NCAA Football 09 Stadium Comparison Screenshots

[JBucc]

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They're a mixed bag, I think. The lighting and new field textures look fantastic. But I agree with the crowd looking bad. They look like cutouts again. At least 07 and 08 they looked 3d. The crowd in 09 is also less diverse, in the Tennesse shots it looks like the entire crowd is two or three models.

[rolltide1017]

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It's the 10 year old base engine that they are using from the PS2 and Xbox hardware, that's the meat of the problem.

Really, I thought the said they wrote a brand new engine when they did the first NCAA on 360.

They're a mixed bag, I think. The lighting and new field textures look fantastic. But I agree with the crowd looking bad. They look like cutouts again. At least 07 and 08 they looked 3d. The crowd in 09 is also less diverse, in the Tennesse shots it looks like the entire crowd is two or three models.

I'm telling you, from what I see in the screenshots, it looks like they increased the field textures and added some new lighting effects (which look really good) but, had to compensate that by pulling back on the rest of the textures through out the stadiums. The crowds and stadium structure textures just don't look as good as 08 IMO. If they are really using a last gen engine then I understand why they would do this (think it stinks, but understand).

[countryboy]

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the fact that people are now complaining about the crowd models, leads me to believe that EA is doing something right. Thats just me though

[kmart2180]

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Is there anyone else that all this little extra stuff doesnt bother? I mean I seriously could careless about how great the crowd looks or if theres cheerleaders,fg nets, ref's ect......... What is comes down too is how good the game plays. What good would all that eye candy stuff be if the gameplay has to suffer because of the time being spent on the little thing.

In my opinion they need to take a year to focus on the most important thing in the game (GAMEPLAY) Overhaul it and then add all the toppings after that. Cause after a few times saying wow fg nets are in the game , there gonna be forgotten about in 2-3 games played. Same with everything else ref's,sideline's,fans ect....

So far what Ive seen has looked really good but again its all for not if the gameplay remains the same. Not that it is bad but it must get alot better imo. There are still fundemental aspects of the game that are flawed, like a pocket forming for the qb, or Defensive Ends that attack up field but also contain the outsides.

IMO we need more people bringing up the things that really matter instead of all the little things that should come after a solid foundation is built.

[SageInfinite]

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Is there anyone else that all this little extra stuff doesnt bother? I mean I seriously could careless about how great the crowd looks or if theres cheerleaders,fg nets, ref's ect......... What is comes down too is how good the game plays. What good would all that eye candy stuff be if the gameplay has to suffer because of the time being spent on the little thing.

In my opinion they need to take a year to focus on the most important thing in the game (GAMEPLAY) Overhaul it and then add all the toppings after that. Cause after a few times saying wow fg nets are in the game , there gonna be forgotten about in 2-3 games played. Same with everything else ref's,sideline's,fans ect....

So far what Ive seen has looked really good but again its all for not if the gameplay remains the same. Not that it is bad but it must get alot better imo. There are still fundemental aspects of the game that are flawed, like a pocket forming for the qb, or Defensive Ends that attack up field but also contain the outsides.

IMO we need more people bringing up the things that really matter instead of all the little things that should come after a solid foundation is built.

I definitely feel you on gameplay 1st, but for me the gameplay isn't horrible so these little things would add alot more to the game. I enjoy the gameplay in 08 and for them to add the details, atmosphere and immersion of College football, I would be more than satisfied.

[metallidevils]

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the fact that people are now complaining about the crowd models, leads me to believe that EA is doing something right. Thats just me though

We've basically accepted that neither the gameplay, nor the graphics engine, are getting a big overhaul, so at least they could make little nice on the outdated engines they use.

[SageInfinite]

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the fact that people are now complaining about the crowd models, leads me to believe that EA is doing something right. Thats just me though

Oh just wait till more screens are released cb, lol.

[rudyjuly2]

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I always felt the game looked too dark at times. Playing a game at Penn State at night had a really dark portion of the field and the dusk games were a little off as well. The screenshots look nice.

[8and9]

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Looks good.

[olemiss86]

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Is there anyone else that all this little extra stuff doesnt bother? I mean I seriously could careless about how great the crowd looks or if theres cheerleaders,fg nets, ref's ect......... What is comes down too is how good the game plays. What good would all that eye candy stuff be if the gameplay has to suffer because of the time being spent on the little thing.

In my opinion they need to take a year to focus on the most important thing in the game (GAMEPLAY) Overhaul it and then add all the toppings after that. Cause after a few times saying wow fg nets are in the game , there gonna be forgotten about in 2-3 games played. Same with everything else ref's,sideline's,fans ect....

So far what Ive seen has looked really good but again its all for not if the gameplay remains the same. Not that it is bad but it must get alot better imo. There are still fundemental aspects of the game that are flawed, like a pocket forming for the qb, or Defensive Ends that attack up field but also contain the outsides.

IMO we need more people bringing up the things that really matter instead of all the little things that should come after a solid foundation is built.

HA yeah. Why is everyone on the feild goal nets? Not every team has those. I know Ole Miss doesn't. But at least they addes stuff like cheerleaders and extra photographers and media around. Looks great to me.

But one thing I did notice was the JumboTrons. I hope they don't just show the school logos on them. I want to show the game on it like as if it was a real Scoreboard Screen.

[sooners03]

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Here's the question... has EA fixed things like having cheerleaders @ TAMU? That always annoyed the crap out of me- Not having the Yell guys there. And random schools having cannon that don't in real life.

I sold mine, so I can't look- does Wyoming still have that funny 1979 Winnebago in the endzone? It was there in lastgen 07, it cracked me up.

[BezO]

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Is there anyone else that all this little extra stuff doesnt bother? I mean I seriously could careless about how great the crowd looks or if theres cheerleaders,fg nets, ref's ect......... What is comes down too is how good the game plays. What good would all that eye candy stuff be if the gameplay has to suffer because of the time being spent on the little thing.

What bothers me is that we still have to be concerned with either. Gameplay should not be this bad, this far into the new gen systems('08).

In my opinion they need to take a year to focus on the most important thing in the game (GAMEPLAY) Overhaul it and then add all the toppings after that. Cause after a few times saying wow fg nets are in the game , there gonna be forgotten about in 2-3 games played. Same with everything else ref's,sideline's,fans ect....

According to EA reps, that's what they did last year. If they considered '08 the gameplay improvement year... well, don't expect many improvements in '09.

So far what Ive seen has looked really good but again its all for not if the gameplay remains the same. Not that it is bad but it must get alot better imo. There are still fundemental aspects of the game that are flawed, like a pocket forming for the qb, or Defensive Ends that attack up field but also contain the outsides.

I wouldn't assume that folks complaining about nets & refs aren't more concerned with gameplay. 1st, all we have to talk about right now are screens(I love the folks that complain about people's complaints this early in development. Should we look at the pics in silence and not comment?). 2nd, folks shouldn't have to preface their complaints with, "Though I think gameplay is more important..." Complaining about one thing doesn't mean you're satisfied with another.

IMO we need more people bringing up the things that really matter instead of all the little things that should come after a solid foundation is built.

The overwhelming majority of complaints I see on these boards are about gameplay. Try a search for "QB Pocket", "Player Interaction", "Animations", "AI", "Interceptions", "Blocking"...