NCAA Football 09 Interview

[DickDalewood]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

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Nah, I actually enjoyed the game too.

I'll be honest though, my patience IS wearing thin. Tune up the gameplay, and for GOD'S SAKE, get referees on the field, nets behind the goal posts and ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THESE GAMES FOR 10+ YEARS.

[umd]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

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".

True. True. Everything I woulda said you said for me.

EA Sports slogan should be, "EA Sports where everything old is new again..."

[therizing02]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

EA Sports slogan should be, "EA Sports where everything old is new again..."

Ha! I actually like:

"EA Sports, if it's in the game...this year...it won't be next year.

-or-

"EA Sports, if it's in the game...we're looking into that for next year."

[Vadiplomat04]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

No it isn't.

Why isn't it?

[fistofrage]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

Ha! I actually like:

"EA Sports, if it's in the game...this year...it won't be next year.

-or-

"EA Sports, if it's in the game...we're looking into that for next year."

They should just make it "EA Sports, we're playing games........" I wonder if they laugh and snicker when they take out a feature or break something that was fine before. I wonder if they call us sheep over there. "Baaaa.......The sheep don't care if we take out variation in the playbooks, they just like looking at the pretty colors on our next gen uniforms......"

[Cardot]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

Like alot of the other folks here, I feel like I have been down this road before. Everything sounds great ....as it does every year pre-release. In '08, the shrine looked great (which it was) and the stadium shots looked fantastic....but they didn't mention 2 pick-6's per game.

Things I am hoping to hear after '09 comes out:
1. Turnover issue resolved (this one is obvious).
2. No money plays.
3. Menus and switching screens isn't molasses slow as was '08. Not too many people seem to complain about this, so I may be alone, but I find '08 tedius to navigate. Looking through dynasty stats is a chore, and games themselves take about 10 minutes longer from simply waiting for screens to change.
4. No new gamekilling flaws that have not been in any of the previous 15 versions of the game.

[Cardot]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

After looking at this thread yesterday, I popped in '08 after taking the last few months off. I only played a quarter, and I remembered what made this title so frustrating........there are alot of things it does RIGHT!!! The quarter I played was realistic, challenging and fun. Which reminded me of last fall, when I would get a great game in and figured I had finally found the right settings. But then my hopes would be crushed as the next 3 games were ridiculous turnover/JTS fests.

[TrevJo]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

Like alot of the other folks here, I feel like I have been down this road before. Everything sounds great ....as it does every year pre-release. In '08, the shrine looked great (which it was) and the stadium shots looked fantastic....but they didn't mention 2 pick-6's per game.

Things I am hoping to hear after '09 comes out:
1. Turnover issue resolved (this one is obvious).
2. No money plays.
3. Menus and switching screens isn't molasses slow as was '08. Not too many people seem to complain about this, so I may be alone, but I find '08 tedius to navigate. Looking through dynasty stats is a chore, and games themselves take about 10 minutes longer from simply waiting for screens to change.
4. No new gamekilling flaws that have not been in any of the previous 15 versions of the game.

I am with you all the way on #3. The menus are horribly slow, and loading files is horribly slow as well. After saving a lot of photos and videos through several seasons of dynasty, it now takes me literally 10 minutes to boot up the game, load my dynasty, and start playing. It's my number-one beef with the game.

[Cardot]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

I am with you all the way on #3. The menus are horribly slow, and loading files is horribly slow as well.

The one that kills me is when I try to view a replay before the play is completely over.
Hit Start
---wait for menu screen to pop up
View that replay is not yet available, so I back out.
---wait for game screen to return.
---wait for play to formally end.
Hit start again
--wait for menu screen
Hit Replay
--wait for replay screen.
view replay and the exit out.
--wait for menu screen
exit
--wait for game screen to return.

[NYG_Meth]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Interview

The one that kills me is when I try to view a replay before the play is completely over.
Hit Start
---wait for menu screen to pop up
View that replay is not yet available, so I back out.
---wait for game screen to return.
---wait for play to formally end.
Hit start again
--wait for menu screen
Hit Replay
--wait for replay screen.
view replay and the exit out.
--wait for menu screen
exit
--wait for game screen to return.

Agreed 100%