NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition First Look

[spit_bubble]

Re: NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition First Look

There is still the update for the people with the disc version, there just won't be the standalone game that is just the tournament

Yeah I just thought the standalone game woulda made for a nice little downloadable game for $15 or whatever it would've been.

[WFHorn]

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The gameplay itself is OK, but I've noticed some nasty bugs on this game. I've played about 8-9 games so far, and the game has frozen twice on me. The freeze occurs at the conclusion of the game, when it freezes on a picture of the winning team, and the menu that lets you continue back to the tournament screen never appears.

Also, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but when I select multiple teams, often I'll choose to play a game and my games for my other teams will be simulated, without giving me an option to play the game the computer simulates for me, even though it's a user selected team.

[mrclutch]

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So are saying the gameplay is pretty much just like the disc version?

[Klocker]

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I avoided the retail game (played the demo for 10 minutes and deleted it) played Live 09 and 2k9 and it didn't hold me. I'm not a franchise or career player so tourney play is great for me. I purchased this download and I really am enjoying it... once i got the 2K vibe off of my mind. At first it felt sluggish and unresponsive but after more time... I'm having FUN and starting to get the control scheme.

$15 well worth it IMO

[priesthood619]

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Just got it...

I'm sure I'll have fun over the next couple weeks.

Hopefully SDSU gets a bid today though....

[pistonpete]

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i bought the downloadable game and its pretty good for about 12 bucks (already had some points left over). anybody going to name the rosters and make them available on EA locker or in .z36 format?


pete

[Kiyamon]

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I got it, but some tourney teams missing... wasn't there supposed to be an update once the offical tourney teams were announced?

[priesthood619]

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It says it will update on the 18th.

[ExtremeGamer]

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It says it will update on the 18th.

It's up.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0002-0000-4000-8000-00004541088a?cid=SLink

[DrUrsus]

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For the RETAIL disc based version of the game, If you want the brackets with the correct pairings and the updated un-named rosters it seems that you have to have Xbox Live Gold.

So here's how to get the updated pairings. I upgraded to Gold, then I went to my NCAA --> then to EA Sports Extras --> then to Xbox Live Marketplace and scrolled down to NCAA Basketball 09 Bracket Pack (604.00KB by the way), and downloaded it. Then I had the correct pairings and updated rosters (no names mind you). I tried to do this with Silver and it wouldn't allow me.

[Roggie]

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Stupid question, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to load the new rosters. I have custom rosters that load when the game starts. I hit reset rosters, and it goes back to the old ratings. I find it HARD to believe that they wouldn't change a single UNC or UConn player's ratings.

[DrUrsus]

Re: NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition First Look

Stupid question, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to load the new rosters. I have custom rosters that load when the game starts. I hit reset rosters, and it goes back to the old ratings. I find it HARD to believe that they wouldn't change a single UNC or UConn player's ratings.

Yea, I know what you mean. I thought they were going to update the rosters and ratings. The Minnesota Golden Gophers seemed like they were the same too after I did a reset rosters. Hmmm. I will try to check it out more later, but I don't have access to my 360 right now.

[Roggie]

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Yeah, I really don't think Larry Drew will still be lower rated than Marc Campbell.