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

[Playmakers]

The ability to edit CPU Players to react almost human like on the field this year.

WR's/TE's finally made aggressive plays on the ball in the air.

Lynn Swann of USC shows off his patented leaping catch ability
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Lindsey Scott of Georgia lays out for the deep pass.
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Scott McGregor of Colorado St goes over the middle and gets it.
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Henry Childs of Kansas St makes the sideline grab.
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[Playmakers]

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Mobile QB's who finally ran with a purpose this year.

Major Harris of West Virginia
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Charlie Ward of FSU ends the run with a baseball slide
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Steve Young of BYU runs for daylight
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Pocket QB's buying some time for the play to develop

Carson Palmer of USC with the little subtle move to avoid the rush
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Byron Leftwhich with the subtle roll out
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[Playmakers]

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RB's who utilized the stiff arm along with juke moves in the open field

O.J. Juice Simpson of USC
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Shawn Alexander of Alabama
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Trung Canidate of Arizona
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Ricky Williams of Texas gets physical
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[Playmakers]

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Defenses that Swarm the Ball and force turnovers

East Carolina defenders gang tackle
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Iowa's defense gets after it
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DB's making plays on the ball

Terrence Newman of Kansas St diving deflection
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Chris McAlister of Arizona
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Terrell Buckley of FSU breaks on the ball
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[tonydeloache]

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

What does any of this mean.

[TerryP]

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What does any of this mean.

That it was a tremendous game this year, and will be missed my most.

[footballfan4life]

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

What does any of this mean.

The CPU AI and the ability to edit it has improved over recent years

[Playmakers]

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

What does any of this mean.

It means that we finally got the game that we should have got years ago by EA.

Improved CPU Option Attack
Improved CPU AI QB Scrambling
Improved Ball Carrier Running Logic
Improved Pass Rush by DL in terms of them actually utilizing Pass Rush Moves
Improved WR/DB Interaction when the ball is in the air

This years Final version of NCAA Football was a solid foundation to build on moving forward and then EA decided to pull the plug on the series.



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.

[cparrish]

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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]

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

[SonOfEd]

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

[Playmakers]

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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]

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

[Playmakers]

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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]

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

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

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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.

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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!

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