Before I begin this I would love if I could get some feedback from Adam or any other developer that would be pretty neat, maybe talking about what is realistic and not, although I feel like it all is seeing what other games have done.
First and before anything for me has to be presentation/atmosphere. There should be more than one crew similar to NCAA BB 10(who doesn't wanna hear Todd Blackledge one week then Verne Lundquist the next?). The games should also have real stat overlays. There should be a college gameday and college football final, gah that would be sweet. Of course if you are going to implement these things make them great and make sense. Ex: dont show useless highlights have commentators that talk football. There should be updates during the game involving presentation, like a sideline reporter, what we have now doesn't count, also updates from other games that the reporters talk about. The atmosphere, you should be able to tell when the number one team visits of course a lot of this deals with presentation but I would like to see a "smart" and more realistic crowd. For instance they yell on big downs not the entire game they sit and get up. etc.. Also back to presentation maybe mention stuff about recruiting have an extra crew come in and analyze recruits and recruiting classes, Like Tom Luginbill.
Next would be fix the gameplay, real physics! I also would love to see trick plays. Look at Gus Malzhan, how cool would it be to imitate some of his stuff. Of Course to do this EA would have to make misdirection and trick plays would have to work you should be able to fool a defense by running misdirection and using a star player as a decoy etc.. And after you do it have the analyst break it down.
My next want would be a coaching carousel and the ability to hire a staff. Just look at ch2k8 here. When one staff leaves so does that style. Maybe one coach and staff are great recruiters, some are just flat out awesome with x's and o's. They all cost money! So you wouldn't see a Bob Stoops at Temple. You could also see coordinators rise and maybe get that head coaching job, then they good be a bust. Then again there are just some coaches meant to be coordinators like FSU's D coordinator I think Mickey Andrews. He was their D coordinator for 26 years I think. This means just b/c you have a good coordinator he shouldn't automatically jet for a bigger gig there should be soe kind of "relationship" rating with the school he is at. Plus you should be able to pay him good enough to stay if you want him.
Again following CH2k8 the ability to scout and gameplan against upcoming opponents. Maybe the ability to add a few wrinkles in each week, for instance tweak a few plays, this could go along with create-a-play.
Story lines! There should be interesting story lines that involves coaches and maybe even players. Ex: This team has beaten this rival 5 years in a row, etc.. Also stats like that would be nice to see "coach a" is 5-0 at home or 3-0 against this team etc... Have the commentators comment on these story lines
This next one kind of ties in with gameplay I would like to see ratings matter. If you have lock down corners you should be able to blitz more and play more man than a team with a corner who has a horrible Man coverage rating. A power back should act like a power back and bruise your opponent, scat backs shouldn't be trucking people. Also maybe your coaching staff has something to do with how your players progress when they get in your system.
Teams should play like their real life counterparts of course this would change a few years into the dynasty when different coaches and coordinators get shuffled around. Also some teams should have "ceilings" sure Boise State wins alot of game but they just are not going to land a top 5 recruiting class heck probably not even a to 30 class. Going with this...give us the real BCS we should very rarely see a non BCS program in the NC.
Next deals with recruiting there should be busts and hidden gems. A lot of great ideas have been talked about in the Player progression thread. I love the work ethic rating. All in all recruiting should just be more in-depth, Example CH2k8.
That is all I can think of for now. Come on EA step up to the plate and give us not only the best college football game but best football game to date!
Feel free to add whatever you like.
First and before anything for me has to be presentation/atmosphere. There should be more than one crew similar to NCAA BB 10(who doesn't wanna hear Todd Blackledge one week then Verne Lundquist the next?). The games should also have real stat overlays. There should be a college gameday and college football final, gah that would be sweet. Of course if you are going to implement these things make them great and make sense. Ex: dont show useless highlights have commentators that talk football. There should be updates during the game involving presentation, like a sideline reporter, what we have now doesn't count, also updates from other games that the reporters talk about. The atmosphere, you should be able to tell when the number one team visits of course a lot of this deals with presentation but I would like to see a "smart" and more realistic crowd. For instance they yell on big downs not the entire game they sit and get up. etc.. Also back to presentation maybe mention stuff about recruiting have an extra crew come in and analyze recruits and recruiting classes, Like Tom Luginbill.
Next would be fix the gameplay, real physics! I also would love to see trick plays. Look at Gus Malzhan, how cool would it be to imitate some of his stuff. Of Course to do this EA would have to make misdirection and trick plays would have to work you should be able to fool a defense by running misdirection and using a star player as a decoy etc.. And after you do it have the analyst break it down.
My next want would be a coaching carousel and the ability to hire a staff. Just look at ch2k8 here. When one staff leaves so does that style. Maybe one coach and staff are great recruiters, some are just flat out awesome with x's and o's. They all cost money! So you wouldn't see a Bob Stoops at Temple. You could also see coordinators rise and maybe get that head coaching job, then they good be a bust. Then again there are just some coaches meant to be coordinators like FSU's D coordinator I think Mickey Andrews. He was their D coordinator for 26 years I think. This means just b/c you have a good coordinator he shouldn't automatically jet for a bigger gig there should be soe kind of "relationship" rating with the school he is at. Plus you should be able to pay him good enough to stay if you want him.
Again following CH2k8 the ability to scout and gameplan against upcoming opponents. Maybe the ability to add a few wrinkles in each week, for instance tweak a few plays, this could go along with create-a-play.
Story lines! There should be interesting story lines that involves coaches and maybe even players. Ex: This team has beaten this rival 5 years in a row, etc.. Also stats like that would be nice to see "coach a" is 5-0 at home or 3-0 against this team etc... Have the commentators comment on these story lines
This next one kind of ties in with gameplay I would like to see ratings matter. If you have lock down corners you should be able to blitz more and play more man than a team with a corner who has a horrible Man coverage rating. A power back should act like a power back and bruise your opponent, scat backs shouldn't be trucking people. Also maybe your coaching staff has something to do with how your players progress when they get in your system.
Teams should play like their real life counterparts of course this would change a few years into the dynasty when different coaches and coordinators get shuffled around. Also some teams should have "ceilings" sure Boise State wins alot of game but they just are not going to land a top 5 recruiting class heck probably not even a to 30 class. Going with this...give us the real BCS we should very rarely see a non BCS program in the NC.
Next deals with recruiting there should be busts and hidden gems. A lot of great ideas have been talked about in the Player progression thread. I love the work ethic rating. All in all recruiting should just be more in-depth, Example CH2k8.
That is all I can think of for now. Come on EA step up to the plate and give us not only the best college football game but best football game to date!
Feel free to add whatever you like.
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