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

[sportznut02]

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Can't wait to play this tonight, I am jealous of you 360 users. Probably a good thing it does not release until evening since I have class all day.

[65South]

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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...

Good post Bootzilla.

This bolded part really stood out to me but I wasn't for sure if anyone else saw it. I was Texas vs. CPU Oregon. Less than a minute left, tie game 7-7 with me driving around mid-field. They show a cut scene of Oregon #54 kicking the ball into the net on the sideline. Confused is the best way for me to describe how I felt at the moment.

[Death_By_Smiley]

Anyone else think that Man to Man Defense is too good? The DBs are sticking the receivers like rubber cement.

[65South]

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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...

Very much so! Definitely going to take some adjusting for me. By the end of the game I was still consciously adjusting moving through the playcall screen.

Burned me a couple times vs the no huddle where I'm trying to select a play in the Dime formation by pressing right on the d-pad only to move over to 4-3

[65South]

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

how's the CPU blitz? do you still get the all out blitz every 3rd and long leaving the slot receiver open for an easy big gain?

I did not notice this when playing.

[J-Unit40]

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CPU Darron Thomas just bolted for a 57 yard TD run. WOW!

As he crossed the goal line, he flipped the ball over his head and start shaking his hands in the air almost waving to the crowd. What a run. I still can't believe it.

[w1ck80]

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Very much so! Definitely going to take some adjusting for me. By the end of the game I was still consciously adjusting moving through the playcall screen.

Burned me a couple times vs the no huddle where I'm trying to select a play in the Dime formation by pressing right on the d-pad only to move over to 4-3

Sweet, I'm glad I'm not the only one having trouble with the playcalling scroll being different.

[w1ck80]

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By the way, just out of curiosity and since I'm new here, I've noticed tons of people with NCAA pics and fandom. Just wondering how many other people graduated from the school that they are fans of on here (I got my undergrad from UK).

[Watson]

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By the way, just out of curiosity and since I'm new here, I've noticed tons of people with NCAA pics and fandom.

That tends to happen in a College football forum

[PioneerRaptor]

I played four games this morning and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The dive catches are pretty awesome but there was some negative there as well. On one pass, the outside receiver on the right side of the field ran a post. I threw the ball to him and he made a beautiful diving catch, that was necessary, for the completion (User Controlled). Later on in the game, I threw the ball to the tight end and it went straight to him, no dive necessary, and he slowed down to dive anyways, allowing the Linebacker to pick it off (AI Controlled).

Play Action passes worked very well for me. The AI only hit me twice directly after the fake, one was a blitz, the other wasn't. However, I was able to use the play action several times successfully without having to rush the ball out.

Tackling was very much improved. It was nice being able to stop the running back short of the line and a stupid animation didn't start that carried him passed it for no reason. Also, broken tackles look much more realistic and fluid and the way tackles branch out is amazing.

I did not have a problem with Psychic DBs at all. I ran a few curl routes to test it out, and the defensive backs were not mirror images of the WRs.

[DLowery]

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By the way, just out of curiosity and since I'm new here, I've noticed tons of people with NCAA pics and fandom. Just wondering how many other people graduated from the school that they are fans of on here (I got my undergrad from UK).

The humblebrag is in full effect.

[w1ck80]

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That tends to happen in a College football forum

Yeah, point taken. I was just using that to ask where everyone here went to school.

[w1ck80]

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The humblebrag is in full effect.

Nice, humblebrag! I like that.

[Whammer]

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I can't believe EA said they worked on the crowds. They ALL look like Zombies with these crazy looking eyes. Terrible!

Team entrances...A waste of resources. Everyone will be skipping through them.

Game does seem fairly challenging. I love the tackle animations and QB makes some nice moves trying to avoid blitz or tackles.
Ball carrier looks good running through traffic.

Am I the only one who doesn't feel totally in control of their player? I just don't feel very connected to the on field actions.

[blkrptnt819]

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Anyone else think that Man to Man Defense is too good? The DBs are sticking the receivers like rubber cement.

No, I was getting open but I also was playing on AA instead of Heisman.