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

[tanner75]

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

Has anyone seen any dirty uniforms yet? I have seen the pitch get progressively muddier but no grass stains etc on the white jerseys!

I have to say to me it looks awesome especially the sunny day game, i'm on ps3 too on my samsung 52 inch sports settings. Only jaggies i see are on some replays in the crowd and some small pop up in the crowd, hopefully will be gone in retail version but still looks much better than ncaa 11.

[NEOPARADIGM]

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

... also with some pretty good hdmi cords. the best monster hdmi cables you can find for around 100-120.

All respect mate, but most people will tell you to buy the cheapest HDMI cord you can find. Like, the $0.89 ones will do the trick just as well as any other. Might not last as long, true, but the picture quality is identical: it's a digital signal, there's nothing for a "better" cord to enhance, it just has to work.

Has anyone seen any dirty uniforms yet?

I don't believe either game is on grass, which would explain its absence.

[spit_bubble]

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

I know it's just a demo, but it seems very ho hum to me.

-The team intros, for all their build up, ended up being pretty lackluster... And I know they will get old fast, seeing the same exact cut scenes over and over.

-It's still difficult to sub in different packages. Scrolling through subs with the R-stick has the same delay as last year, and is still way too clumsy to be useful.

-Also, they still have those really lame photos at the end of the game.

-Gameplay seems decent enough, but really just felt like a minor upgrade over last year.

Don't see myself getting this, unless Madden really sucks.

[Dynasty411]

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Yep, it definitely feels enough different that you can tell its a new year at least. The suction tackling was my biggest complaint. I have to say, coming off the end with the DE getting disengaged from the OT and not just be warped into his path felt great.

No depth chart editing in the demo I'm afraid

I was playing with Oregon and my player was suctioned. No replay means I couldn't go back to take a look. The running animations need WORK though. 3D grass... I could've done without. They should have worked on those running animations. I thought they said they were going to fix zone coverage? I passed for close to 500 yards and threw for 5 touchdowns on Heisman. FSU unis look sick... nice to see the pride stickers show better.

[Dynasty411]

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I know it's just a demo, but it seems very ho hum to me.

-The team intros, for all their build up, ended up being pretty lackluster... And I know they will get old fast, seeing the same exact cut scenes over and over.

-It's still difficult to sub in different packages. Scrolling through subs with the R-stick has the same delay as last year, and is still way too clumsy to be useful.

-Also, they still have those really lame photos at the end of the game.

-Gameplay seems decent enough, but really just felt like a minor upgrade over last year.

Don't see myself getting this, unless Madden really sucks.

I agree with you!! Too bad I already put my money up for a preorder. I would buy madden, but that game sucks!! I haven't bought it for nearly 5years and I am very happy with that. But, I love college football so much... what to do... what to do.

[tanner75]

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

"I don't believe either game is on grass, which would explain its absence."

If this is the case then fair enough, why though was the pitch muddy in OT at FSU?

[Aggies7]

Anyone see the option for game speed this year. Maybe it's late and I'm tired and missed it.

[tanner75]

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

FSU definitely play on grass so no excuse there.. maybe dirty uniforms will be patched in again !Lol

[Dynasty411]

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Us PS3 users got SHAFTED in the graphics department. After playing the demo on the PS3 and Xbox I can say it's a night and day difference in graphics. If the PS3 retail version looks this bad i'll definitely be switching my pre-order over to 360.

Man I was not expecting that much of a difference but whoa..

What was the difference in last years version? Just wondering because I don't have an XBOX.

[cgalligan]

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I played both mathups last night on PS3, on All American difficulty...

First thing I noticed is the same thing I notice every year. The game feels like its on TURBO MODE... Everything happens way too fast and it makes the game look "fake".

The cut scenes look great, and the presentation is nice...

Like others have said, the team intros will get old very quickly...

Play action passing seems to be an issue, as I was either sacked, or crushed just as I threw the ball every time I called a PA pass...

It still feels like the players don't have any real weight to them. When carrying the ball they can change direction in a hiccup without losing any speed whatsoever. Also, when being tackled, (although there are some nice new animations this year) the ballcarriers momentum doesn't seem to factor into the tackle animation...

I also noticed the lack of texture on the grass that other people have noticed... Not sure if this is a PS3 thing, a Demo thing or what, but, the grass in my Demo looked pretty much like grass from "last gen". Thats not acceptable imo if its like that in the retail version. I mean, I honestly don't really care about the grass, but, when its hyped up so much, and then you only see it in cut scenes, thats pretty bad on their part...

I've only played both matchups, and I haven't really broken down play after play, I'll wait for the real game to do that, but, all in all, I think the game has improved slightly, but, there isn't anything really groundbreaking imo.

[LambertandHam]

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I played both mathups last night on PS3, on All American difficulty...

First thing I noticed is the same thing I notice every year. The game feels like its on TURBO MODE... Everything happens way too fast and it makes the game look "fake".

The cut scenes look great, and the presentation is nice...

Like others have said, the team intros will get old very quickly...

Play action passing seems to be an issue, as I was either sacked, or crushed just as I threw the ball every time I called a PA pass...

It still feels like the players don't have any real weight to them. When carrying the ball they can change direction in a hiccup without losing any speed whatsoever. Also, when being tackled, (although there are some nice new animations this year) the ballcarriers momentum doesn't seem to factor into the tackle animation...

I also noticed the lack of texture on the grass that other people have noticed... Not sure if this is a PS3 thing, a Demo thing or what, but, the grass in my Demo looked pretty much like grass from "last gen". Thats not acceptable imo if its like that in the retail version. I mean, I honestly don't really care about the grass, but, when its hyped up so much, and then you only see it in cut scenes, thats pretty bad on their part...

I've only played both matchups, and I haven't really broken down play after play, I'll wait for the real game to do that, but, all in all, I think the game has improved slightly, but, there isn't anything really groundbreaking imo.

The change of direction bit is probably what bugs me the most. I was having a blast, until I watched my younger brother play. He bombs a pass to his WR on the sideline, he catches it. Now the WR's momentum should of sent him out of bounds. A nice catch, etc.

Instead he, on a dime, immediately snaps in and changes direction, accelerating across the field. As for the grass, they hyped it up too much. I had NCAA 11 "lag" for me at times, mostly around the goal line if I was backed up. I can't imagine the lag if 3D grass was viewable at all times. Still when you talk about an addition, you want to see it.

[chen_sc]

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the crowd in the demo is very quiet.
the dev team said that the they have improved the stadiums atmposphere but I just can't hear it...
any chance that in the retail version the crowd will be much more louder?
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[Cynick]

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the crowd in the demo is very quiet.
the dev team said that the they have improved the stadiums atmposphere but I just can't hear it...
any chance that in the retail version the crowd will be much more louder?
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There's alot of stuff they clearly left out to keep the demo size down, crowd noise/reaction being one of them. I know someone will say "keep the demo size down? it's 2G!", but I'd be willing to bet most of that is just the gameplay engine itself.

I'm loving the game though. The new collision system and tackling animations are amazing, zone coverage actually works, no superman LB INTs. The retail version will most certainly be better than the demo, and patches will fix the rest.

[sarlndr]

who has both systems???

I'm sure alot of people have both systems. I know I do.

Both games look good. It's just one looks much better.

[Entiae]

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

I just pre-ordered the PS3 version. I enjoyed the demo and I think the game looks good.

But..

I have been told by a great many people who have been around for a while that last year the demo for PS3 looked worse than the 360 as well but they tweaked it quite a bit before release and the final product was very close to the xbox version.

..I hope this will be the case this year as well.