NCAA Football 09 Interview

[mvb34]

Re: First 09 Details - GameTap!

No, he's saying that EA's dev team has a 3 year learning curve. Other developers seem to grasp each system quicker, look at MLB 08 The Show.

You can't use the Show as an example because it made by Sony and the people from Sony should know how to use their hardware!!

Take Two ported there basketball games over to next gen. I think EA's dev is right about the learning curve.

[JBucc]

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Sounds good. I'm pretty hyped about this game, probably more than most because I didn't buy 08. It's been over a year since I've played NCAA.

[Shakedowncapo]

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You can't use the Show as an example because it made by Sony and the people from Sony should know how to use their hardware!!

Oh then I guess Sony's NBA franchise should be up there. Point being, that is a horrible excuse. Those guys from "The Show" didnt get the hardware any earlier.

[LionsFanNJ]

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Its early but i like what i'm hearing. Seems like more user control and perhaps more individualized and varied playbooks

[Chibi]

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You know what would sell me on the game?

"We've managed to balance it out so that there aren't any fifteen-turnover games this year."

I don't care about jukes if the guy's just going to fumble, and I don't care about cheerleaders if Rice Stadium is packed for a 1-7 team. And formation subs for God's bloody sake.

[tbomb9887]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

there better be D2 teams i wanna play with sum app state

[jballa838]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

there better be D2 teams i wanna play with sum app state

App State is DI-AA (now FCS) not D2.
But I hope they add FCS teams, plus D2 would be cool because my brother would play for his school just to be in NCAA.

[Anaxamander]

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You know what would sell me on the game?

"We've managed to balance it out so that there aren't any fifteen-turnover games this year."

I don't care about jukes if the guy's just going to fumble, and I don't care about cheerleaders if Rice Stadium is packed for a 1-7 team. And formation subs for God's bloody sake.

Amen. I wish they would just come out and tell us stuff like that in the beginning, but honestly we probably won't find out about formation subs until someone on this board finds the game early, because usually people who are able to actually interview EA don't know or care about that kind of thing.

[J.R. Locke]

Can I get a playbook creator/editor please? Come on it has been years!!!!!

[hawkeyekid]

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Great, I swear that I heard this last year.

I didn't think blocking was that bad last year. It was the "Jump the Snap" that ruined blocking. Say you're going to fix that and I'll take you seriously.

I ran away from lots of players last year. I don't think that was a problem.

How about fixing turnovers? How about instead of cheerleaders on the sidelines, we get entrances? How about all the things in last gen that just didn't make it in (bowl patches, endzones, etc.)?

Playbook substitutions, rosters that you can fully edit, no roster bugs, better pregame, etc.?

I'm done with Madden. I don't want to be done with NCAA.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Since 2000 I would hang on every new screenshot, interview, video, tiny morsel of news, anything that concerned the new college game. But that's all down the drain now, after last year enough was enough. Next gen football has been "playable" yeah, but that isn't nearly enough.

Anyone see the five or six second video clip on Sportscenter last night? It was of D-Mac running and juking in practice mode. Albeit it was labeled "work in progress" it looked and seemed exactly like last year's unnatural running animations.

[VWarrior]

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"When you looked at it on PS2, the cheerleaders were part of a cutscene. Now, you'll be driving down the field and you'll see them on the sideline doing stunts and cheers in unison, and it's really cool. That's the kind of stuff we want the fans to appreciate. The subtle things."

No Mr./Ms. Boyd. Thats the kinda of stuff the fans have been waiting for you to implement.

[Altimus]

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"The PS3 version will run at 60 frames per second."

PS3 gamers, rejoice.

[hawkeyekid]

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"When you looked at it on PS2, the cheerleaders were part of a cutscene. Now, you'll be driving down the field and you'll see them on the sideline doing stunts and cheers in unison, and it's really cool. That's the kind of stuff we want the fans to appreciate. The subtle things."

No Mr./Ms. Boyd. Thats the kinda of stuff the fans have been waiting for you to implement.

Good call. If they would have taken 10 minutes last year or the year before, they would have read lists and lists of what people wanted. WE DO appreciate that stuff. That's why we buy The Show and NBA 2k and College Hoops 2k and NHL 08.

[AuburnAlumni]

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Blah blah blah.

I still play the hell out of NCAA 08 and I think it's a very good game, but come on EA.

You spout the same crap every year. "Improved atmosphere" has been one of the headlines for the last 20 years it seems.

Skip all of the fluff....no more stupid "Dorm Room" mode or Mascot games, etc.

How about this...

1. Quit taking out "added features" that have been in and out of NCAA for TEN YEARS NOW. That means don't take out Create a play...leave it in. Don't take out Homefield advantage....TONE IT DOWN BUT DONT TAKE IT OUT. Don't take out Create a Sign. Don't take out FORMATION SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!!!

2. Concentrate on GAMEPLAY...and I don't mean how to perform 287 special moves with the damn analog stick. How about.....decreasing every DBs ability to jump 60" and swat a ball down without even looking for it? Allowing the CPU QB to THROW DEEP? Making LBs play more like College Linebackers and less like some Bionic Ray Lewis with a 50" vertical, hands of Jerry Rice, and awareness of a Super Computer?

3. Take a giant cue from Sega's 2k College Basketball series and add in a preaseason show, a weekly wrap up show, and a BCS preview show. And don't tell me it can't be done...friggin' 2k's been doing it for 3 years now.

See EA. It's not that hard to improve on what I think is the second best sports title BEHIND College Hoops.

But I doubt I'll see much if any of the above. Instead I'll get "super duper spin move/crazy juke mode" and "create your own cheerleader".