NCAA Basketball 09 Impressions

[Marino]

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Fight songs and chants for NC State are correct. Correct student section placement, albeit a generic arena. The crowd can get pretty loud at times and the ooooooh chant happend a few times I was on offense but seemed to be random.

So still no RBC Center?

[DirtyJerz32]

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Anyway play at Penn State? Wondering if they say We Are! Penn State!

Not a game killer, just wanted to know.

[Scoop 24]

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one nice touch is the coaches will come out and tell you "you need to get some fresh legs on the court"

[Scoop 24]

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Anyway play at Penn State? Wondering if they say We Are! Penn State!

Not a game killer, just wanted to know.

ima play then right now and check

[DirtyJerz32]

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ima play then right now and check

Thanks. Much appreciated.

I know they're bad but, that's why I love using them. Making PSU a bball power house is always entertaining.

[ehh]

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Picked up my copy at lunch, I was the only person who preordered at my local Gamestop. I played one half, 10 minutes on default AA at home against ND. For the most part the gameplay is the same as the demo which is a good thing. It felt a little smoother but by and large it's the same in terms of game play.

Some early areas that will need to be fixed via sliders:
- FG% is too high for both teams
- Too many shots go in after heavy contact

Besides that there aren't a ton of issues which is great. The speed and athleticsm feels right. Defenders don't make miraculous recoveries or do super-human things like in 2K. Fast breaks are very cool, probably my favorite part of the game play so far.

The analog stick passing is horrible, even when running a play where a guy has the X above his head. I do really like the gameplay though, it feels organic as someone else said. There don't seem to be preset limitations on what you can do like in 2K, which altered based on the difficultly level you played on.

I love that they got the alternate undershirts right this year. Finally, if you're using an alternate jersey you will have the correct matching undershirt. Small detail, but cool. Bad detail = no black socks. Really, is this that hard to put in?

I spent 15 minutes or so looking through the rosters. They are SO bad I want to bang my head against the wall. It's time to rant! First off, why in the ever living hell can you not edit classic rosters? Let alone edit, you can't even name them! EA butchered even some of the famous guys on classic teams. Why is Marcus Camby #12 on '96 UMass? The classic teams will be 100% useless for me in this game. 2K8 will stay in my steady rotation for my classic fix.

As for the current rosters, the names/numbers/class, etc are little better than MM08. The appearances are awful, the ratings are so-so with some glaring bad ones. How is Deshawn Sims an 84 and Manny Harris a 79? Harris may end up being the best player in the Big Ten this year and was clearly the best player on Michigan last year. As CB and others have said, the editor leaves alot to be desired. Appearances are tough to edit and the character limit blows. After getting used to the unlimited freedom in 2K8, plus the huge name database, this is annoying as hell.

Once I get over my anger regarding the rosters I should be able to enjoy this game. There is no doubt that it's fun and semi-realistic, but it has a very long way to go to come close to CH2K8 as a complete package.

[Scoop 24]

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Thanks. Much appreciated.

I know they're bad but, that's why I love using them. Making PSU a bball power house is always entertaining.

i heard it one time in the 1st half.but they where saying so many chants it was hard to keep up so they probably did it more than once.

[fantasysportsguy]

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Better than nothing I suppose, I just hope there is a difference between the NC and a reg season game.

What is the deal with the schedules? They aren't correct for every team?

Wait, they STILL don't have real schedules? Crap! Is there a way to edit them?

[Behindshadows]

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Wait, they STILL don't have real schedules? Crap! Is there a way to edit them?

The real schedules will be on PSN and XBL in a week or so for download for free...

[VTPack919]

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So still no RBC Center?

It's the Raleigh Center and it's Generic sadly.

[Marino]

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It's the Raleigh Center and it's Generic sadly.

They should just copy it over from NHL 09 then put a basketball court down, it should not be that hard.

[fantasysportsguy]

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The real schedules will be on PSN and XBL in a week or so for download for free...

Well thats good, I can wait a week to start playing then.

[green94]

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The real schedules will be on PSN and XBL in a week or so for download for free...

Why weren't they put in originally? Doesn't make any sense.

[ehh]

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Why weren't they put in originally? Doesn't make any sense.

The game was originally scheduled to release on December 4th but EA wanted to get it out earlier so the real schedules were one of the items to be nixed for the November 18th release. Since they can patch it in it's no big deal to me, I'm not starting any dynasties until rosters are finished anyway.

[ehh]

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The patch info thread was locked for whatever reason, but it will include the ability to edit classic teams. Hoo-rah!