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

[zmcman1]

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

Played my first four games of Heisman tonight, went 4-0.

Alabama 21, Florida State 0
Alabama 17, Florida State 7 (absolutely ridiculous TD run for them...ran over my LB immediately after landing from a hurdle, then spun off my SS)
Florida State 7, Alabama 0
Florida State 10, Alabama 0

Nothing too ridiculous outside of the lone TD run for FSU. Was able to shut down T-Rich for the most part except for one 15yd run.

[Tombstone31]

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I enjoyed the demo! it is much smoother and was a lot of fun!
NCAA 12 HERE COMES THE....HERE COMES THE.....BOOOOOOMMM!!

[SECElit3]

Wow. This feels so much like NCAA 11. I don't how I can justify buying this. Might be nothing more than a rental.

You make me smile... silly rabbit

[greenegt]

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I'm on Live silver at the moment, so I just got the demo last night. Played one game as Texas against Oregon on AA. LMJ destroyed me and I ended up losing 21-6. I enjoyed what I played. While the game does look similar to NCAA 11 in terms of in-game presentation, it does have a different feel when you actually play. The removal of suction is definitely noticeable. OL/DL interaction and zone-coverage improvements are evident, as well. Overall, looks like another solid and fun football game.

[TDenverFan]

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I really don't get how this feels the same as 11 to some people...

[extremeskins04]

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I really don't get how this feels the same as 11 to some people...

What don't you get about it? The gameplay feels and plays the same to alot of people. All we have to go by is the demo, and that will make or break a purchase.

[roadman]

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What don't you get about it? The gameplay feels and plays the same to alot of people. All we have to go by is the demo, and that will make or break a purchase.

I disagree big time with that statement.

The demo is 2.5 months old and according to some people that have the game already, the game is much better than the demo, plus 1st day patch, plus tuner sets in the future.

The demo shouldn't make or break a purchase.

[TDenverFan]

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What don't you get about it? The gameplay feels and plays the same to alot of people. All we have to go by is the demo, and that will make or break a purchase.

Play 11 with default sliders and play this Demo. They feel way different.

[canes21]

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What don't you get about it? The gameplay feels and plays the same to alot of people. All we have to go by is the demo, and that will make or break a purchase.

I understand where you are coming from, but in this case, the demo is not what you should go off. In years past, maybe, but not this year. The demo is so old and pretty much everyone with a retail copy has stated just how much better everything is.

Also, go play NCAA 11's demo, then this demo. If you still think they're the same game, then you probably just don't want to see the differences.

[LionsFanNJ]

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I swear they tuned the demo and didn't say anything. For one, I had the texas and FSU QB move around in the pocket a LOT. I actually had Gilbert shake off a sack and find a reciever that broke open in the last second.

Also, what leads me to believe they tuned the demo is the OLine is picking up blitzes MUCH better than they used to. I was sacking the QB left and right on blitzes, now the CPU reads them much better and either gets rid of the ball or gets out the pocket. and on ST there seems to be a chance of blocked kicks now. More guys are getting through up the middle and off the edges.

of course it could just be the randomness of the game.

[goh]

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I really don't get how this feels the same as 11 to some people...

I don't get how it doesn't to some people.
Obviously the tackling is different and a huge improvement and I suppose the AI pass D is quite a bit better but other than that I'm not seeing a ton of gameplay improvements and they're mostly little things. The presentation and graphics sure seem to have stepped up though. I do have a possible graphical...well it's not even a complaint,quip I suppose...but I'll save that for the full game.

[ch2k8]

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Love the game, but I a struggling on Heisman (which is a good thing). A few slider changes and this game mode is going to be perfect for me, love the feel of the game

[canes21]

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I don't get how it doesn't to some people.
Obviously the tackling is different and a huge improvement and I suppose the AI pass D is quite a bit better but other than that I'm not seeing a ton of gameplay improvements and they're mostly little things. The presentation and graphics sure seem to have stepped up though. I do have a possible graphical...well it's not even a complaint,quip I suppose...but I'll save that for the full game.

NCAA 12 does feel like NCAA 11. Why? Because they both use the same locomotion system. Most people here praise NCAA 11 because it was such an improvement and might be the best NCAA game to date. Yet people sit here and criticize NCAA 12 because the gameplay didn't change much, but instead it just improved a lot of the wrong with 11.

It's like people were expecting a big leap in gameplay even though there wasn't a need for one. NCAA 11 fixed a lot of the problems people had with gameplay. NCAA 12 comes along and just improves upon what NCAA 11 started and people get angry.

NCAA 12 fixed zone coverage, fixed CPU scrambling logic, improved the psychic play calling, improved CPU play calling logic, improved CPU running ability, drastically reduced suction, added diving catches, significantly improved the tackling engine, fine tuned locomotion, nearly removed super human defenders, polished man coverage even more, improved shotgun running, improved the option running, yet people still fail to give the game praise.

NCAA 12 did not make the leap in gameplay that 11 did because there was no need for it. NCAA 12 did what I just posted with gameplay(and I probably left out a lot) and then doubled the amount of authentic entrances, made the current ones more dynamic by having multiple camera angles you can see them from, improved RTG by implementing a TB feature within it, added a HS season, added iron man football, added a new way of being recruited, added a new way of improving your player, added coach's trust, and tuned the play calling logic.

Then with dynasty CPU teams now recruit better and more to their style of play, they added a coach carousel, fine tuned stats to make them more realistic which also helps other positions other than QB win the Heisman, they added bowl patches, they improved custom conferences and allow you to make changes mid dynasty to conferences to reflect real life changes, or to go crazy with, they gave us custom playbooks to use, and a lot more.

NCAA 11 made a huge leap in gameplay and added some authentic entrances, but really that is where the improvements ended. It got well deserved praise because it finally had gameplay that was satisfactory to majority of fans. Then with NCAA 12 they continued to build onto the gameplay by improving a lot of the issues present in NCAA 11, then they made big leaps in career modes, they gave us custom playbooks,, and doubled the amount of authentic entrances, but people are still disappointed in the game and call it NCAA 11.5 when it really has made more improvements over 11 than 11 did over 10.

[northface28]

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Just went 8-9, 211 yds, & 3 TDs as Darrin Thomas. Deep balls are wide and I mean wide open. Ill play as Texas and Gilbert and see if theres any diff.

[micksharp]

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Love the demo. Adjust tuners for deep ball. I ran 4 verts every play to test it and eventually it's a TD. Not every time but if you try 3 deep balls one of them is coming wide open. Great game. Lots of positives but the deep ball on any difficulty level is too effective.