Five Things to Improve NCAA Football 13

[RaychelSnr]

For years, the NCAA Football series has sold well and enjoyed great reviews.

But this year, it feels like the tides of public opinion have shifted, and a series that once seemed immune to criticism is now subject to a growing wave of discontent. It doesn’t take more than 5 minutes in the OS forums to see that dedicated sports gamers have a whole laundry list of complaints and suggestions.

In this article, I discuss five things that the NCAA Football 13 team could do to restore gamers’ faith in the series.

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[sactown_13]

I couldnt agree more with the crowd noise. I remember on last-gen consoles during mid-play and approaching the endzone the crowd would start to ramp up then bust out when ya crossed the plane. I remember pausing the game and smiling the first time i heard it. It seems to be such a simple thing compared to what games are implementing today. Not sure why this is overlooked every year in both football games.

[DickDalewood]

Presentation/atmosphere should absolutely be one of the main focuses this year... this game is in DESPERATE need of some personality.

[Bamafan3723]

NCAA 13 won't be a first day purchase for me, might not be a purchase at all honestly. I can still play NCAA on PS2 and be happy.

[blkrptnt819]

I liked this and the Madden list. I think it touches on obvious things that need to be fixed.

[steelersfan77]

Re: Five Things to Improve NCAA Football 13

I often wonder what exactly goes on at the NCAA dev office. I know they set goals but do they set their goals as this write up explains? Do they say these are the 5 biggest improvements we need to concentrate on?

There wasn't a single thing in that article that stated the need of a new gimmick selling point. All 5 improvements stated would have me sold on this game. This is a game I haven't bought in years. I hear enough from those on OS that keep from buying it. The opinions on OS have the cons far outweighing the pros.

I friggin' long for the day I can sit and play an enjoyable football game again. But when I hear that physics and weight don't have impact on the game, when I hear that the atmosphere that is college football is dead and the AI knows your play know matter how many times you audible, not to mention the online and offline glitches, well, what can I say, I decide to keep my money.

I hope the development team is already knee deep working on these 5 issues alone and not some new gimmick that keeps NCAA football from being the greatest college football game ever made.

This is a great community with legit folks and it's articles like these that need to be listened to. Test, test, test, before you ship it out to the consumer.

[LambertandHam]

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs. It's the only EA sports game I've ever trade in.

[stcloudgopher]

When the gameplay is tightened up, I'll be back. I can't sit here and whine about old features being in or not being in. If I saw a custom entrance, it was because I wasn't paying attention to skip it. I could not care less about the bells and whistles at this point. I simply want the game to mimic the actual sport. Too often I watch a game on TV and think, "That's simply not possible in NCAA/Madden." Happens with the 15-yard out, the fade, the spread/triple option, punt return TDs, blocked kicks, missed FGs, dominant defenders, a defender getting run over... (Sigh)

[mestevo]

"Custom playbooks and the coaching carousel were welcome additions, but not exactly genre-defining features. "

...followed by 2 paragraphs of things that aren't 'genre-defining' to me. I probably get more from coaching carousel than any other feature in any football game since franchise was added.

[twindaddyj]

I do agree with a lot but playing quite a bit I can tell a difference in the RB with power vs speed speciality with pretty much the same stats. The feel is different IMO. I do wish a lot more plays actually worked in the playbook though. I have quite a few but there are tons that just won't work

[BlingBling19]

Presentation/Atmosphere/Stat overlays/CPU D fixes. Those are the 4 things that I hope they fix in the next game.

College games are ridiculously loud but when playing this game it's hardly exciting at all.

[goNAVYbeatarmy]

Re: Five Things to Improve NCAA Football 13

How to make recruiting more challenging. My 2 cents. Recruits should start the year with no stars. After an inital scouting/recruiting phase. The players with the most interest from schools should get the highest stars (which i think how it works with the scouting systems). SO, stars should be based on demand.

Also, coaches should have scouting ratings (A - great eye for talent, F- throw in the dark). You might peg a player high based off scouted ratings, but he might be worse/better when he shows up on campus.

These are what I call recruiting curve-balls that would make recruiting more challenging, realistic, and different. The way it is now, its too clean cut.

[elementz09]

The NCAA and Madden series are starting to become a virtual gaming reality TV series. Nothing really changes in American Idol, Survivor, The Amazing Race, etc. It's the same product with different players and locations. NCAA developers need to go back to the point when not only playing a game was fun and entertaining, but controlling a school was too. Bring back suspensions, pre-game predictions, a deeper RTG mode, make it fun and challenging and not just by boosting tendencies like the super LBs. I can appreciate the challenge of being a real head coach, OC or DC in college football so add some drama to it.

[moneal2001]

head coaches play editor was good, but i remember NCAA 00 or 99 for the PS1 that had an amazing play editor. I remember creating a quad option from the I were you could either hand off to the FB, pitch to the RB, pitch to the WR on a Reverse or keep with the QB. You could even select what direction you wanted players to block like: run block left, middle, or right and same for passing.

[SkillzKillz719]

Please ALL I ask is make me friggin care about my team/ each game.
Do that in the way of atmosphere. I'm not even gunna say presentation because to them that means adding 15 more entrances.

Yes, I hate all the gameplay issues, trust me, but okay you can play a football game but the crowd is TOTALLY dead. Wtf?
That's why I LOVE college football. If I wanted to watch super polished football I'd watch NFL, but i prefer NCAA.
The players care more.
The fans care way more.

Make a good new superstar mode! Ever since they've used the name 'Road to Glory' it's been horrible. I hope they just change the name and go a totally different route.

Gosh I want this game to be good. So bad.