NCAA Football 09: Reason to Hope

[RaychelSnr]

NCAA Football 09's release is coming up in July. Operation Sports Patrick Williams looks at what we can expect in his latest article.

"Although NCAA Football 09 won't be out for a few more months, there is a bit of hope surrounding this season's release.

This is now the third installment for the series on the Xbox 360 and second for Playstation 3. It is about time for EA Tiburon to show us what they’ve got up their sleeve. Development problems should be tackled by now as well as graphics and frame rate issues. This is perhaps the year we should see the full power of “Next Gen” come to fruition."

[vick5]

uhhhhhhh..........I think they will add HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE and proclaim it to be the greatest feature ever added to a College Football video game.....Just a guess though

[michapop9]

yeah its about that time of year that an article like this comes out, I guess I wouldnt be reading this if I didnt have a smell (very small) shred of hope that things might be better, but Ive been a renter the past year and will again. saves me 60 bucks on some stupid bubblegum football game, why am I still playing NFL 2K5? Oh thats right because tho not perfect, its still the best football game out there.

[spankdatazz22]

Where's the substance? I thought I'd at least get to read about the new juke system - which has already been shown in extremely early form. Instead nothing more than a pointless hype article? Don't be so transparent OS

[DubTrey1]

I learned long ago not to get hopes up too high when dealing with EA and football games..... I will have to revert to the old "wait and see" again this year. There are sadly no "locks" in sports gaming like there seemingly are in other non sports games - (see GTAIV, COD4 etc.)

[Heist425]

Re: NCAA Football 09: Reason to Hope

I would like to see 1-AA schools and helmets popping off players heads! yeah! That's whats needs to be in the game.

[Jethown]

Re: NCAA Football 09: Reason to Hope

A part of me really hopes this game will be good, but a part of me still remembers my disappointment with '07 and '08...

[jdrhammer]

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If all the options/features from last gen aren't in the game, I will consider it a disappointment. I'm almost certain it will be a disappointment. The Discipline feature needs to be unlimited so you don't have to take away from recruiting or training. That was screwed up.

[spit_bubble]

Re: NCAA Football 09: Reason to Hope

March: Reason to Hope...

Come July, Reason to Patch?

[Radja]

Re: NCAA Football 09: Reason to Hope

NCAA Football 09's release is coming up in July. Operation Sports Patrick Williams looks at what we can expect in his latest article.

three years into next gen and they are finally going to use the power of the next-gen?????

the richest game developer? the most resources and facilities?

smaller groups of developers for all sorts of game styles have shown us the power of next gen, sports and non-sports!!!

are you kidding me? does anyone get more free passes than Tiburon? they have problems inherent year after year and each year the hype gets more insulting.

[Artman22]

If the overall gameplay does not change. Then it will continue to be a disapointment. They need to make the animations more smooth. 07 and 08 felt really stiff

[ThreeKing]

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I read on our sister site Maddenmania, that the PS3 version of NCAA 09 is a confirmed 60fps.

Now they just need create-a-school and I'm in.

[Keith121212]

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Where's the substance? I thought I'd at least get to read about the new juke system - which has already been shown in extremely early form. Instead nothing more than a pointless hype article? Don't be so transparent OS

I agree. I don't understand why a site like OS, that is supposed to be a neutral sports videogame news site, writes crap like this. Leave the BS hype garbage to EA.

[SageInfinite]

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EA just needs to dump tiburon in my opinion. They've never taken Madden or NCAA to its full potential. They just don't seem talented enough to work on a big game like Madden/NCAA. Let them work on the arcade football. Or at least make the teams bigger between each game(NCAA/Madden).

[jdrhammer]

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One thing I'd like to add, is to be able to cut players off your roster to start the offseason. They then show up to transfer to another school and they remain in the game. Sometimes you have guys that you know you can't keep, so why not allow them to transfer.

Separate JUCO pool for recruiting. Also, have schools like K-State, that signs several each year, be able to acquire them easier since they have a past. I guess it would be a JUCO Pipeline.

Better position and depth chart management by the CPU. I'm in year 2017 and Florida has like 9 or 10 QB's but doesn't even have a two-deep on the OL. Balance out the teams better. This is screwed up like the Madden draft, where the CPU will draft a QB four years in a row and they have obvious needs.

Say you're recruiting QB's. You have two committed, but the one you want the most is still out there. Well, no QB in his right mind wants to be in a 3 QB class, so he drops your school from consideration. This would be cool to see to help balance out rosters as well.

Make it harder for the WAC teams and non-BCS schools to sign 4 and 5* players. Powerhouse teams like LSU don't recruit their homestates well in my Dynasty. They also end up signing less top-rated recruits than normal.