NCAA Football 10 Review

[sventheone]

Re: NCAA Football 10 Review

is this a must buy for an overall footballfan?

I think it's great. Purchased the PS3 version and the presentation doesn't bother me. I enjoy the gameplay. The graphics on my plasma HD is gorgeous. Clearly better than last years, fewer jaggies and it just looks excellent. I'm excited for the rosters coming.

[Tycobbler]

Nice read. Certainly won't buy the game now, far to many negatives that i don't want to deal with... let's see a patch cover this mess up... NOT!

Have a nice headache peeps. Hopefully with the arrival of Madden this game will be looooong forgotten.

[hayvis]

Great review. It's hard to understand with all these flaws how it still gets an 8.0 though. I won't be getting the game now. I just don't understand why EA seems to have completely ignored offline dynasty players and those looking for a good coach mode experience. It's hard to stomach the lack of updates to dynasty, coupled with the lack of presentation.

[blackscorpion11]

Well written review, I disagree with your review of teambuilder. Most of this review is very useful info, greatly appreciated, the rest is nitpicky on small irrelevant things that no football game currently has..(sideline graphics?)lost some credibility with madden references. Even when a feature was good or decent in this game, you made a point of knocking it by saying "it could have been better"or by calling it a non-improvement by saying "this is what it should have been all along".

this game will be head and shoulders better because the main thing it lacked in 09 has been restored...Balance

[bigal093]

every one saying madden will be great....Think again. Every year on next gen has been touted as an amazing step forward with great new features, and every year the "new features" suck completely or dont even work(madden test). The franchise mode has been the exact same if not worse since it hit next gen. The drills are terrible. The gameplay is awful and there as so many over the top unrealistic things that happen, you are playing madden, and not even close to playing an NFL sim. online is nothing but people who call the same plays or just glitch. and they are amazing at the game because of it. Every single year we have been promised a great game and have gotten crap. until 09 it wasnt ever bareable. think back to how BAD 08 was with spectacular catches. then they dont work at all in 09. EA has yet to and i dont think THEY ever will make an average even representation of the sport, let ALONE a great game......so i would definately be weary of madden 10.

i will believe it when i see it. as much as i want to now, you just cant hope for a great game or it will crush you.

[ProjectRipCity]

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Well these statements definitely let me down especially as a presentation junkie. I was actually thinking about trading in UFC to get this (Because I always own one game +Rockband at one time) but since the real reviewers gave me this valueable information...No way in hell.

I am so sick of people already talking about 2011 because this game released officially 3 hours ago pacific time. That alone tells you that EA, the NCAA team just do not care what they release...As long as they get millions of dollars. EA are money fiends...Yes money runs all...But typically when you pay or invest in something you get the product you deserve. NCAA Football's have been nothing to me but a paper pamplet and a disc. With all do respect EA is a very tacky company who could not care less about they're fan base. Ian is the man though...Atleast the man is responsive and tries...All I really ask for at this point is effort.

Fellas I have bought every NCAA game since 2001...And starting to get it at midnight releases since 2004. This year I am opting out of my NCAA's contract. Remember how players would be in the tunnel getting ready to run out? Remember the pre-game with Lee Corso would put on the mascots helmet? Remember the pregame...It was awesome. It is sad that 2k5 is 3x the game as '10 (By what you guys say) and it came out 5 years ago on last gen!

No ethics...I lost hope. EA

[Step2001]

I agree, Presentation is Waaaaay off when it comes to this game.

The atmosphere that is College Football is nowhere to be seen nor heard from.

[DickDalewood]

Good review Chris, thanks.

[muggins]

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How can it have good gameplay if the line interaction is still broken and the sliders don't work? I played the demo - it is the same wide open gameplay from last year.

I'll be waiting for Madden. It is sad that we don't have much choice when it comes to football unfortunately.

[WisconsinSports414]

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How can it have good gameplay if the line interaction is still broken and the sliders don't work? I played the demo - it is the same wide open gameplay from last year.

I'll be waiting for Madden. It is sad that we don't have much choice when it comes to football unfortunately.

What version of the demo did you download? Fact is, the line interaction is clearly better than it was last year - leading to better gameplay. It's definitely not where it should be right now, but to say the game is as wide open as last year (despite the main issue which made it wide open having been fixed - pursuit angles) honestly leads me to believe you are lying about playing it, or just not paying much attention to details.

[stlstudios189]

I think your dissapointment in the presentation department lowered the score more than needed 8.5 at the lowest.

[nccomicfan]

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I am completely confused by reading this review.If this is a true " straight out of the box" review, how can a title with broken sliders,obvious graphical issue including clipping, state presentation and that poorly depicts the atmosphere of the sport it is meant to portray be an 8?...It is almost as if the review is of what you expect it be post-patch(es)

[rudyjuly2]

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A really nice review Chris. I had to laugh at the comments about the crowd chants and the audio. So true from the demo experience.

I don't have the game yet and have almost broken down and bought the game but I promised myself I would wait until the patch. I'm a slider nerd and I just can't play a game with broken sliders anymore. I need to know if the sliders work well. I think I can hold off until then and I need to know if the cpu can mount a good rushing attack. Too many people think if the cpu rushes for over 100 yards once in awhile (usually with a long run in there) that the cpu ground game is fine. That's not good enough for me. If I have a bad defense, I want to see the cpu just pound the ball down my throat consistently. I don't want every cpu rushing game over 100 yards to exist only because of that big run they had. That didn't exist in '09 and I hope it exists in '10.

I'm also a big presentation guy. That's why I have been keeping my eye on Madden even though I would rather NCAA be the better game. I don't have the time to justify owning both football games. Still torn on what I'm going to do.

[muggins]

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What version of the demo did you download? Fact is, the line interaction is clearly better than it was last year - leading to better gameplay. It's definitely not where it should be right now, but to say the game is as wide open as last year (despite the main issue which made it wide open having been fixed - pursuit angles) honestly leads me to believe you are lying about playing it, or just not paying much attention to details.

I downloaded the NCAA 10 demo from Xbox Live Marketplace. Trust me, I am still playing the online dynasty mode from NCAA 09 right now, I know how the game plays. The same money plays are still there, the same awful blocking.

[kyle81]

can someone tell me if they fixed the Defensive glitches?? like does the quarters D still stop EVERYTHING??? that was a huge problem for me last year. the same D would just shut you down. i hope they fixed this. can someone let me know if you actually HAVE to mix up the D???