NCAA Football 10 Hands-Off First Impressions

[PantherBeast_OS]

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The only thing in this blog that really kinds of makes me unhappy is the controls. You got to use your right stick now to get the QB now. WTF is with that crap EA I hope they gave us controller option to wheather we want use out stick are the old way which I am use to by the buttons. People always try to change crap that ain't broken. Using your stick. Gosh what a crappy idea. Some of you might find is nice. But I hate it. Like I said there better be a option for stick are button option. If not EA is down screw up this sale.

[Scott]

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Can someone post this for those of us who can't read it?

[rudyjuly2]

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Can someone post this for those of us who can't read it?

Try this link Scott. It works on the osatwork site.

http://www.osatwork.com/BlyGilmore/blog/2816-ncaa-football-10-hands-off-first-impressions/

[acts238shaun]

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The only thing in this blog that really kinds of makes me unhappy is the controls. You got to use your right stick now to get the QB now.

I love this option! It will makes it sooo much easier to get to the QB. I always play with the DT and will NCAA 09's poor animations and controller setup it was difficlut to get off a block. NCAA 09 was my favorite of the series (I've played since 1999) and if they fix the OL/DL issues, pass coverage and pursuit issues then this will probably be the best of the series. Throw in C-A-S and customer conferences and this game will be insane!

[coach_ruckus]

Its about time they let us know who cheats online so we dont get caught in a bad game by the persons record

[rollinphat]

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does "- Playbooks have been completely revamped again." = custom playbooks?

[rudyjuly2]

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does "- Playbooks have been completely revamped again." = custom playbooks?

I would say no. Earlier they had commented about how the flexbone got a lot of updates and that shotgun running plays were improved. I think that's what they are talking about. The next gen playbooks haven't been as good as what's on the last gen consoles so maybe we got a bunch of new plays to use this year.

[godylla]

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As I am excited that they have made changes in regards to the OL and DL, I am a bit worried about the right stick movements. If I am trying to do a swim move, or spin move, I don't want to go into an animation that results in me using the hit stick, therefore making my efforts to get to the quarterback a complete loss. How will the game be able to differentiate from being a defensive move to a hit stick? It kind of reminds me of in earlier installments of the game when they tried to make R2 the "big hit button" but also had it work as getting a good jump off the snap, but if timed incorrectly it just did the "big hit" animation and you stumbled and couldn't get to the quarterback. I don't want to deal with my defensive end going for a big hit at no one in sight when all I really wanted him to do was a swim move. Anyone understand what I'm saying?

[EvanRG]

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My guess is that they may have taken the big hit away from the Defensive Line altogether.

I thought I read somewhere that the goofy "QB gets head jarred off" animation from 09 will be gone.

Some of the QB sack animations were over the top.

[godylla]

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How can they take the animation away from just the line? So what if I bring a LB or a DB on a blitz and I try to do a right stick move? Is the hit stick completely gone?

[sportzbro]

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nice aritcle, i like the d-line control with the right stick now.

[eaglesfan27]

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I don't see it as a real continuation of online dynasties because I suspect the records that we have built won't be imported and we'll start at the beginning of the 09 season. Still, it is cool that we can recreate our rosters (but sounds time intensive.)

[DLaren]

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Thanks for the impressions!

My question relates to the following defensive enhancements...

On the defensive side of the ball, you now have the ability to key in on certain types of plays before the snap. You have four options –- pass, run left, run right or run middle.

The defense this year can also "spotlight" certain players before the snap. This allows you to pay extra attention to the spotlighted player, which should give you a better chance of shutting him down.

NCAA also includes a new "game plan" feature. Essentially, you are able to tweak certain settings, and each setting has a positive and negative associated with it.

For instance, you might choose to have your defense focus on intercepting passes instead of covering the receiver. This means you might intercept more passes, but there is also a better chance that your defense will get burned down the field on a double move or miss an interception and give up a big play.

Will the CPU take advantage of these options? Or are these features only available to the user?

Thanks.

[Biodawg03]

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So is there any chance that when we are building a team that we can edit the school records?

I want to be able to build a team from scratch and then go into their actual record book and make the records as close to the actual as possible.

Can this happen, or will they just be randomly generated?

[maxkil123]

Have they made any changes to the campus legend mode? It was enjoyable to have user participation in determining someone's grades. And it was very annoying to have to sit back and watch the QB throw pick after pick or watch the RB gain negative yardage or see screens called every third play where the QB would sacked, even if you tried to call for the ball.