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Gotmadskillzson · 07-22-2011, 05:53 PM

Watching the how it is made, NCAA 12 tv show, I've noticed some things.

1. Their staff is way too small.

2. Not enough diversity in upper management. Seen way too many guys that look like they are in their late 40s early 50s. Need some younger blood mixed in there at the top.

3. Too many of them come from a tournament play style background. Seems like everybody that is there got in there from winning a Madden tournanment back in the 90s. It is the same way with the Game Changers, good number of them come from winning tournaments and that style of play.

4. IMO they tried to flood all aspects of the media at once and that probably wore them thin. I mean think about it, they filmed the tv show, started using Facebook a TON, interviews with ESPN, etc.

5. More testing definitely needs to be done, however they need to split it up more. Have some people looking at Game Play, another looking at dynasty, another at custom play books, another looking at RTG, another looking at coach mode, another looking at all the online parts.

6. Game is great with default rosters.........

Conclusion.........

Need more new younger blood, especially at the top. And maybe add more producers.......Have a producer for each aspect of the game, like the following:

RTG
CPU Game Play AI
Dynasty offline
Dynasty online
Custom Playbooks
Presentation

Roy Harvey needs some serious help at the top. In the show he looks like he doesn't get much sleep at all. And now they want him to run NCAA and Madden at the same time, poor man, get that man some help.

Anthony White needs some help too. Somebody needs to tell him QBs needs 360 degrees of motion when scrambling. Especially when it comes to a defender coming up the middle.

When a DT or blitzer comes up the middle, the QB does one of three things.

1. Stand there
2. Go left in a straight line
3. Go right in a straight line

That is unrealistic. They need to arc away from the pressure. They don't in real life go in a straight line when they presured up the middle.

Don't know how they have it right in Madden 11 but wrong in NCAA 12.

Also DEs don't always rush to the outside of the offensive tackle all the time. They do rush to the inside shoulder of the offensive tackle too you know in real life. That needs to be represented in NCAA 12.

Also.......special teams needs to be improved. How is it we still don't have CPU punt blocks and FG blocks ? Or no bad holds on FG attempts or bad snaps on punts ?

That would be like playing MLB The Show and there was never any wild pitches, or any other error. Errors happen in sports and in every other sports game EXCEPT for Madden and NCAA.

There is no difference between a 40 awareness punter or kicker from a 93 awareness one.

People been talking about robo QBs, well hell we been suffering from Robo Kickers for years now.

07-22-2011, 05:53 PM	#17
Gotmadskillzson Live your life OVR: 49 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Vermont Posts: 23,196 Blog Entries: 91	Re: Staff Roundtable: How Are We Feeling About NCAA Football 12 Now? Watching the how it is made, NCAA 12 tv show, I've noticed some things. 1. Their staff is way too small. 2. Not enough diversity in upper management. Seen way too many guys that look like they are in their late 40s early 50s. Need some younger blood mixed in there at the top. 3. Too many of them come from a tournament play style background. Seems like everybody that is there got in there from winning a Madden tournanment back in the 90s. It is the same way with the Game Changers, good number of them come from winning tournaments and that style of play. 4. IMO they tried to flood all aspects of the media at once and that probably wore them thin. I mean think about it, they filmed the tv show, started using Facebook a TON, interviews with ESPN, etc. 5. More testing definitely needs to be done, however they need to split it up more. Have some people looking at Game Play, another looking at dynasty, another at custom play books, another looking at RTG, another looking at coach mode, another looking at all the online parts. 6. Game is great with default rosters......... Conclusion......... Need more new younger blood, especially at the top. And maybe add more producers.......Have a producer for each aspect of the game, like the following: RTG CPU Game Play AI Dynasty offline Dynasty online Custom Playbooks Presentation Roy Harvey needs some serious help at the top. In the show he looks like he doesn't get much sleep at all. And now they want him to run NCAA and Madden at the same time, poor man, get that man some help. Anthony White needs some help too. Somebody needs to tell him QBs needs 360 degrees of motion when scrambling. Especially when it comes to a defender coming up the middle. When a DT or blitzer comes up the middle, the QB does one of three things. 1. Stand there 2. Go left in a straight line 3. Go right in a straight line That is unrealistic. They need to arc away from the pressure. They don't in real life go in a straight line when they presured up the middle. Don't know how they have it right in Madden 11 but wrong in NCAA 12. Also DEs don't always rush to the outside of the offensive tackle all the time. They do rush to the inside shoulder of the offensive tackle too you know in real life. That needs to be represented in NCAA 12. Also.......special teams needs to be improved. How is it we still don't have CPU punt blocks and FG blocks ? Or no bad holds on FG attempts or bad snaps on punts ? That would be like playing MLB The Show and there was never any wild pitches, or any other error. Errors happen in sports and in every other sports game EXCEPT for Madden and NCAA. There is no difference between a 40 awareness punter or kicker from a 93 awareness one. People been talking about robo QBs, well hell we been suffering from Robo Kickers for years now.