Little Things that made me love NCAA 14 in action this year

[cparrish]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

After NCAA 14 I felt they were one more year away from true greatness if they stepped up the atmosphere, presentation and included the New Playoffs.

Absolutely agree!

[Gotmadskillzson]

Playmakers is back on OS ? I had to do a double take......

[SonOfEd]

Good to see you back PM!
Nice vids too. Were those on default sliders, in addition to your edits of course.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by SonOfEd

Good to see you back PM! Nice vids too. Were those on default sliders, in addition to your edits of course.

Most of them were captured in Coach Mode I think Gotmadskillz hooked me on to that type of gameplay it provides the best animations hands down IMO.

Outside of coach mode I still prefer Varsity level when playing with edited rosters vs CPU.

[MrSerendipity]

K State probably has a pick if Newman doesn't make a diving deflection.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrSerendipity

K State probably has a pick if Newman doesn't make a diving deflection.

That's one of my favorite videos.

I love the deflections in this years game by DB's and Defensive Linemen who bat the pass down or tip the pass in the air.

I have a few guys on the DL with very high awareness and Jumping ability and I've seen them bat down passes at the LOS similar to what we see from J.J. Watt.

It is a very rare animation in the game that I've seen in Coach Mode but haven't been able to duplicate it with the single player experience.

I had a video of Charles Woodson making a similar play to the one Newman made on the ball and he tipped it then a safety ended up grabbing it out of the air for a pick.

The QB Scramble videos are my all time favorite because it really shows off the scramble logic EA finally allows us to edit with the QB's......in years past it was there somewhat with editing but the QB's would run scripted straight up the field.

In those videos of Ward, Young and Major Harris you can clearly see they are reacting to the defenders and making elusive moves in the process to avoid being tackled.

You will notice in years past QB's just ran directly into their OL and got stuck on the play often resulting in a sack.

But this years QB's they actually find open running lanes like a human controlled player and make smarter decisions when they take off.

Now the game isn't perfect but kudos to EA for improving some things that I felt we should have had back in NCAA 09 if not sooner. The game has that NCAA 06 feel with some tweaks to sliders and of course ratings IMO.

[Matt10]

I'll play - all captured in dynasty (single player)

Sick catch! Ball was slightly behind the receiver, but made a nice adjustment.



Deflection! Gotta love this animation, you're right PM (welcome back!) - and it's just oh so nice. From playing this game straight through the release to end of September - I would say this one made me go to the replay booth the most.



Sick Pick! One of the nicest picks I have ever seen. CPU pressured me enough - made a bad pass into coverage - WR shoulda caught it - Tip Drill! PIck!

[dfjndjjden]

Lynn Swann of USC shows off his patented leaping catch ability