp next year. They look completely out of place in the game. The game would look more authentic with different player models. Seems a bit better than Live... I can't really make a good assessment from the demo. I would need to play the full game. The demo just felt a little bare to me and I don't think it's an accurate depiction of the game. Oh yes... the commentary is much better in Live.

Yeah that is my biggest gripe. i know it's all about 'gameplay and all that but i can't help saying that the player art is completely out of place top the more realistic courts etc

[ehh]

The more I play the demo, the more impressed I am. I can actually have a real inside-out game for once, I can penetrate and pitch for wide open three's, I can crisply run plays for good looks. The animations and player models aren't the greatest but I'm sucha gameplay nut I can look past that in a heartbeat. This game obviously won't be for everyone but I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy the hell out of it for the next five months, baring some huge glitch in the retail version.