NCAA Football 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[TracerBullet]

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I believe you can change the difficulty this year.

Yes you can.

[seasprite]

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Plays a lot smoother than it seemed to in videos, but color me unimpressed with the "3D grass". In normal gameplay it looks exactly the same. Only time I can tell a difference is with cutscenes or replays

[jp7588]

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I gotta get to work but here are my impressions after two games, one as Oregon one as Bama:

Pros:
Zone D looked good, along with tackling.
Lack of suction helps the run game i think (cpu and human).
Cpu D wasn't giving anything away.
I got burned by the run.
Cpu QB took off for the first a couple times!

Cons:
My screen passes were getting BLOWN UP.
I did see the psychic db in man coverage.
Pa was a mixed bag but my results were bad enough to scare me away from it.

[TracerBullet]

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Plays a lot smoother than it seemed to in videos, but color me unimpressed with the "3D grass". In normal gameplay it looks exactly the same. Only time I can tell a difference is with cutscenes or replays

Yeah, it has to be at a close angle or else its not there.

FSU QB just threw the ball away instead of forcing it on a pass.

[boritter]

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Pros:

Lack of suction helps the run game i think (cpu and human).


Cons:

I did see the psychic db in man coverage.

I agree with both of these. I also agree that the "3D" grass looks the same during gameplay.

As I posted earlier, psychic DBs are back. I have called 100% pass plays so that I can study the DBs. Based on the demo build psychic DBs are going to ruin man coverage in 12 like they did in 11.

How is this possible when it was one of, if not the, biggest issues in NCAA 11?

[Vince Howard]

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Overall, the demo is very good in terms of gameplay except for the physic DB's. When you guys play as Alabama on the road at Florida State, does it feel to you like FSU actually has home-field advantage? I ask this because I'm tied at halftime with them on varsity at 0-0.

[MrJ2006]

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No psychic dbs for me but I did see a couple super swats from the lbs. Game flows much better now as well. I felt like I was getting too much pressure and sacks against the qb. Running out of shotgun was possible for me which is a plus since that is my most used set. Kick returners and backs who get picks in the endzone wil take a knee right away which is a huge plus for me.

[TracerBullet]

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I've been sacked by the right side of the line more than the left.

[MrJ2006]

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Overall, the demo is very good in terms of gameplay except for the physic DB's. When you guys play as Alabama on the road at Florida State, does it feel to you like FSU actually has home-field advantage? I ask this because I'm tied at halftime with them on varsity at 0-0.

Not for me, was up 14-0 at halftime. Although they did seem to play much better in the second half. On heisman

[Vince Howard]

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I agree that the psychic DB's is a huge issue that they should try to fix and if they can do it in a patch....damn!!!! this game will have great gameplay with the right slider set.

[Vince Howard]

NCAA Football 12 Demo Impressions (360) PS3 Demo Available Later This Afternoon

A great thing that I have noticed is that the linebackers don't seem to be jumping 20 feet in the air to bat down a pass. I just threw a crossing route to my TE over the middle and in NCAA 11 the LB would have jumped way too high and swatted it down but this game seems to respect gravity. Nice!

[mikehi619]

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i have no gripes yet . i played as oregon on all american . running game is alot of fun , the screen game actually has offensive lineman attacking defenders and i didnt have "psychic dbs" problem

[ps2sportgamer]

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I'm getting sacks, but its because Gilbert is staying in the pocket way too long.

No CPU awareness by the QB near their own endzone. Didnt even try and scramble out to avoid the safety.

The way the players move is almost a game killer for me. Its so bad still. Player can cut on a dime like its nothing. still going full speed making 90degree cuts.

what?

I love football too much to not buy the game

[blkrptnt819]

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Run commit or run blitz, learn it, loveit because my DL did not make one tackle on a running play in 2 games. Also no super jumping dl or lb, I didn't see the psychic DB, I got blew up on play action 2 out of 2 times, passing is smooth, their Dline is getting pressure.

[Steve_OS]

NCAA Football 12 Demo Impressions (360) PS3 Demo Available Later This Afternoon

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