NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3/360)

[Tomba]

Re: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360)

I'm confused

Why wouldn't college sports be good if it was treated with a SIM like approach?

Are you saying power house teams like UNC and Duke shouldn't play authentic or true to their style of play?

You think All-Americans should be no better than the 10th or 12th guy?

I'm confused because it seems like your saying if you want SIM style play you'll play Live 10 and if you want to just pick up and have fun style play you go with NCAA 10.

I didn't realize both versions couldn't be a SIM style......and to be honest that word SIM is kinda overated in Live 10 to be honest with you.

I'm goofy sometimes

I'll put it best this way...

This game had one focus and one focus only and for me it seems to makes sense.

ONLY way to really try and make a good realistic college game is to study the the college teams coaches style. they tackled that last year. this year they tackled the presentation aspect which we all felt was lacking. Its something we complained about in NCAA football 10 that will no doubt be addressed the way NCAA basketball did with CBS. i have a feeling thats what will really be different about NCAA football next year the way it is this year for NCAA basketball.

The nba live engine is used but only in spirit because it is more toned down due to no real superstars.

What i see with NCAA Basketball is the crowd the atmosphere now. thats an excitement factor that was missing and to be honest hard to do within a dev cycle of only about 5 months realistically.

[HustlinOwl]

Re: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360)

can we get ratings?

[TreyFury97]

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They need a manual backdown button big time. I never seem to be able to have my bigs backdown guys long enough. Also, I miss the quick plays on the thumb pad. The quick strategy seems confusing when you're in the flow of the game. 1 thing I did notice is that Carolina doesn't seem to push the ball enough, unless you're playing them. I also didn't like the fast break logic, in that when I make a steal with UNC's Larry Drew, I never seemed to be able to break out for an open layup. Duke always had two guys back.

Also maybe its me, but trying to figure out when the best time to shoot is getting to me. I have an X-BOX controller, so maybe its getting used to the buttons (I've played on the PS3 in the past, but never was a fan of their controller).

Lastly is the rebounding. I always have my player controlled player crash the boards, but sometimes my bigs didn't even jump. I know there is a strategy that you can select called crash the boards, but I've seen enough UNC games to know that their bigs are supposed to go after the ball after a miss on offense and defense.

[stevedrumsdw]

Re: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360)

dude has been negative for the last 3 weeks, now.

Do some of you work for EA? This is one funny post^^^

[jira2004]

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Do some of you work for EA? This is one funny post^^^

I will wait for the retail but so far not that impress........I will rent it first......

[marcoyk]

Pretty awesome game, especially compared to last year's. I'm also really feeling the controls.

[LtGen]

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Do some of you work for EA? This is one funny post^^^

Why is it that everytime somebody says something positive about an EA Sports product,they have to be working for them?

[Behindshadows]

Re: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360)

Why is it that everytime somebody says something positive about an EA Sports product,they have to be working for them?

It's the way of the world, lol!

As much as I use to bash EA back in the day, with all my fanboy antics. I owe them a little respect, after meeting some of the guys and really understanding what they do and the technology they have to deal with. Also following their work and developers from moving to different divisions, etc.

Same way I use to follow Visual Concepts back when they were on Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn all the way to Dreamcast, Xbox 1 and 360!

These guys are using much more difficult software and hardware engines.

I worked for a engineering firm for a few years and I understand the difficulty of programming. Also I do web design and video editing, which now I just record and convert...lol.

Editing is time consuming, so I can only imagine programming a game and trying to get less errors. But these guys have done a lot of turning around their games in under 11 months. I think people should look at it like that. Because, obviously it easy to say what you want out of something, instead of understanding what can actually be done.

Time restraints and development tools and dollars play part.

But when someone who does understand defends them, then we're either secret service employees or guys who are blind.

More like we are just the sane ones who understand how things truly work in the gaming field. Same process different era!

[Tomba]

Re: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360)

It's the way of the world, lol!

As much as I use to bash EA back in the day, with all my fanboy antics. I owe them a little respect, after meeting some of the guys and really understanding what they do and the technology they have to deal with. Also following their work and developers from moving to different divisions, etc.

Same way I use to follow Visual Concepts back when they were on Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn all the way to Dreamcast, Xbox 1 and 360!

These guys are using much more difficult software and hardware engines.

I worked for a engineering firm for a few years and I understand the difficulty of programming. Also I do web design and video editing, which now I just record and convert...lol.

Editing is time consuming, so I can only imagine programming a game and trying to get less errors. But these guys have done a lot of turning around their games in under 11 months. I think people should look at it like that. Because, obviously it easy to say what you want out of something, instead of understanding what can actually be done.

Time restraints and development tools and dollars play part.

But when someone who does understand defends them, then we're either secret service employees or guys who are blind.

More like we are just the sane ones who understand how things truly work in the gaming field. Same process different era!

here here and funny that this type of discussion can bring itself to the most funniest of games but it's true.

I think there has to be a choice when it comes to what a games going to be.

I'm really looking forward to hopefully seeing what this game offers us so that we can make it play more realistically MAYBE. But who knows they might've taken out that ability altogether? If they did? then i'll enjoy it like i enjoy NBA Street etc. Just like it and play it because it captures the college game spirit the way NBA Street did the street game....

[jcofor25]

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Along with BlueNGold & AuburnAlumni, I haven't really like EA's basketball animations. While they have improved drastically since MM08, its still not smooth enough. Its seems like there is a fluid animation then it goes back to programming. They have the presentation down packed, but the gameplay still needs some work.
EA has definitely raised the bar for sports games that are looking to encorporte networks graphics(aren't they the only one?). I really really really like the personal info overlay at the freethrow line. When it gets 4-5 years down the road in legacy, I really start to get to know the players on the team (hometown, first AND last names, and now major?!?).

I thought I would never ever hear two different sets on commentary in the same game. This helps keep you from hearing the same commentary over and over and over and over...(Madden 10 is notorious for this!!!!)
On the graphics side of the game its beautiful, but if your looking for a 2k CHoops replacement, you might want to keep this one on the bench until next year(no pun intended)

At second look, I actually enjoyed the demo. still didnt get the same feeling after playing Choop 2k8 for the first time. On my list this game moved up a couple spots on my wanted list, but not anything thats a 1st day buy.

[hitch450]

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I liked the demo, and it seems like the game is gonna be better than last years, but the main problem I had with the demo was rebounding. It seems like there were a lot of offensive rebounds on both sides. When I was on defense, they would just jump over my back and get 2 or 3 offensive boards in a row and miss the put back shots before I finally got a rebound. This happened when I was on offense too. I know this can probably be fixed with sliders, but still its just so annoying...

[RayAllen20]

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Do some of you work for EA? This is one funny post^^^

Yo we understand you hate the game. Now if your gonna complain just go to 2ks forum. Your ruining this game for us. I completely respect the idea that you don't like the game, and posted an impression about it. But do you have to continuosly keep bashing it. Just post your impression, don't buy it, and move on.

You guys act like you could develop a better game. I used to do this also, but I criticized every game, about how they couldn't add this and this. Or most people yell get a new engine. Like there are just engines lying around lol. This game doesn't get the attention and money Madden or NBA Live does to improve. And the fact that they revolutionized sports gaming with Broadcast Integration.

Everyone just bashes EA because they are rich. When did everyone come to the conclusion that EA is so rich. And everyone loves 2k. If someone beats up on 2k, 5 people jump on you. But those people continue to call this game an arcade game, or all robotic.

And do not call me an EA lover, because I play mostly 2k games. College Hoops 2k8 was my favorite sports game of all time. Of all time. NFL 2K5 was second. But I don't bash EA games. If you don't like the game, leave the forum. Sorry about that little rant.

[ehh]

Re: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360)

I liked the demo, and it seems like the game is gonna be better than last years, but the main problem I had with the demo was rebounding. It seems like there were a lot of offensive rebounds on both sides. When I was on defense, they would just jump over my back and get 2 or 3 offensive boards in a row and miss the put back shots before I finally got a rebound. This happened when I was on offense too. I know this can probably be fixed with sliders, but still its just so annoying...

I'm thrilled to hear they improved this, last year it was awful. I could take UConn against any low major and I'd be lucky to get three offensive boards all game.

[Eski33]

The demo is excellent and should help to move the game....The visuals are much improved, including the animations...Saw one of my players tip a rebound to himself.

Also, the shake cam comes into effect when you take the lead, which is cool. The controls feel pretty solid, much improved over last year's mess.

The game pretty much feels like Live but the feel is geared towards college. The other thing you will notice is that the players are a touch smaller so the spacing is much better than Live.

Running the motion offense is fun and to see guys fight through screens is outstanding...

[JVal3208]

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I'm just here to give my unbiased opinion, I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything. This game is not good IMO. The animations are worse than Live's, and once again I feel like I can pull off the same moves with my PF that I can with my PG. Maybe I can get into it after playing it more, but the animations are just killing me. The game just doesn't have an authentic feel to it.

After last year, I don't even know why I considered this game, 09 may be the worst 360 game I've purchased. I like the fact that it is far better than 09, but does that automatically make it good? It's nice that alot of you guys are enjoying this game, but after playing it so far, I don't feel I will be purchasing it. I just can't pay 60 bucks for this game without feeling shafted. Maybe I'll scoop it up for 30 on Black Friday to get my College Hoops fix. Just my opinion.