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

[w1ck80]

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

Just joined! Long time reader but finally joined! Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone else playing the demo is having trouble adjusting to the playcalling scrolling up and down instead of side to side like last year. This is kinda throwing me off...

[Tennessee]

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

Just joined! Long time reader but finally joined! Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone else playing the demo is having trouble adjusting to the playcalling scrolling up and down instead of side to side like last year. This is kinda throwing me off...

Took me at least a quarter to figure it out. I thought play selection was incredibly slow until I noticed it was changing formations. Didn't use it but it looked like the recent plays was an option again though.

[Bootzilla]

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

Me: Oregon
Cpu: Texas

5 games AA.

My Offense:
1. You can run out of the spread.
2. Seems like you need to pitch earlier on option plays. Option seems less effective.
3. Designated QB runs and draws are effective.
4. Screens/ slip screens/ and WR screens/bubbles work.
5. Good job with inaccurate passes/incompletions.
6. Not seeing Psychic DBs. Read the D, find the open man or open spot in zone.
7. Deep ball not automatic.

Cpu Offense:
1. Can run from single back sets. No big gains but, effective.
2. No QB scrambles yet. No runs out of shotgun (that I remember).
3. Will throw deep. Beat me on a pretty deep ball.
4. Throws a lot of picks. Cpu QB seems confused when you audible to a zone.
5. QB pretty nimble in pocket. Avoiding sacks, breaking tackles.
6. No quick throws right before a sack. No crazy spin throws.

My Defense:
1. Lot of pressure/sacks with or without blitzing or setting D-line to aggressive.
2. Coverage sacks. Pressure from both ends.
3. Will jump offsides if d-line set to aggressive.
4. CBs pretty aggressive going for picks in man or zone.
5. I like the tackle button especially when going for a sack.

Cpu defense:
1. Still blitz CBs too much.
2. CBs very aggressive vs. outside runs. In the backfield a little too quickly imo.
3. Zone D is good. Realistic.
4. Pass rush is effective.

Weird cut scene. Texas is driving into field goal range and they cut to LaMichael James warming up kicking into the net.

While not a huge leap from 11, still very solid.

[Rakein]

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

after a hour and a half of DL i got and i got a few things.
Pro's -
The Coverage - Zone works now (Thank you baby jesus) although they slide around to fast, Man coverage i thought was gonna be broken but nope still works.

Tackles - I LOVE the new tackling system now i dont throw my controller when the ball carrier breaks a tackle my other guys just stand like sleeping cows.

Running from Shotgun - Somewhat better but still bad IMO still to slow on the Read Options and whatnot.

Con's -
The damn D-Line knowing when to jump to swat the ball down is still there and its not like one of them doing it still all at the same time.

Doofus WR and DB who just watch the ball fly right above there heads and drop a easy pick

Hail Mary Trips Right (I believe) is some what glitched cause i ran it 4 times (twice as Bama and once as Org and FSU) and it seemed the Inside WR would always get behind coverage for a easy TD

[georgiafan]

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

I'm not sure if this is something that will show up in the demo, but has anyone seen stat overlays?

[w1ck80]

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

I am noticing that most any seam route is money when it comes to the WR getting open.....for the upteenth year in a row

[frankrizzo380]

Re: Demo is up now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace

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.

GOOD MORNING SIR! Are u saying that dl men are playing "gap assignments" and/or playing the "point" opening holes for the lber's?

[AirLobo23]

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

CPU STILL makes HORRIBLE decision while running with the ball in the open field. If there is wide open field in front of the computer controlled ball carrier he will ALWAYS cut it back to where his cpu controlled teammates are and end up getting tackled by the defense. It was the same last year and it's still very prevalent this year. Very disappointing. This is 11.5 at best.

[J-Unit40]

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

Oh and for all of your Field Degradation Fanatics.....it's looks glorious!

[Watson]

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

just saw the DB tackle the WR after a go route, and the WR actually slid instead of just sticking to the turf like in NCAA 11

[J-Unit40]

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

Stat overlay time!

A.J. McCarron aka QB#10 with 9/17 for 107 yards. We are in overrrrrrrrrrrrtime.

[DGuinta1]

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

Need to fix the animation of the ball releasing from the QB's hand. Sometimes it's off.

[TarHeelPhenom]

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How do you wrap tackle? Is it the same button as the dive button?

[Redlightning]

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

Took a webcam video for all the PS3 guys who don't have the demo yet. Shows the spread offense pretty well. Specifically, it shows my favorite formation so far: Wing Offset Weak w/ the HB Wideout package. Sorry for the video quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzfpyemSQCg

[Watson]

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

Darron Thomas feels like I'm just watching Darron Thomas. So fluid. I hope other "scrambling" QB's feel like this


unfortunately Robo-QB still sees to exist.