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  • ChaseB
    #BringBackFaceuary
    • Oct 2003
    • 9844

    #1

    OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview


    Armed with a notebook full of questions and the collective weight of the OS football community on my shoulders, I entered the Los Angeles Convention Center this morning on a mission. After some solid playtime and a couple Q&A sessions later, I am now confident that 2011 has the potential to be one of the best football gaming years we've seen in recent memory.

    However, before I begin I need to get one thing out of the way. I was told by an EA rep that the reason NCAA Football 12 was shown behind closed doors was to better showcase Madden, removing any possible distraction to this year's NFL offering which was front and center of EA's main display. The only other game playable on the show floor was the new Need for Speed game. FIFA 12, NHL 12, and SSX all joined NCAA 12 in being shown privately.

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  • Aggies7
    All Star
    • Jan 2005
    • 9495

    #2
    Nice write up thanks Chase
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    • buckeye02
      MVP
      • Jul 2009
      • 4152

      #3
      Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

      Sounds good man. Glad you enjoyed yourself. I know you can't wait for all of us to experience what you did today.

      Im sure some enhanced difficulty, and slider work can take care of the running problem out of the shotgun for the CPU.
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      • HarkTheSound
        MVP
        • Dec 2007
        • 1167

        #4
        Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

        I have no idea why people are complaining gameplay didn't get any love this year...NCAA 11 played a solid game of football and if 12's gameplay is a super polished version of 11 I'm perfectly fine with that.

        Thanks for the writeup Chase
        Last edited by HarkTheSound; 06-08-2011, 03:21 PM.
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        • GrnEyedBanditTN
          Rookie
          • Apr 2008
          • 169

          #5
          I'm more than cool w/ this preview... Looks like we will have another good one in our hands soon!
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          • osubeavs721
            Banned
            • Dec 2008
            • 1577

            #6
            Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

            i am excited for this year, but i was hoping running out of the shotgun would be opened up this year fixed.
            Personally I am a run first type of guy and it sucks when using shotgun because people know after playing me that im not running when in that formation. Hopefully there is a tuner pack for it or it was like Christian said just an early build of the game.'
            Even with that little problem i cant wait for this game

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            • grismosw
              MVP
              • Jul 2002
              • 2655

              #7
              Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

              The running out of the shotgun formation needs to be fixed or its a deal breaker for me. Considering how ~50% of the teams run a spread or some variation of it I am not sure how they cannot address this.
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              • rudyjuly2
                Cade Cunningham
                • Aug 2002
                • 14816

                #8
                A lot of things sound really good but if the cpu can't run out of the shotgun/spread it really hurts the realism. And sliders can't fix this really. If you boost the cpu run block sliders too much it could make the traditional sets and goal line formations over powered. We really need balance in this area and we haven't had it yet on next gen. Still excited about NCAA 12. Hopefully tuning packs can be used to help fix this.

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                • bad_philanthropy
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 12167

                  #9
                  Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

                  Like rudy said, cpu needs to have the ability to be effective running out of the gun. I don't know if it's something that is related to a fundamental flaw in the way the game works, but I hope this can at least be fixed with a patch.

                  They could expand the sliders and have two sets of run blocking sliders (for both user and cpu). They could possibly include run blocking for plays from under center and run blocking for plays out of the shotgun.
                  Last edited by bad_philanthropy; 06-08-2011, 06:17 AM.

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                  • blkrptnt819
                    MVP
                    • Feb 2011
                    • 2055

                    #10
                    Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

                    I think they said user running out the shotgun is better just not cpu.
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                    • fsufan4423
                      Stop the Nonsense
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 1071

                      #11
                      Nice review, my only concern is....is the HDR lighting on noticeable in replays? How does that compare to actual gameplay?
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                      • Brandwin
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 30621

                        #12
                        Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

                        I am fine with NCAA 12 feeling like a polished version of NCAA 11. I loved last years game and with the game fixes, like improved zone defense, momentum, new talking animations, QB's actually being a threat to run, this game is going to be good again. I didn't expect a huge difference between NCAA 11 and NCAA 12 - the big leap will probably come next year with NCAA 13. I'm pretty pumped and can't wait to get my hands on the demo to see some of the improvements myself.


                        EDIT: I will say, I truly hope momentum is improved. It seems like every year we hear that you can really tell the difference between a power back and a speed back, and why there has been a bit of a different feel, it's nothing like we have hoped for. It is disappointing to read about the CPU not being able to establish any type of running game out of the spread. Hopefully that can be tweaked and fixed before release day or with a patch soon after the game releases.

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                        • nolefan28169
                          Rookie
                          • Jun 2011
                          • 5

                          #13
                          hey chase, as someone who was able to get to talk to the EA reps and NCAA producers, did you get any info as to when details of rtg will officially be released?

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                          • SGMRock
                            Pro
                            • Jul 2009
                            • 991

                            #14
                            Based on the fact you mentioned using 3D glasses my guess is you played this on the PS3. Have you had a look at it on the 360 and do the graphics there also look like they have been improved? The 360 is a year older than the PS3 and many have said the PS3 has better hardware but it is rare that devs take advantage of that unless the game is a PS3 only release.

                            Just wondered. I have put off buying a PS3 for years because I have been happy with the 360 and Xbox Live as well as not getting my private information stolen ... But if Devs start to make thing look better on the PS3 using its slightly better hardware then I might consider it.
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                            • schumj
                              Pro
                              • Apr 2011
                              • 688

                              #15
                              Re: OS at E3: NCAA Football 12 Preview

                              The running out of shotgun is concerning. I guess it could be attributed to Arizona St's great LB corp and maybe you are a great defender. But with the Oregon struggling as the best run out of shotgun team in the nation it is concerning.
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