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Quote: Originally Posted by jwilphl

This is the best NCAA game on this generation. Is that saying much? Well that is somewhat subjective, just like any game review. Is it disappointing it took 5/6 years to achieve the level we're at now? In some people's eyes, maybe. Am I glad the game is selling well? Definitely. Let's face it, if the game brings in more revenue, perhaps EA will expend more resources on making the game better. Yes, the game has its share of problems. It is in need of quite a bit of polish as well as an entire engine rebuild, but regardless of those issues, it is heaps of fun to play, and isn't that the point of a game to begin with? Let's hope they can correct these issues in the future and make each successive year of this game the best.

This is what I shake my head at. When people freak out it took 5/6 years.

Well what do you expect? Go back and play NCAA 2000....then play NCAA 2006.

Tell me what is the difference? Yeah...it is huge. NCAA 2000 is crap compared to 2006 and beyond on PS2/XBOX. It takes time for the games to fully embrace the technology. It is why I waited to go next gen till 2009. It was this lesson I learned on PS2 that saved me a boat load of $$$$ on playing sports games. I stuck with those 2005 0r 2006 versions for 3 plus years.

NCAA 12 is light years ahead of NCAA 2007 (PS3). I am sure of it. I never played NCAA on next gen till 2011.

The game is great. Despite the bugs (which I am confident will be ironed out via patch) And know that it will never be perfect. But I don't live in the past. As much as I loved NCAA 2006 on PS2....it is not near NCAA 12...not even close!

It goes with other sports games as well.

In this day and age the patch is a huge crutch for game developers. They can test and test and I think we all know they probably knew about the bugs but were on a tight deadline and instead of holding up or all together having to bail on a new feature they put it on a patch list. They already had a patch for the release date!!! I am sure a patch 1.2 is being worked on as we speak and will get here in another 2-3 weeks.

It is a reality that I have now become accustomed to.

Does it really surprise anybody?

Holy smokes I remember the days of no patches. You got the game and you learned to play through it. Some of the greatest sports games of last gen are loaded with bugs....yeah that is right. But we looked past it and played around them, developed sliders and house rules.

At least today we get patches and tuners to mitigate the pain and have as close to a bug free sports game than we ever had before.

Thank god for small miracles.

Ok rant over....back to playing my dynasty!!!