NCAA Football 09 Demo Available: Discuss Here

[ODogg]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Demo Available: Discuss Here

But not in this years game. There was honestly nothing wrong with what they had, but they have to go and change it.

See, I know the pattern with EA. You put in a feature one year, take it away two years later, and two years after that you put it back in and say it's brand new. Progressive lighting, Hardest stadiums to play in, the works.

I'm not saying it's a bad money making strategy, I'm just saying that they can't stick to one thing and create more new things to justify sales.

But you are acting as if they took it out just to re-introduce it later. The entire lighting system was redone, as is quite obvious from the demo, to make the lighting look much much more realistic. It was because of that reason that they didn't have time to re-integrate the progressive lighting.

Yes it does suck that for this one year we won't have the progressive lighting but what we will have is much more improved and realistic lighting and next year we will get back our progressive lighting. Would you rather they just have not done anything at all with it and left it? Then they'd have been criticized for not trying to innovate their product. EA can't win for losing here.

[J-Unit40]

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Also, I played the mascot game for a half. The Swamp looks great. However, UF's playbook is not in the demo. I'm looking forward to what EA added to it for this year.

Mascot game is just silly stuff. My kids and nephews will probably think it's fun.

[Memberz_09]

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Hey ODogg do you mean the Keith Jackson from Arkansas? Or another person? Oh yea and playing with Pryor is easier than using Boeckman. Pryor is just smoother.

[kantshootrite]

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Sounds like you just like Taketwo football better. I have no idea what made you think this demo would change your mind.

Real team's & real franchise mode I love my stat's

[Solidice]

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But not in this years game. There was honestly nothing wrong with what they had, but they have to go and change it.

See, I know the pattern with EA. You put in a feature one year, take it away two years later, and two years after that you put it back in and say it's brand new. Progressive lighting, Hardest stadiums to play in, the works.

I'm not saying it's a bad money making strategy, I'm just saying that they can't stick to one thing and create more new things to justify sales.

again...

like i said in an earlier post in this thread. the progressive light was part of the old lighting system. they redid the lighting system(which looks great) and wasn't able to get progressive lighting in with the new lighting system for this years game. its not that they "took it away", it just wasn't made for the new lighting system yet.

[ODogg]

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Real team's & real franchise mode I love my stat's

yes but my point was EA doesn't reinvent their football games every year, they evolutionize them, if you hated them before there is no reason to think you'll suddenly like it now, espeically if Taketwo football is what you love..

[Pdevine22]

I downloaded the PS3 demo and mine has no sound. Does anyone else have this problem or should I just redownloaded it? Thanks in advance.

[Village Idiot]

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Played one game. No complaints other than it would be nice if there were longer games.

Considering this build is like a month old (if not older), I'm pretty happy with what I see.

[Soonerd2]

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Foe everyone who doesn't think the small details in the equipment mattered... the clear visors are awesome and give the game that college look.

[ChicagoSparty]

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PS3 version. Looks great but my defensive line keeps jumping offsides. (No I am not hitting jump the snap.)

[J-Unit40]

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Foe everyone who doesn't think the small details in the equipment mattered... the clear visors are awesome and have the college look.

Yep. Except Todd Boeckman's facemask! That thing is a piece of work.

The Oakley clear visors are sweet!

[ODogg]

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wow, i just had a barn burner of a mascot game...texas wins 7-3 on the last play of the game...diving catch in the end zone!!! hook em horns!!

[Scoop 24]

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im in love. these are by far the best animations i ever seen in a football game .

[kantshootrite]

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yes but my point was EA doesn't reinvent their football games every year, they evolutionize them, if you hated them before there is no reason to think you'll suddenly like it now, espeically if Taketwo football is what you love..

I was once a Madden junkie from '01-'04 but then they just stopped improving & adding gimmick's but before that I was all on NFL 2k Dreamcast so I guess you have a point

[sportdan30]

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Well, color me impressed. Now granted, last year's game on the PS3 was tolerable, but I wasn't going to invest a lot of time in an inferior looking and playing version.

Well this year, hats off to EA Sports. This game looks stunning on the PS3. Ok, so the fans still look pretty pitiful, but the player models, the grass, the animations, etc. are smooth as silk. This game is such leaps and bounds better looking than last year's game on the PS3.

Most importantly, responsiveness feels tight. The running game is fun, and the passing game is equally enjoyable. The way in which the icons appears is just so smoooth looking.

It's a shame there are no refs on the field.

Presentation wise, the commentary seems a little better. I noticed a few new lines, but not many. There's definitely more stat overlays which gives the game a more authentic feel.

There's new cheerleader and celebration animations that look and are timed rather well during the course of the game.

I saw one weird animation. I was on D with the OSU, and LSU had the ball at my five yard line. The QB stepped back and whizzed a perfect pass to the receiver for a touchdown. It happened so fast, I was happy to see a replay. Well, the QB never went through the throwing animation. It It just zoomed out of his hands. Strange. Hopefully just a bug they have fixed.

I lost in OT when LSU intercepted a pass and took it for a TD. After the play, I got a choice between three plays that I had to guess which play LSU ran. I was wrong, and they highlighted the play that was successful. Very cool!

On an extra point to send the game to OT, the vibration shook on the controller, and I got a lower view to kick the field goal. In addition, the meter was covered in ice. Kinda different, kinda cool.

Overall, it appears a lot of work was put in to refining the game. I've read that Madden looks even better, and if that's the case then I can't wait to see it.