Playability differences between All-American and Heisman

[DrAnguish]

Hey fellas, one of the dynasties I'm in is considering changing from All-American to Heisman. Mind you, we normally have our sliders set pretty difficult anyways, but for a few of the guys that just isn't making a hill-of-beans difference.

For those of you that have experience with both, what would you say are the pitfalls, things to be aware of, things to slider adjust etc... so that the game is difficult, but not uber-robotic etc... We want the game more football difficult, not more arcade.

Any input would be great... thanks!

[rudyjuly2]

The outside running game on Heisman is brutally hard while it's a bit too easy on AA. You might have to boost human rba a bit if you don't like this. That's probably the biggest difference that can't really be fixed through sliders. CPU kicking is bad on Heisman as they routinely attempt long kicks that have no chance.

Pass rush is a lot tougher too. CPU rush and pass block are high and need tweaking IMO. Qb accuracy is very similar to AA and special teams are the same.

[Dirt DiverX]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

The outside running game on Heisman is brutally hard while it's a bit too easy on AA. You might have to boost human rba a bit if you don't like this. That's probably the biggest difference that can't really be fixed through sliders. CPU kicking is bad on Heisman as they routinely attempt long kicks that have no chance. Pass rush is a lot tougher too. CPU rush and pass block are high and need tweaking IMO. Qb accuracy is very similar to AA and special teams are the same.

Special teams are the same as in they are still broken in regards to the return game, for the life of me I can't get a good return to save my life. As stated earlier the cpu also goes for some truly idiotic field goals, I have witnessed the cpu line up for a 68 yarder on Heisman.

[AndrewGW88]

On heisman the cpu cheats so i would stay away from it if possible. Just keeping up the difficulty on sliders. Check out fist of rage's AA set that is basically heisman on AA (so heisman without the cheating)

[DrAnguish]

Will do as far as checking out those sliders.

For the time being we have decided to go that type of route, very difficult sliders on AA. We want the games to be as competitive as possible and (gasp) actually possibly lose a few games against the CPU despite our best efforts. 1/3 of our yearly schedule are human vs human matchups, so we need the other 2/3 of the games to present SOME form of challenge. If not, whats the point in having the CPU games if everyone goes undefeated (FTR, last season out of 8 users there were only FOUR losses to the CPU... thats just dumb)...

None of us want the game to cheat or act stupid... we want things to be as close to legit as a game can be for a video game. Obviously there's only so much you can do with game settings when teams and controller skills differ... but at the same time you have to keep the challenge factor up. Thanks...