Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

[bigjake62505]

Coaching carosel

[GMEN36]

Why are the white undershirts grey for ? Did they ever send a patch to fix that ?

[no juice]

great article. i agree especially with the slowing game of the gameplay

[trobinson97]

No really, I want the uni, who's name do I search for?

[mjarz02]

I have been playing the college football series since the Bill Walsh games. This is the first year where I have felt the game is unplayable. Feels like your players are skating on ice and after platying madden 10 you cant play NCAA10. I hope next year is much better!

[ODogg]

Re: Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

wow, this is the first year the game has been playable for me on the next-gen. i don't get the skating on ice thing at all...i do agree madden is a lot better and more funner to play though..

[BigDuke]

Re: Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

I agree with most of the suggestions, except for the dumbing down of recruiting. I like the recruiting to be as realistic as possible and I think the phone call system achieves that much more so then just dumping points on recruits. It could certainly be refined though, especially when comparing recruits to each other.

I like the coach carousel idea, in addition to adding entire coaching staffs. I think college football is more about the coaches than it is the players. Every year players come and go and every 4-5 years, the entire roster is different. But the one constant for much of that time, at least at successful programs, is the coaches.

I wish there was a way to control all the teams or at least intervene when a team does something I don't like in my dynasty. Like adjust their depth chart, prevent the firing of a coach, etc. Like in Madden if I control all teams, I can ensure realistic draft picks, trades, free agent signees, depth chart, etc.

[da ThRONe]

Re: Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

wow, this is the first year the game has been playable for me on the next-gen. i don't get the skating on ice thing at all...i do agree madden is a lot better and more funner to play though..

Maybe because they move in a very unnatural way.

On a seperate note. I am totally against dumbing down recruiting. It should be as close to real life and as difficult as possible.

[Palo20]

Re: Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

Why are the white undershirts grey for ? Did they ever send a patch to fix that ?

No they couldn't fix it.

[starsuper10]

Re: Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

I think adding a college version of pro-tak is needed as well. It would add such an extra dimension to game strategy when looking at the run game. Although the blocking assignments are screwed up, planning for runningbacks like Stanford Powerback Toby Gerhart or Clemson speedster CJ Spiller would add some realism to the game. Its also fun to think how the passing game would be effected for those who use the tight end in there passing game.

[rudyjuly2]

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On a seperate note. I am totally against dumbing down recruiting. It should be as close to real life and as difficult as possible.

Some people want recruiting to get deeper, some like it the way it is and some like the quick and simple way the PS2 used to do things. EA will never be able to satisfy everyone but the casual gamer that makes up most of the sales probably doesn't want it too difficult. Other than creating different recruiting engines (with options for us) I don't know if much will change.

Personally I would rather they spend time on a discipline system, formation subs, camera options and extra sliders.

[DJ]

Good points. I hope EA actually listens to its consumers and really makes an effort to bring the college atmosphere to life because it's sorely lacking in the 360/PS3 games.

There's only going to be so much done, gameplay wise, because of the time crunch the developers are under. Everyone that says to put in a new engine; that's not going to happen. It'd take way too long and from what the EA guys have said, it's not in the plans as they are just working off what they already have.

I think the best bet at this point, in terms of on-field, is for the developers to just focus on getting the basics down and add in a few things mentioned in the article.

To me, the NCAA series will sell itself more on presentation than gameplay. It's clear EA has the capabilities to give us more, as witnessed by NCAA Basketball, so let's see if they can really bump up the presentation aspects in NCAA 11.

[Radioactiveman]

Those are "essential" fixes? Wow, no wonder EA football games are crap year after year. They keep getting this kind of input. None of that crap matters if the gameplay is garbage...which it is.

[cjnoles9399]

EA could have just put out NCAA 04-06 on-field with better graphics and a few retooled features plus add ons to dynasty mode. I never went next gen because of recruiting and the player animations look awful. It still baffles me how stuff is missing from the last gen systems.

[jusmegamer]

Once again, I can see giving you guys variable game speeds, but the default game speed should stay the same. The game speed is the one thing that they have correct. College sports are more frantic than Pro, that's just the truth. You guys wanting the speed knocked down so it will play like Madden are totally missing the point. The game needs to implement different broadcast venues like NCAA Basketball, the game needs to change the stale announcing system, the game needs to find a way to get a better atmosphere like NBA Live Playoffs. I personally think gameplay on NCAA Football is more enjoyable than Madden. A few tweaks to gameplay like the Madden D-Line play are needed, but atmosphere and broadcasting should be the focus.