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

**RamblinWreck21** · 07-01-2011, 03:34 PM

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

Originally posted by gopadres

After playing NCAA extensively the last 3 years, this seems too much like last year's version. Opening presentation will get old after awhile and players will be skipping past cutscenes. The only way you're going to hold player's interest is what you add in the franchise mode. I haven't heard what those additions might be, if any but it seems like their big selling point this year is the opening presentations. Which again, the newness will wear off quickly. Even changing the commentary can greatly improve a game. I'll be taking a year off from NCAA.

They added Coaching Carousel which looks great and they added custom conference/custom conference re-alignment.

**Dynasty411** · 07-01-2011, 04:35 PM

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

Originally posted by AUsouthpaw2013

Has anyone blocked a punt or a field goal yet? I was hoping that would be possible (if rare) in this year's game.

Yes, twice!! But, I was offsides. I was trying to jump the snap. It looked like I did. Too bad no instant replay.

**Geekboy** · 07-01-2011, 06:46 PM

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

Bottom line is this.....either the guys at EA (NCAA staff) are incompetent or their hands are tied when it comes to incremental upgrades for the game. Because each year it truly is just slightly incremental upgrades when it comes to game play, etc.

The crowd noise (I know it's supposed to maybe be better with the final release) is still a joke. The people that work on this game really don't understand college football. If you had some really college football fanatics working on the game they would blow away all expectations. That leads me again to believe they don't have a clue or their hands are tied because of no competition. This really is a shame.

**hurricanefootball4** · 07-01-2011, 08:04 PM

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

Originally posted by canes21

I can't get over how much fun it is to run out of the shotgun with Oregon in the demo. Even on Heisman I am gaining 4 yards here, 2 here, then breaking off for 20+, then getting stuffed, and it all feels natural. I am able to bring in the defense after 3-4 positive gains and throw one right over their heads for a TD.

I am thinking Heisman may be the way I go this year.

I haven't had any problems playing with Oregon on any of the difficulty levels.

Playing as Texas on Heisman is a different story. My offensive line is nonexistent, my receivers can't get any separation, and when there is an opening they drop the pass.

Haven't had any issues with Oregon but trying to run a pro-style offense on Heisman is proving to be quite difficult

**GucciiManeBurr** · 07-01-2011, 09:00 PM

Presentation is amazing but gameplay is te exact same and the grass is worse because they tried to make it more realistic but now it's just blurry. And the grass isnt that long in real life its ********

**sparkdawg777** · 07-01-2011, 09:12 PM

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

After playing this demo more, I have played mostly as Alabama and Oregon and it is sad to say that I feel no Home Field Advantage towards the other teams. Sure the crowd might seem louder when I'm on offense but I don't feel any sort of intimidation factor like the PS2 versions had back with the camera shake. I think they should think about bringing it back just because that seems to be the only way for you to know that 12th man factor is there.

On a positive note, blocked my 1st field goal today! Awesome took it back for the score as well.

Another positive is I think the jump ball has been improved for WRs because I through a pass to the back of the endzone on a vertical route and it had a little bit too much air so the DB was able to catch up but I took over the WR and held L2 and triangle, (PS2) and caught it for a TD felt great because it was 3rd down.

The more I play this the more I enjoy it.

**bonannogiovanni** · 07-01-2011, 09:33 PM

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

Broadcast cam is in the demo, if you sim at the play selection screen, you can watch every play CPU v CPU by pressing RB.

**canes21** · 07-01-2011, 09:45 PM

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

Originally posted by pdiehm

Some questions:

Is the CPU still jumping the snap at a 80% clip? This will cause the OL to look very bad.

If it's like last year, the OL blocking assignments are designed for a pro-style offense. The assignments are completely different for a zone-read offense.

From what I have been reading it sounds like once again, on AA or Heisman, the read option offense will be irrelevant because of the OL's assignments are designed with a power blocking scheme in mind, versus a finesse/zone scheme.

1) The CPU does jump the snap, but I countered this by drawing them off sides one time and they back off for a possession or so. It seems like Oregon tries to jump the snap more than Texas, but that may just be all coincidence.

2)Me and the CPU have both had great runs off the zone read. Oregon broke off a 75 yard TD on me on a zone read and I broke off some nice 20+ yard carries off the zone reads. It works a lot better than last year, all shotgun runs do, for me and the CPU in my opinion.

**sparkdawg777** · 07-01-2011, 10:20 PM

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

Is anyone getting pressure with a 4 man rush? I don't think I've gotten a sack yet and they are getting over 5 seconds to throw a majority of the time when in real life it is around 4 in college. I mean there is no pressure at all a lot of times, the pocket should be collapsing after 4 seconds most of the time.

**canes21** · 07-01-2011, 10:32 PM

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

Originally posted by sparkdawg777

Is anyone getting pressure with a 4 man rush? I don't think I've gotten a sack yet and they are getting over 5 seconds to throw a majority of the time when in real life it is around 4 in college. I mean there is no pressure at all a lot of times, the pocket should be collapsing after 4 seconds most of the time.

As Oregon on Heisman I am getting far too many sacks per game without blitzing.

**4solo** · 07-01-2011, 10:36 PM

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

You know I'm enjoying all of the new tackle animations with the removal of suction but I have had some suspect plays where I just run by the ball carrier, even though I was close enough to make a tackle. Maybe I didn't press the tackle button soon enough but I think EA need to add some grab animation for when you sometimes over pursue.

**Cpre5** · 07-01-2011, 10:42 PM

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

Getting tired of watch my wide open WR/TE get hit in the side of the head with out even trying for the ball.
After playing the 360 again I really wish the PS3 version had the star shadows on top players. It's nice to see who is the impact player without having to click around 1st.

**RoyalBoyle78** · 07-01-2011, 10:59 PM

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

shorts and sweet, finally played the demo and love it PERIOD!

**Ny17Jets** · 07-01-2011, 11:19 PM

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

Thank you! omg man, I throw beatiful passes straight down the field for the ball to either hit him in the side of the head or on the top...wtf is that. Great A.I.

**spit_bubble** · 07-01-2011, 11:58 PM

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

Originally posted by spit_bubble

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.

^ My previous impressions...

Got some more play time...

The differences in gameplay from last year are starting to stand out. They are subtle, but they are definitely there: new animations, tighter AI, better collisions...

I upgrade my early assessment of "decent enough" to being very nice... It just feels like a good game of football.

A few times I have seen some weird things... The strangest was the AI QB throwing the ball away really soon, like almost right after the snap... Happened a few times... This is on AA difficulty...

Hey, it's the demo. Seems like it could be corrected pretty easily.

Still sticking with Madden for now.

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

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