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  • Russell_Kiniry_EA
    NCAA Football 10 Designer
    • Mar 2009
    • 141

    #1

    NCAA Football 10 Blog: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

    Check out the latest NCAA Football 10 blog. This one covers player lock and defensive assist.

    "Is it Thursday already? It has been a very busy last couple months here at Tiburon; all of us on the NCAA Football 10 team have been working extremely hard put the finishing touches on this year’s game. Every day brings us closer to putting NCAA Football 10 into everyone’s hands and we couldn’t be more excited.

    Last week we released two game play improvements for NCAA Football 10. The first one showed off the Pass Blocking Pocket; and the second was about the new Player Pursuit Angles. Today we are going to reveal another two features brand new to the game: Player Lock and Defensive Assist.

    While playing defense in Dynasty or Play Now are you the type of person who likes to just take the DE and try and make a play? What about only choosing the FS? Or have you wanted to be the WR on a big third down because you think you can run his route better?

    How would you like to be able to do this?"
    Last edited by Russell_Kiniry_EA; 04-02-2009, 05:52 PM.
  • youALREADYknow
    MVP
    • Aug 2008
    • 3635

    #2
    Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

    Player Lock, you're my hero!

    Defensive Assist.... not so much, would really be pissed if I accidentally hit that button.

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    • J-Unit40
      Boom!!
      • Sep 2005
      • 8261

      #3
      Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

      Sweet! The pics look really good too. I like the "procedural awareness" and/or head-tracking displayed.

      The game keeps getting better with each week.

      Defensive Assist may help those who don't know exactly what they're doing. Pretty cool.

      Thanks for posting Russ!
      "Hard work beats talent, when talent isn't working hard.”

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      • Lava
        Pro
        • Mar 2009
        • 966

        #4
        Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

        Meh, I can't see myself ever using either of these features. =\
        Yankees | Titans | Huskers | Kings

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        • tyler289
          MVP
          • Jul 2006
          • 2933

          #5
          Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

          Player lock sounds really cool. I'll definitely be using that feature a lot on defense. Defensive assist sounds like it could be helpful as well. Good stuff.

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          • adembroski
            49ers
            • Jul 2002
            • 5829

            #6
            Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

            Defensive assist work in Campus Legend?
            There are two types of people on OS: Those who disagree with me, and those who agree.

            The first kind is wrong. The second is superfluous.

            The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.
            -Mark Twain.

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            • the onizzle
              Rookie
              • Jul 2008
              • 116

              #7
              Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

              Two things-

              Are you able to turn off defensive assist? If the offense is high flying like '09 this will be a nice addition, but I can see guys using defensive assist all the time and it allowing a 70 OVR defensive back the positioning and awareness of an All-American. If it always puts them in the right spot, then that makes it too easy IMO. You guys have actually played with it though so that's why I'm asking.

              Also, what is up with the Miami player's arms in this shot? Is he double jointed or something?? Yikes

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              • munson11
                Rookie
                • Mar 2007
                • 148

                #8
                Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                I wonder if this will work with online User vs. User games ex. Online Dynasty.

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                • shaunlmason
                  Pro
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 745

                  #9
                  Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                  Originally posted by the onizzle
                  Two things-

                  Are you able to turn off defensive assist? If the offense is high flying like '09 this will be a nice addition, but I can see guys using defensive assist all the time and it allowing a 70 OVR defensive back the positioning and awareness of an All-American. If it always puts them in the right spot, then that makes it too easy IMO. You guys have actually played with it though so that's why I'm asking.

                  Also, what is up with the Miami player's arms in this shot? Is he double jointed or something?? Yikes

                  Hopefully when you use Defensive Assist, it takes the players attributes into account.

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                  • Russell_Kiniry_EA
                    NCAA Football 10 Designer
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 141

                    #10
                    Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                    We still need to figure out Campus Legend, right now we are leaning toward yes.

                    Since Defensive Assist does not work better than simply "clicking off" a defender, we don't see a reason to turn it off. It would actually hurt you to hold it down the whole play since your player would not go for a big hit or pick.

                    The elbow pad is making his arm look odd... but it looked so neat I figured what the heck.

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                    • Russell_Kiniry_EA
                      NCAA Football 10 Designer
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 141

                      #11
                      Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                      Originally posted by ShaunLMason
                      Hopefully when you use Defensive Assist, it takes the players attributes into account.
                      It does

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                      • shel311
                        Rookie
                        • Jul 2006
                        • 75

                        #12
                        Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                        For the hardcore online gameplay guys, not much to see here.

                        I shall eagerly wait til next week for more news

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                        • adembroski
                          49ers
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 5829

                          #13
                          Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                          Originally posted by Russell_Kiniry_EA
                          We still need to figure out Campus Legend, right now we are leaning toward yes.
                          It'd be nice simply because it'd be possible to play some effective corner:P
                          There are two types of people on OS: Those who disagree with me, and those who agree.

                          The first kind is wrong. The second is superfluous.

                          The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.
                          -Mark Twain.

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                          • deadlyCane
                            Pro
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 930

                            #14
                            Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                            Damn, I got excited when I saw the title say "Player Lock." For some reason I thought it was the defensive matchup thing like what Madden '10 will have where you can assign a defensive player to lock onto an offensive player. I believe it's called defensive matchup. I really want that feature but heard it won't be in NCAA. I was hoping you guys changed your mind and were going to put it in.

                            Anyway, not a fan of this player lock thing. If I get the game I likely won't use it and if I do It'll probably just be a novelty that wears off quickly. The defensive assist I might use but it'll depend on how well it is implemented. We'll see...Still painfully undecided about this game at this point... time is running out.
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                            • travis a.d.
                              Rookie
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 278

                              #15
                              Re: NCAA Football 10: Player Lock and Defensive Assist

                              florida vs. alabama in the sugar bowl?
                              Just kidding.

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