NCAA 12 Menu (wtf)

[Spanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by tweetintoucan

What were the designers of the NCAA 12 menu taking, and where can I get some? Here is what I see: A sign that reads "Thanksgiving Dinner" Random X's and O's scattered about the field Megaphones and foam fingers, in concrete cases A perfectly upright standing football Incorrectly marked scrolling yardlines A small floating helmet off in the distance What I think would be an awesome menu is if each school had their own background of pictures and video of the history of the program, with accompanying soundclips of radio broadcasts, coach speaches, etc, instead of the annoying and startling ESPN cut-ins and repetitive band songs.

Man, if this was my primary concern with this game I'd be happier than Jimmy Johnson on an Extenze commercial.

[tweetintoucan]

You people...I make a comment regarding an eccentric menu and you think it's my primary concern and that I'm complaining. The only thing I complained about is the music and the ESPN cut-ins, the rest was pure observation. I see most of you lack any ability to start a normal conversation in here.

[tweetintoucan]

Quote: Originally Posted by ViLLiO

I agree that it should be more about your favorite team. I'd love to see Bo Jackson, Cadillac, Ronnie Brown, Cam Newton highlights than all of this random ESPN crap.

I understand it having the ESPN layout, but yeah, it would be cool to see at least see a slideshow of some of the team's history in the background. The ESPN radio is a good idea, but like a lot of other stuff in the game just doesn't work out quite right. If it's going to be ESPN at least include a pre-game Stuart Scott spoken-word segment in there somewhere, please.

Also, I happened to see the episode of the Making of NCAA Football 12 where they filmed the beginning sequence, and it pretty much summed up what I think the production of this game was like. A couple guys grabbed some fan gear off people's cubicles and offices at the last second, threw it together, filmed it, and called it good.

[Skull]

EA needs to start with the basics like a usable menu instead of all the nonsense background graphics

[Strings74]

Quote: Originally Posted by PowerofRed25

The menu's couldn't possibly be more annoyingly slow, I don't think a more polished menu design would change that. That said, I would rather the menu be black and white and in 2D if it meant it would actually move some what faster.

Absolutely agreed. The 1-2 second delay on every click is the most frustrating thing ever.

[ViLLiO]

Quote: Originally Posted by tweetintoucan

I understand it having the ESPN layout, but yeah, it would be cool to see at least see a slideshow of some of the team's history in the background. The ESPN radio is a good idea, but like a lot of other stuff in the game just doesn't work out quite right. If it's going to be ESPN at least include a pre-game Stuart Scott spoken-word segment in there somewhere, please. Also, I happened to see the episode of the Making of NCAA Football 12 where they filmed the beginning sequence, and it pretty much summed up what I think the production of this game was like. A couple guys grabbed some fan gear off people's cubicles and offices at the last second, threw it together, filmed it, and called it good.

The ESPN Radio feature sucks. I turned that crap off once I realized they just play the same ol' tired 30 second newsflash throughout the day.

I turned it back on yesterday just to try it out, because it could be a cool feature, but I must've heard about PLAXICO BURRESS RETURNING TO THE NFL AND SCORING A TOUCHDOWN a thousand times, and I could care less about that.

[ViLLiO]

Also, I could not agree more on the notion regarding the sluggish menus. This is the ONLY game I've ever played in my entire life where the OFFLINE main menus lagged. Gimme' a break.

Hurr Durrr but it has ESPN On Demand and EA Sports video news Durrrr. I seriously doubt anyone has clicked on those "features" more than once.

[Old School SD Fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by PowerofRed25

The menu's couldn't possibly be more annoyingly slow, I don't think a more polished menu design would change that. That said, I would rather the menu be black and white and in 2D if it meant it would actually move some what faster.

I'm with ya on that bro, I installed the game to my HD and it still takes forever to load.