NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

[Herky]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

I bought NCAA the Friday it came out and have finished 1 dynasty. Then I waited for all the patches to come out hoping the tendency thing would be fixed, that coaching progression worked, and some minor gameplay changes were fixed. I also thought more than one tuner updated would be released.

Here we are in November and none of that has been fixed. I just bought Madden on Monday after hearing the latest patch was decent. I also waiting on MLB2k11 and NBA2k11 until their patches came out before I purchased.

I used to be a 1st day buyer of all the NCAA and Madden but that slowly has changed. Now I will do what I did with Madden and the 2k games and wait until their patches have been released.

I am so ticked that I got this game in July and haven't even been able to enjoy it like I want to. Even more upset that I sat on it waiting for patches and tuners that never came. I was fine waiting on the 1st patch, and I did as much roster work and gave suggestions for Iowa to the community guys. Then the 2nd patch came out and it broke no huddle, and didn't fix the issues it said it did (coaching and tendency). The 3rd patch was basically EA fixing what they messed up with the no huddle in patch 2. Now this 4th one they are releasing is pure garbage.

Next year I won't get NCAA until September at the earliest. October might be a better time to purchase which is sad.

[Colorado Cooler]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Ok... Since everyone is saying they won't purchase NCAA 13 on release day or at all next year, put it in your little signature thingy under your posts and the date of writing it so we can hold everyone to their word.

I read a similar post eons ago that mocked negative posters and challenged them to stand by their promises. I'm not a visionary when it comes to video game development, but I saw this train wreck coming then and didn't buy. I suspect lots of gamers saw the same thing I did and decided to give EA the benefit of the doubt one last time. It sounds as if EA has burned its goodwill with some longtime players who'll need a lot of convincing before they go down that road again.

[cparrish]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

I bought NCAA the Friday it came out and have finished 1 dynasty. Then I waited for all the patches to come out hoping the tendency thing would be fixed, that coaching progression worked, and some minor gameplay changes were fixed. I also thought more than one tuner updated would be released.

Here we are in November and none of that has been fixed. I just bought Madden on Monday after hearing the latest patch was decent. I also waiting on MLB2k11 and NBA2k11 until their patches came out before I purchased.

I used to be a 1st day buyer of all the NCAA and Madden but that slowly has changed. Now I will do what I did with Madden and the 2k games and wait until their patches have been released.

I am so ticked that I got this game in July and haven't even been able to enjoy it like I want to. Even more upset that I sat on it waiting for patches and tuners that never came. I was fine waiting on the 1st patch, and I did as much roster work and gave suggestions for Iowa to the community guys. Then the 2nd patch came out and it broke no huddle, and didn't fix the issues it said it did (coaching and tendency). The 3rd patch was basically EA fixing what they messed up with the no huddle in patch 2. Now this 4th one they are releasing is pure garbage.

Next year I won't get NCAA until September at the earliest. October might be a better time to purchase which is sad.

I cannot tell you how upset I am and feel the same way as you do. I never played a dynasty this year and I usually play them all year long. I put weeks of my free time into building rosters for people to use and enjoy, but all the hard work I put into the game was for naught. Sadly I too will pull a wait and see approach to NCAA 13, which means I may not be able to do rosters next year if I am picking up the game later than usual.

[H4wduk3n]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Saying the game is a sack of crap is pretty ridiculous. There are some damn frustrating bugs and I'm annoyed at EA as well. But over all, it's a solid game that I've been enjoying. Does no one remember the little glitches the ps2 era games had? Fumbles, deep passing, etc. I still wish EA would have fixed the recruit tendencies issue but I'm not going to be dishonest about what I feel about the game as a whole - still enjoying it.

[Aranor]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Your in the minority pal.

[H4wduk3n]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

I'm fine with that . I'm just saying is it truly completely unplayable? It's at least as playable as ncaa 11 was imo - and better in a couple areas.

[TDAWG89]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

It's at least as playable as ncaa 11 was imo - and better in a couple areas.

this is the problem, its only a little bit better than 11

[gator3guy]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

As someone said a while back, the foundation of this game was poorly built and as a result we suffer 5-6 years later. At this point they are just piling [poop] on top of [poop]. I would seriously not even care if they took a year off to rebuild the engine. It's tough to swallow that a game on a far less superior system (ps2) plays better with no patches than this. I might just dust off my ps2 and start playing those games again. At least those games were enjoyable.

[HokieTokie]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Unbelievably poor showing from NCAA this year. I can definitely sell the game now, and will not be getting 13 until the OS forum has time to dissect the game.

Let's hope next year's game has some semblance of QA testing.

See you in 10 months NCAA forums. Let's hope the community will have some good news for me.

On to the 2k forums.

[K0ZZ]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

The problem is we try to rationalize buying a game every year and people defending Tiburon left and right.

Hell I defended Tiburon early on, but some things are inexcusable.

Jersey and stadium issues being a big one, how can a game claim to be authentic if they don't have all the stadiums in. I understand you may have to guesstimate some things, but go on EVERY college teams page and they have their field, it's name, and a picture. How some stadiums can be over looked is beyond me.

Jerseys are a bit complex since as I understand EA has to go school by school asking what to put in, but at the same time what I see on Saturday is sometimes in a big way different from this product.

These guys are being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, getting to work in a top of the line faculty. (Go to the Tiburon page if you really want to see). The perks are undoubtably there, yet they are giving us a sub-par offering with superior tools around them.

The understaffed line is old, if your understaffed then people need to pick up the slack, they are designing video games, for a lot of money. Simply putting a band aid on it isn't acceptable. It's their job, not ours to make the product workable via sliders, rating tweaks and such.

We need to as a collective quit rationalizing and put the blame square on Tiburon. In a coy sort of way, even Ben Haumiller in the Patch notes admitted that the issues were far too vast to be fixed this year. That is unacceptable to release a product that in it's entire cycle cannot work AS DESIGNED.

Will I buy NCAA 13? Who knows, the football fan in me might force myself out to buy it. I can easily say in November that I probably wont. Things change around June when the hype is in full blast.

All I can say is this, we need to keep our eyes open. As a fan of football, I am disappointed with this generation. Don't blindly hate on EA, that is as pointless as being a sheep. Yet when July rolls around, be a bit more concious with our money. Don't trust the reviewers and MAKE Tiburon earn our money. The ball is in EA's court.

[BlingBling19]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Perhaps EA is putting most of its money into other game developments. They did just come out with Battlefield 3 which is the best FPS I have ever played. The only thing I was really hoping for with a 4th patch was they fixing the custom sounds so they stop and don't play for the next 2 plays.

That was really the only big gripe I had with this game.

[mkharsh33]

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Perhaps EA is putting most of its money into other game developments...

You honestly believe that? I don't know how that sentence could be typed with a straight face, knowing the disappointment this game has been over the last several years...

[psychicDB]

Perhaps EA is putting most of its money into other game developments. They did just come out with Battlefield 3 which is the best FPS I have ever played.

Designed by a completely different team halfway across the world. Also, bf3 has tons of competitors to beat - there are hordes of FPSs released every year...there is only one college football game released every year. When you have a monopoly, you have little, if any, incentive to improve your product. EA is literally a case study in how crappy a product you can sell when there isn't an alternative.

[Aranor]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Dam right man

[12]

Re: NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

Two things from me:

I understand why people are upset. There's a lot wrong with this game. Some of the issues are baffling considering they are the same issues that have plagued this series in the past. Sim gamers have every reason to be upset.

I am not upset. Again, I see the issues. I experience them; they frustrate me as well. I'm still playing this game, though. I'm still enjoying it. I think as I've gotten older my available time for gaming has dwindled, I've chosen to not let a game get to me. If I feel I made a mistake in buying a game, I try and trade it in and get something for it. I don't trust patches, I don't trust hype (NCAA is the only game I've bought every year because I've always enjoyed it).

You know what my biggest gripe with the game is? The same gripe that I had on release day - Washington's home uniforms were wrong and the color of the end zones at Husky Stadium were the wrong color. That's truly the biggest thing that bothers me.

I used to really hate the sim stats, and the tendency bug would have drove me insane a few short years ago... But, when I just play the game without trying to replicate pieces of real life, I have a blast. The game is my escape from reality, so if my results with the game are a bit unrealistic, that's OK.

That surprises me, but my perception has changed.

I've got my money's worth from NCAA 12 - just as I've gotten my money's worth every year from this game.

Maybe my expectations are low... Well, they're really not because I want the same things that most everyone else wants, but I still find myself turning on my 360 and having a blast with this game.

That's enough for me I guess.