NCAA Football 12 Preview

[jmik58]

Good info.

I think the presentation/gameplay would take a huge leap forward if the developers would work to create a lifelike sideline.

The field should be SURROUNDED by players, press members, visiting recruits, celebrities, etc.

There's something about playing a game without this realism that makes the game feel less "real" and more like a glorified practice.

[Mr_Riddick]

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At this point in a console generation, it feels like sports games are at an advantage and disadvantage. On the one hand, developers should have an immense amount of understanding of the consoles they are working on now. This means adding those extra little elements of joy and polish can be more easily worked into the development of a game. However, it seems like it would be almost crazy to talk about installing an all-new physics engine or something else along those lines at this point in a console's life cycle. Changes like that just seem to happen more often than not at the start of a new console generation.

And NCAA Football 12 might epitomize that double-edged sword. Some of the tweaks that I was shown and was able to mess around with are immediately noticeable and mostly positive, but for folks wanting widespread change, a new engine or some masterful stroke of development genius that will create this all-new football game should probably reel in their expectations a bit.

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First let me say, good review Chase, this looks promising. Now that I have that out of the way here's MhO.
At this point the shananagains of previous versions shouldn't JUST be LIMITED, they should be eliminated. We shouldn't see any tumbleweeds at this point. And I'm sure many would agree.. Overall I must admit, I like what I've seen so far. Crowd atmosphere, new gameplay mechanics... Let's pray this pans out like it should. I give the team a thumbs up so far..

[Dazraz]

Hopefully the menu navigation is alot slicker than last years effort. The commentary needed attention to so I will looking for upgrades there too.

[baufan2005]

"And NCAA Football 12 might epitomize that double-edged sword. Some of the tweaks that I was shown and was able to mess around with are immediately noticeable and mostly positive, but for folks wanting widespread change, a new engine or some masterful stroke of development genius that will create this all-new football game should probably reel in their expectations a bit. "

Too late to overhaul the engine? The game is basically using the same engine as last gen. NCAA games. I predict we will actually see some good engine overhauls when either A)They clean house and put a whole new staff working on the game or B) Xbox 900 is out in about 20 years.

[COACH WEBB]

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Great news for AUB fans from one of the EA GameChangers over at The Gaming Tailgate

As well, we also saw Auburn's War Eagle as part of their entrance, however it was still a work-in-progress when we saw it so they didn't really want us to capture any images of it.

[sonn]

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"And NCAA Football 12 might epitomize that double-edged sword. Some of the tweaks that I was shown and was able to mess around with are immediately noticeable and mostly positive, but for folks wanting widespread change, a new engine or some masterful stroke of development genius that will create this all-new football game should probably reel in their expectations a bit. "

Too late to overhaul the engine? The game is basically using the same engine as last gen. NCAA games. I predict we will actually see some good engine overhauls when either A)They clean house and put a whole new staff working on the game or B) Xbox 900 is out in about 20 years.

I agree its quite obvious that the Devs aren't trying to improve the game at all and just come in to work for their paycheck.

[sparkdawg777]

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Does anyone know if there is any new info/videos being released tomorrow?

[illwill10]

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Does anyone know if there is any new info/videos being released tomorrow?

Maybe a pic. I think this is what we are getting till next week

[miked152]

As for custom books, will they be usable in online play? Did that come up?

[sitinon32]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZJapOGD_k&sns=tw

I spy Mike the Tiger....

[PaperBoyx703]

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"And NCAA Football 12 might epitomize that double-edged sword. Some of the tweaks that I was shown and was able to mess around with are immediately noticeable and mostly positive, but for folks wanting widespread change, a new engine or some masterful stroke of development genius that will create this all-new football game should probably reel in their expectations a bit. "

Too late to overhaul the engine? The game is basically using the same engine as last gen. NCAA games. I predict we will actually see some good engine overhauls when either A)They clean house and put a whole new staff working on the game or B) Xbox 900 is out in about 20 years.

Wow. The engine is clearly not the same as last gen. Maybe you should compare systems ps3-ps2 or Xbox-360 and then you'd get a better understanding of engine and how they differ. If you have kept up with anything they have given us, they have reported that madden n ncca share the same engine and "improvements" were being made and it would be altered to have a more collegiate feel. You would suggest they clean house despite the devs actually seem to be listening to majority of the community and making significant changes step by step?

Everyone expecting leaps and bounds do not understand gaming and the work that goes under the hood.

I agree its quite obvious that the Devs aren't trying to improve the game at all and just come in to work for their paycheck.

Agenda.

[Bellsprout]

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I'm going to choose to believe College Gameday hasn't been implemented yet so they can release that tasty bit of info on their own terms.

That's probably wrong, it's probably not in, but I'm clinging to the hope dammit!

Other than that, the rest sounds dynamite. If all of this works as well as it sounds, this could be a really, really special game.

[mrMagic91]

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I'm going to choose to believe College Gameday hasn't been implemented yet so they can release that tasty bit of info on their own terms.

That's probably wrong, it's probably not in, but I'm clinging to the hope dammit!

Other than that, the rest sounds dynamite. If all of this works as well as it sounds, this could be a really, really special game.

Same here. Its like when a kid finds out like they arent getting that Christmas present they've been wanting.

COLLEGE GAMEDAY!!

[buckeye02]

Again, it comes down to fixing recruiting and adding some dynamic player progression and degression. I want to see mid level teams able to sign some 5 stars every now and then, and Boise State sign ZERO 5 stars like they do in real life. I dont wanna see 50s overall on teams like Ohio State, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, etc, etc. I want JUCOs to have their own list. They should not be in the Top 150, and teams like Ohio State should not be signing 8 JUCOs every year, terrible JUCOs at that. I wanna see conference and non-conference scheduling fixed, or atleast allowed to be editable for every team.

Nice to see that defense is back.

[poisedjase]

Custom Playbooks can you use them online line like in head to head games or dynasty mode ? i hate madden 09 when they added it if u bought the collectors edition u could use custom play books but not online that was so stupid

but this game so far sounds good