NCAA Football 12 Video, Screenshots and Blog - Visual Upgrades

[Zasnow]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Video, Screenshots and Blog - Visual Upgrades

Looks like they fixed the DNA facemasks but not the revos.

[Warrior8o8]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Video, Screenshots and Blog - Visual Upgrades

Dang, I thought it would have been actual in game footage of the game in motion. Other than that the lighting look's amazing!

[Run N SuperShoot]

Who cares how it looks the gameplay will more then likely still be straight trash. How is the NCAAs on PS2 gameplay better then the ones now?

#terrible

[Ziza9Noles94]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Video, Screenshots and Blog - Visual Upgrades

Well seeing how 85-90% of the time the game is seen from this view...




Would it kill them to release one shot like that?

These are just the first shots released. I'm sure they will release more, many using the pre-snap camera angle, before the game releases in July.

[countryboy]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Video, Screenshots and Blog - Visual Upgrades

Well seeing how 85-90% of the time the game is seen from this view...




Would it kill them to release one shot like that?

Well seeing how its only March and this is the first bit of information to come out and its just talking about the new lighting....would it kill you to be patient?

[khaliib]

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Well seeing how its only March and this is the first bit of information to come out and its just talking about the new lighting....would it kill you to be patient?

What exactly is gamers suppose to be patient about?

Are you asking folks to ignore the history of this title?
Issues from '08 version are still in the game, and never get addressed.

When someone posses a question when the opportunity arises, characters always want to say "Too Early or Be Patient".

Let's bring in the most recent history with this game.
Tuners were dropped that messed the game up more, then the community that continued to try and make the game playable after their Tuners, got left High-n-Dry without a word to discuss how things were worse.

Here we are in March, the first peep about the game, and I guess those folks should get behind the '08, '09, '10 crowd to try and push the issue of addressing constant problems that continue to plague the game.

Truth be told (per EA Dev on EA Forum years ago)
By May, what's in, is what's in.
And whatever problems there are, "Might" get patched.
That's the history my friend.

We're still waiting for '08 issues to be address, but hair, facemask, bands etc... get first dibs.
So while the water is hot, you got to jump in while you can, because it will become cold very soon and everyone will be saying maybe next year.

There is about 6 weeks left until May.
Guess it's still too early

[kjcheezhead]

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Well seeing how its only March and this is the first bit of information to come out and its just talking about the new lighting....would it kill you to be patient?

In the video, he says "If you think about the gameplay, when your playing in the shadows you don't want your player to be too dark..."

So they are talking about how it improves gameplay, but don't want to show it in action in the one view players actually play the game in? Why should I have to wait for this info since the lighting is what is being put on display here?

[soxnut1018]

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What exactly is gamers suppose to be patient about?

Are you asking folks to ignore the history of this title?
Issues from '08 version are still in the game, and never get addressed.

When someone posses a question when the opportunity arises, characters always want to say "Too Early or Be Patient".

Let's bring in the most recent history with this game.
Tuners were dropped that messed the game up more, then the community that continued to try and make the game playable after their Tuners, got left High-n-Dry without a word to discuss how things were worse.

Here we are in March, the first peep about the game, and I guess those folks should get behind the '08, '09, '10 crowd to try and push the issue of addressing constant problems that continue to plague the game.

Truth be told (per EA Dev on EA Forum years ago)
By May, what's in, is what's in.
And whatever problems there are, "Might" get patched.
That's the history my friend.

We're still waiting for '08 issues to be address, but hair, facemask, bands etc... get first dibs.
So while the water is hot, you got to jump in while you can, because it will become cold very soon and everyone will be saying maybe next year.

There is about 6 weeks left until May.
Guess it's still too early

How about we wait until we know all of the improvements and features are revealed before we start complaining about what's not in.

[Aggies7]

I love the new grass look but more excited to here dynasty mode improvements.

[PVarck31]

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The skepticism is certainly warranted. But lets not take it to the umpteenth degree, just yet. There was a marked improvement from 10-11, its hard to argue that. If and they can continue on that path then we might see a very good football game. So lets just wait and see if this is or isn't the case.

For all we know there could be real time physics, consecutive hit tackles, and razor sharp defense this year. Or we could have none of that. Either way, we have to wait to find out. So all of this over a screenshot more less, its kinda silly.

[hurricanefootball4]

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What they really should do is release a schedule for when different bits of information are going to be released. Example: 1st Gameplay video coming on April **. They would be like mini-release dates to look forward to and put on the calendar.

That way you could also tell the people that think they neglected all gameplay issues to put dreads in the game "chill out, wait until April **" when the gameplay video is out.

For me personally I just can't wait to find out about dynasty mode. I wish I knew what day they were going to be releasing that information -- or at least when the next blog post is going to be.

Good steps forward with 11, keep it rolling with 12

[nazzman]

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Love that 3D pop, hope it's in the game and not just a "perfect world" presentation that artists love so much (vs. real world).

Speaking of 3D, you gotta wonder when they are going to go down that road. The game could bog down for years if they're trying to get it to work for 3D TV sets. But 3D NCAA would be cool.

After that, holograms. Can't wait to see what NCAA '21 looks like.

Anyway, congrats to the design team, looks like an amazing upgrade to the visuals, and yes that matters plenty.

[pietasterp]

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Gameplay, gameplay, gameplay...I more or less ignore everything that anyone says about a game until the retail version is out. It's easy to get sidetracked by the uber-efficient EA marketing freight train, but until July, the dev diaries, cherry-picked screenshots, feature additions, random promises about gameplay, and all the hype in the lead-up to release doesn't mean anything. It's the same song-and-dance routine every year.

It's cool to get excited (they suckered me into watching the vid), but as always, wait-n-see is most prudent...

[Hassan Darkside]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Video, Screenshots and Blog - Visual Upgrades

Maybe I'm nitpicking but I'd rather have a 3D crowd and live sideline than enhanced lighting (which we get every year) and 3D grass. I'm tired of the clay robots that sit in that same position on an infinite loop on the sidelines, it really degrades the overall quality of the visuals imo.

[tommyboii2008]

All these "New" features with dreads n 3d grass sound familiar
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