Five Essential Fixes for NCAA Football 11

[ODogg]

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Oh i agree they run "funny" and it don't look right, just never thought it looked like skating in regards to how skating has referred to football games in the past..

[rudyjuly2]

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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.

Most people don't understand this concept. NFL players ARE faster than college players but the difference between a fast NFL player and a slow one is not that big. The difference between a fast college player and a slow one can be huge. That gives the college game the perception that it's faster sometimes which is why I agree that NCAA should play fast. Fast (and sometimes small) RBs can excel in NCAA but rarely do in the NFL since it's more of a power running league.

I personally found the Slow speed on Madden really slow. But options makes everyone happy (offline at least).

[Tarheel]

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Here's a novel idea....how about EA works on each of these aspects. Why can't we have a game with improvements/sliders in all of these areas. This is only the 100th installment of NCAA....by now the development team should have a clue (no offense EA) of how to make a good college football game.

[ftball11]

Great post! I agree with all five points, including many others listed in the comments. We will just have to wait and see if our voices are heard.

[Hova57]

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you know what hurts ncaa football it doesn't have to ability to fix the wrongs of its engine. what i mean is live came out before ncaa basketball so when ncaa b comes out it will have already tweaked some of the bugs that live started with. so its always a year behind where as basketball games are pretty much on same time line in development

[JerseySuave4]

bring back the Home Field Advantage with the camera shake and get rid of the gameplanning or at least fix it drastically.

[ODogg]

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i agree, they should bring back HFA and the camera shake, those were great features that made the game feel so much more emotional!!

[AndyP]

I disagree with the notion of turning the recruiting part of dynasty mode into some cpu automated process. I enjoy recruiting...

The presentation suggestions are ok, but I'm in favor of keeping what is there and adding to it. I've always liked seeing the snapshots of games at the end of the week and stuff like that. But the weekly video wrap show is essential. However, I prefer the way ESPN 2k5 did it with the dialogue context sensitive - Randy Moss caught the touchdown pass rather than "the wide receiver caught the touchdown pass".

[Raven Nation42]

Good article and interesting points.Just want to chime in that would be nice if they readd option to let you do a playoff or tournament.

[Eski33]

The biggest thing between college and professional sports is tradition and pageantry. I am not saying pro teams don't have tradition but typically tradition in the pro ranks is attributed to winning. College is a whole different story.

EA had many positive things working on the PS2 / XBox versions -- Team-specific entrances, team-specific score celebrations, classic teams and uniforms, etc. It is confusing as to why these things are missing on more powerful consoles.

For me, I don't get much into the recruiting aspect. I typically play single seasons but from all the forums I read, the recruiting needs a fix for those that want that immersion.

Things I want fixed:
1) Presentation -- NCAA 05 (I believe) had a pre-game show with Lee Corso doing the mascot head picks. It wasn't awesome but it was a cool touch. Why can't EA add ESPN, ESPN U, ESPN 2 presentation and could also include ABC Saturday night games.

2) College Gameday -- I don't expect an hour show but at least highlight key conference / national games with post-game highlights and stats

3) Graphics -- I don't hate the graphics but I still hate how you cannot see pride stickers from the normal camera angle. I would also like to see the little pieces of rubber bounce up when guys drag their feet AND water splash up in rainy games...

4) Dynamic weather -- Weather changing during the game (as long as it isn't overdone)

5) Dynamic team updates aka NCAA Basketball -- Understand that EA cannot add player names but it would be cool to see teams like TCU and Boise properly represented...Every year, there are surprise teams that make a run that are rated low in August...

5A) Bring back classic teams, uniforms, team-specific entrances, more bands with more school-specific formations....

[mjussawalla]

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IMO key fixes are:
-Presentation (TV style, plus more team celebrations, bowl patches, etc)
-Fatigue
-Substitutions
-Real physics

[klb835]

I stopped reading after you said madden has given us the best presentation since nfl2k5? which madden game u play?

[Smokez4DAyz]

So just like previous years you just want madden with college atmosphere...lame...Ncaa is a not the big seller it used to be, since call of duty came out, a lot of the games we spent hours playing aren't better than cod multiplayer. Nuff said. So I am not buying 2 football games from EA.

[headsigh]

Eski33: on the ps2 versions of NCAA 09/10/08, Lee Corso did the mascot head as well.

[Skyboxer]

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I stopped reading after you said madden has given us the best presentation since nfl2k5? which madden game u play?

He's right...
It is the best since then.