SCREWED out of the BCS National Championship **My LAST STRAW with NCAA 12**

[bcduggan]

Hail Mary trips is broken this year, never saw cpu cross LOS to throw though. In dynasties I am in using various sliders I completed 8 Hail Mary trips in a row to close games.

Yours is the first time I saw cpu hit it though.

[209vaughn]

I usually play hundreds of NCAA games a year... This year i've played probably 12. Just a joke of a game that some how got worse this year. FIFA, The Show and NBA 2k11 are making EA football games look cheap.

[imraged]

10-2 Pitt (in the B1G) who didn't even play in the Conference Championship Game got to the NCG over my 12-1 SEC Champion Alabama team.

[DorianDonP]

I made a thread about a glitch, but somehow my thread got locked. Anyway, I feel your pain OP. This is what my thread said.


Skip down to the bold (The Bug That Ruined It) if you don't want to read the diatribe.

I've been playing NCAA since around 99. Every year around this time, like clockwork, I am in a dynasty simulating the college experience while I wait for the season to start.

In all of these years, I have never played a more bug/glitch filled game. NCAA 12, though promising in so many areas, frustrates me to no end because of things that are broken or not reliable. I'm trying for the life of me to keep playing this game since I need my college football fix, but I swear this is the first time ever that I have considered shelving the game in August.

If it's not the game freezing in the 4th quarter of a near perfect game (I had FSU and was playing Florida....froze) then it's ****** receivers letting the ball hit them in the head while being wide open.

I've put the game down and said "I'm not playing anymore" but end up playing again.

So with that said. I decided to sim the 2011 season. I pick a random team but I'm not controlling them really. I'm just going through each week and playing certain matchups. One week I'm playing SEC games and the next i'm playing Mountain West. Flip of the coin decides which team I'm using.

Anyway, I have fun with this until the Big 10 Championship game. Number 2 Wisconsin is one win away from going to a National Championship. Their opponent is a ranked Michigan State team. I flip the coin, and yay I get to play as Wisconsin (who has Russel Wilson as a Heisman contender).

I usually play solid defense but idk what happened in this game. I play 8 minute quarters but it was a shootout after a turnover filled first quarter. I swear, both teams were racing up and down the field like it was a track meet. I had like 250 yards rushing with those Wisconsin backs and 200/75 with Russel Wilson. It was a Heisman performance if I ever saw one and if this was real, would go down as one of the greatest games of all time.

For all of the problems I have with this game (and there are a lot, such as it being cold and snowing inside of a dome, smh), I was able to forget them all and just enjoy an intense, unpredictable, FUN game.

Anyway, Michigan State takes the lead late in the 4th. Their QB was playing like Tom Brady. I think the game is over and they have spoiled Wisconsins dreams, but I get a kick return where I break like 2 tackles and it sets me up for a field goal that takes me into overtime.

The Bug That Ruined It

In the first Overtime I get the ball first. I score on a beautiful post. Michigan State gets the ball and score on a third down play.

Michigan State gets the ball first in the second overtime and they score again. DANG. Now I gotta answer them or the game is over....

but....but...Michigan State gets the ball BACK for a third straight possession?

lol, wut?

When this happened, I pressed pause....scratched my head....pressed pause again....and sat ant watch them throw a touchdown on the first play....simply disgusted.

Dude. How in the world is overtime broken?

EA, I am trying here. But these problems just keep adding up and it's becoming impossible for me to truly enjoy this game for what it's worth. I wanna scream half of the time I am playing it because of things like this.

The funny thing is I "gave up" on 12 after this happened, but when the news of Texas A&M to the SEC happened, I immediately cut on the game, simmed a season and spent 30 minutes doing a custom conference (putting FSU/Tex A&M/Clemson/Mizzou in the SEC, redoing the Big 12, Big East, etc) only to have the game freeze when I clicked "BCS tie ins". LOL. This is like my third time "giving up" on the game, but I'm sure I'll be back next week. Sigh, I can't wait for college football to start.

Anyway, pics below.

[robpriv]

To the original poster- If the computer jams you, don't just accept the loss. Replay the game. I know it sucks to have to blow away a classic game but you deserve a fair shot.

To Dr Death: What happens to you happens frequently in dynasty. What you should do when you're more deserving than a team that will jump you (or is ahead of you) in the rankings is to simply sabotage them. Keep simming the game you need them to lose until they do lose or if that fails after several attempts, switch the quarter length to 1 minute, play the game controlling the team you want to lose, and make sure they do.

Don't let the cpu screw you. Get what you deserve.

[209vaughn]

Quote: Originally Posted by DorianDonP

I made a thread about a glitch, but somehow my thread got locked. Anyway, I feel your pain OP. This is what my thread said. Skip down to the bold (The Bug That Ruined It) if you don't want to read the diatribe. I've been playing NCAA since around 99. Every year around this time, like clockwork, I am in a dynasty simulating the college experience while I wait for the season to start. In all of these years, I have never played a more bug/glitch filled game. NCAA 12, though promising in so many areas, frustrates me to no end because of things that are broken or not reliable. I'm trying for the life of me to keep playing this game since I need my college football fix, but I swear this is the first time ever that I have considered shelving the game in August. If it's not the game freezing in the 4th quarter of a near perfect game (I had FSU and was playing Florida....froze) then it's ****** receivers letting the ball hit them in the head while being wide open. I've put the game down and said "I'm not playing anymore" but end up playing again. So with that said. I decided to sim the 2011 season. I pick a random team but I'm not controlling them really. I'm just going through each week and playing certain matchups. One week I'm playing SEC games and the next i'm playing Mountain West. Flip of the coin decides which team I'm using. Anyway, I have fun with this until the Big 10 Championship game. Number 2 Wisconsin is one win away from going to a National Championship. Their opponent is a ranked Michigan State team. I flip the coin, and yay I get to play as Wisconsin (who has Russel Wilson as a Heisman contender). I usually play solid defense but idk what happened in this game. I play 8 minute quarters but it was a shootout after a turnover filled first quarter. I swear, both teams were racing up and down the field like it was a track meet. I had like 250 yards rushing with those Wisconsin backs and 200/75 with Russel Wilson. It was a Heisman performance if I ever saw one and if this was real, would go down as one of the greatest games of all time. For all of the problems I have with this game (and there are a lot, such as it being cold and snowing inside of a dome, smh), I was able to forget them all and just enjoy an intense, unpredictable, FUN game. Anyway, Michigan State takes the lead late in the 4th. Their QB was playing like Tom Brady. I think the game is over and they have spoiled Wisconsins dreams, but I get a kick return where I break like 2 tackles and it sets me up for a field goal that takes me into overtime. The Bug That Ruined It In the first Overtime I get the ball first. I score on a beautiful post. Michigan State gets the ball and score on a third down play. Michigan State gets the ball first in the second overtime and they score again. DANG. Now I gotta answer them or the game is over.... but....but...Michigan State gets the ball BACK for a third straight possession? lol, wut? When this happened, I pressed pause....scratched my head....pressed pause again....and sat ant watch them throw a touchdown on the first play....simply disgusted. Dude. How in the world is overtime broken? EA, I am trying here. But these problems just keep adding up and it's becoming impossible for me to truly enjoy this game for what it's worth. I wanna scream half of the time I am playing it because of things like this. The funny thing is I "gave up" on 12 after this happened, but when the news of Texas A&M to the SEC happened, I immediately cut on the game, simmed a season and spent 30 minutes doing a custom conference (putting FSU/Tex A&M/Clemson/Mizzou in the SEC, redoing the Big 12, Big East, etc) only to have the game freeze when I clicked "BCS tie ins". LOL. This is like my third time "giving up" on the game, but I'm sure I'll be back next week. Sigh, I can't wait for college football to start. Anyway, pics below.

I feel your pain man. The game just is not the same. The AI logic is absoltely wack this year, not to mention more bugs than this series has EVER seen.

I'm tired of psychic defenses, i'm tired of the famous EA's "it's time for you to lose" code - that allows my powerhouse team get dismantled by New Mexico State, i'm tired of dumb WR's that dont react to the ball, i'm tired of dumb blockers, i'm tired of the same ole boring QB mechanics, i'm tired of not being able to put the proper amount of touch on the ball./...

[Jim Jones]

That OT glitch is seriously just..ridiculous. I don't even know what to say about that. I've played a few OT games and haven't seen it yet but that literally leaves me speechless. If a bug like that can get through you know they DID NOT TEST OVERTIME AT ALL. So aggravating.

[InfiniteXavier]

I dont feel the same way about the game. i dont have complaints. I expect there to be graphic issues where it woudl appear someone ripped through my receivers body and got a pic, and i expect that a power house from a power house conference would jump ahead. I had PSU with two losses jump my friends 1 loss Florida team and screw him out of playing in the national championship, but that happens in real life too.

i like this game quite a bit, and have had a lot of fun playing it.