NCAA Football 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

[JerseySuave4]

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You guys do realize that all of the whining you did about CAS took A LOT of dev. time away from the actually game. I won't even use Team Builder, so it doesn't sound like there is much of a difference between 09 and 10.

good well i'm glad it took a lot of time, at least they added it in and went beyond what they had before. Its something i like and will use so sorry you wont but i'm glad its in.

[sportyguyfl31]

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I cant take gameplay impressions seriously, when it was played on varsity.

[Drocks]

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I cant take gameplay impressions seriously, when it was played on varsity.

He played All-American level the next day. That is what a lot of this review is based on.

[badpoet]

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I'm so much less worried about presentation than I am about gameplay. I don't care if there are player entrances or postgame shows I won't watch. I want a game that plays solidly and gives you a feel of college football. Atmosphere at the stadium is important, but little things like player intros or how they didn't get X and Y stadium exactly right aren't.

[WisconsinSports414]

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I'm feeling extremely optimistic right now. As someone who enjoyed 09 overall, this is a promising review. Can't wait to get my hands on this one. More importantly, with TB in and out of the way, I think we'll see a much bigger jump from '10 to '11 in terms of game play/presentation than we did from '09 to '10.

[KG]

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I read his site pretty often and he didn't sound very excited in his review.

One thing I don't like is the "linked plays" feature. It seems like a cheap exploit to me.

[rudyjuly2]

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Review sounds good. I'd really like to know how the cpu running game was and how they run the spread. I wonder what his thoughts are on Madden vs. NCAA.

[WisconsinSports414]

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I read his site pretty often and he didn't sound very excited in his review.

One thing I don't like is the "linked plays" feature. It seems like a cheap exploit to me.

I'M excited. I wasn't talking about Padre.

[JerseySuave4]

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One thing I don't like is the "linked plays" feature. It seems like a cheap exploit to me.

i disagree, anyone thats played or coached football knows you have certain plays in your playbook that you use to setup other plays. For example, we have a 46 Lane which the HB through the 6 hole with lane blocking, but then we have a 46 Lane pass which is play action off that play. You try to get teams to stop that 46 lane a couple times so that when you go to run it the 3rd or 4th time the D is thinking heres that run again and then you hit them with the PA pass.

Like he said, even when he had his thing at 100% the linked play didnt work, because if the D has the correct defense called then they won't fall for it so its not an exploit. It just makes you think a little harder when calling your D.

[stoncold32]

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I read his site pretty often and he didn't sound very excited in his review.

One thing I don't like is the "linked plays" feature. It seems like a cheap exploit to me.

I think it would be better if the notion of set-up plays were in the game, but not shown. I mean, I'm not 10 years old, I know what sets up what in football. I dont need to be told that running successfully will setup the PA pass.

[legendkiller5]

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I'm so much less worried about presentation than I am about gameplay. I don't care if there are player entrances or postgame shows I won't watch. I want a game that plays solidly and gives you a feel of college football. Atmosphere at the stadium is important, but little things like player intros or how they didn't get X and Y stadium exactly right aren't.

Yeah, b/c pre-game band routines(that are well done) and specific team entrances don't add to the atmosphere of college football nor 'give(s) you a feel of college football.' No, of course not.

[stevedrumsdw]

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" no team entrances"

Oh my Lord how freaking lame is that wow

[moylan1234]

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That means the generic FCS teams will always be on the schedule no matter what! That is NOT real!!!

you realize you can edit your schedule and remove those teams right?

[michigan21]

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no new camera angles - FALSE. There isn't MULTIPLE camera angles, but there is a NEW camera angle.

no new presentation - FALSE again.

patch improved gameplay. Patch? I'm curious how much dev time you think it would take to implement adaptive AI, modify OL/DL, WR/CB interactions, implement branching animations, among NUMEROUS other updates to the gameplay. Just curious why you call this a "patch". Is this how it works?

if (version == "09")
gameplay = "sucks";
else if (version == "10")
gameplay = "better";

Seriously? The game might play a little better than 09, it may have bands on the field, it may have adaptive AI, a slight or even nice improvement over 09 is not worth 60 bucks. I think a lot of old timers like myself (over 35) seen what happened to the March Madness franchise, and see similarities to the ncaa franchise.

[Drocks]

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I think it would be better if the notion of set-up plays were in the game, but not shown. I mean, I'm not 10 years old, I know what sets up what in football. I dont need to be told that running successfully will setup the PA pass.

Yeah, maybe an option to take off the percentages would be good, so a user can determine on their own discretion whether a play is set up or not. Kinda adds to the cat and mouse game moreso.