NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

[beau21]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

I know not everyone will agree with me but no entrances, mascot celebrations, no pregame or post game show does not equal improved atmosphere.

I've been to the last 10 years of Iowa football games and never once did I see a player celebrate with a mascot.

I wish someone would work at EA that actually watches college football. I know the guys that make NHL 08 do, same with the guys who made NBA and NCAA 2k8 and MLB 08.

I would wet my pants if they had a couple generic entrances. I would jump up and down if my player scored, celebrated with his teammates (I actually didn't mind celebrations last year), the band played the fight song but got quiet when I kicked my PAT, and then they showed the TD, showed stats, etc. That's the way it happens on TV, why not on a video game.

couldn't agree more

[therizing02]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

On another note, it looks as if the Super Sim "feature" is still f'd up. What's the point in even adding this to the game if it's broken? Maybe remove it and add, IDK...team entrances....or....more teams....or...you get the idea.

[stewaat]

Re: GameSpot live video of '09 being played!

I agree with AA and the mascots. If you want to get them involved have them fighting each other...everybody loves a good mascot fight! I would never skip it!

[J-Unit40]

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That these guys think of NCAA 08 as "award-winning" and "a great game" speaks volumes.

Exactly. These guys are beyond clueless.

[countryboy]

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this guy speaks the truth

not to me.

[coogrfan]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

Several people have pointed out the freshman level thing, but we also need to remember that this isn't anywhere near being the final product. The game is still at least a month away from being more or less finished, plus there will be another month of testing/polishing before it goes gold.

I'm excited about the potential of what I saw in this vid, and I'll be be very interested to see what the game looks like in a month or two.

[prowler]

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Still plan on buying it but...

That's all they care about and that's why they will continue to release sub par games year after year.

[Jistic]

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Yay! Madden Sugar Buzz gaming has made it's way to NCAA 2009!

With Madden I don't care anymore, with NCAA, I keep getting closer to that day. If that game speed doesn't slow down by July, I'm out. I'm not in a rush to finish a game like the rest of the world.

Man every year with console sports gaming that goes by I'm more and more thankful for text based sim gaming. It's funny, the better our technology, the worse it's getting.

[countryboy]

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That's all they care about and that's why they will continue to release sub par games year after year.

I actually enjoy the game and thats all I care about.

[bad_philanthropy]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

Several people have pointed out the freshman level thing, but we also need to remember that this isn't anywhere near being the final product. The game is still at least a month away from being more or less finished, plus there will be another month of testing/polishing before it goes gold.

I'm excited about the potential of what I saw in this vid, and I'll be be very interested to see what the game looks like in a month or two.

This is true, I think last year they were talking about still tuning right up until the beginning of June. But also we don't know what we can do with this game with sliders. I actually felt last year that sliders were pretty effective (especially after the patch) and could be adjusted to make a pretty enjoyable game, in fact I seem to find a slider set every year that makes the game play close enough to the way I want, so I'm optimistic about enjoying the game again. Of course it's still no excuse for all the odd design decisions and lack of other features in the game, but what can you do?

[TheGamingChef]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

The player models are excellent, but some animations are a little clunky.

[razcan]

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Jesus they are excited about players being able to celebrate with mascots. Seriously? They are hanging there hat on that? Promoting that as if anybody gives a crap? Seriously? At 10yrs old I wouldn't have cared about that.

What a joke.

[davin]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

I think the game speed is a result of the freshman difficulty. That guy playing the game scares me though, he doesn't even wait around before leaving the pocket. Even though I tend to scramble out more often than not, I wait to make some reads before doing so. I really do not think we can gain anything about gameplay from this vid, freshman difficulty kills that. Also keep in mind "wide open gameplay" doesn't look too good if they play on heisman and it is a defensive struggle. Oh well, I think it will be a long time until we really get to judge this game, until we have guys from other sites (not the ign, gamespot, etc) who test the game out at heisman and all american.

[Altimus]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Video w/ Dave Ross: GameSpot

Several people have pointed out the freshman level thing, but we also need to remember that this isn't anywhere near being the final product. The game is still at least a month away from being more or less finished, plus there will be another month of testing/polishing before it goes gold.

I'm excited about the potential of what I saw in this vid, and I'll be be very interested to see what the game looks like in a month or two.

Well said. Game hits in mid July and it isn't May yet. Plenty of time for adjustments, and additions.

[countryboy]

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Jesus they are excited about players being able to celebrate with mascots. Seriously? They are hanging there hat on that? Promoting that as if anybody gives a crap? Seriously? At 10yrs old I wouldn't have cared about that.

What a joke.

thats not what they are hanging their hat on. Good rant though.