Re: NCAA Football 09 Hands-On Preview: Part one: Pasta Padre
Yeah, I can't believe it myself. I mean it's surreal. I still do want the game right when it comes out because..well I guess because I just find it hard to believe i'm really going to be as disappointed as everything my LOGICAL brain tells me from reading all of the previews and info I've read. But then I know in the back of my head that this year may finally be the year my love for the series dies completely.
I think the reason myself and others get all excited at this point, for those who still do, is not because of the game itself. We get excited now because it's football and tradition. Last year I did play the game quite a bit initially but the longevity of it suffered a huge falloff from previous years. Not because of any one single bug like many have stated, such as the turnovers, I did have some issue with those but that wasn't the reason.
The reason for me was multiple issues that just add up. Issues such as no weather online, the depth chart bug, the lack of transitional animations, the lies about alternate uniforms being available by the holidays and then never dellivering, the sterile atmosphere, the lack of any intro whatsoever yet again, etc etc etc. Death by a thousand paper cuts as they say.
When it's all said and done I'll be getting the game on day one this year but if this year is like last year, or God forbid if it's worse, than maybe this title is going to go into the realm of maybe buy-maybe not, like other sports series for me have (such as basketball games). This year could be the year that actually finally kills my spirit. God I hope not because NCAA has always been my favorite modern videogame. But from all i've read so far all signs point to it.
Yeah, I can't believe it myself. I mean it's surreal. I still do want the game right when it comes out because..well I guess because I just find it hard to believe i'm really going to be as disappointed as everything my LOGICAL brain tells me from reading all of the previews and info I've read. But then I know in the back of my head that this year may finally be the year my love for the series dies completely.
I think the reason myself and others get all excited at this point, for those who still do, is not because of the game itself. We get excited now because it's football and tradition. Last year I did play the game quite a bit initially but the longevity of it suffered a huge falloff from previous years. Not because of any one single bug like many have stated, such as the turnovers, I did have some issue with those but that wasn't the reason.
The reason for me was multiple issues that just add up. Issues such as no weather online, the depth chart bug, the lack of transitional animations, the lies about alternate uniforms being available by the holidays and then never dellivering, the sterile atmosphere, the lack of any intro whatsoever yet again, etc etc etc. Death by a thousand paper cuts as they say.
When it's all said and done I'll be getting the game on day one this year but if this year is like last year, or God forbid if it's worse, than maybe this title is going to go into the realm of maybe buy-maybe not, like other sports series for me have (such as basketball games). This year could be the year that actually finally kills my spirit. God I hope not because NCAA has always been my favorite modern videogame. But from all i've read so far all signs point to it.
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