NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

[adfletch71]

Where is the DANG Pass interference for offensive and defensive players, what is the difference if u do these enhancements and no RISK/REWARD!!!!!!! Enough with the BS Already, where are the flags!!!!!

[adfletch71]

Looking at the offensive line and defensive line play, doesnt seem like double-team pass blocking made it in this year version either...so sad EA so sad!!!!!

[PantherBeast_OS]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

I thought overall the video look pretty good. Wasn't expecting all new graphics are anything. Glad to see the new passing game is going help stop the Super LBers go away. Overall I feel this video did good. But still to early to judge until Tuesday. I'm needing to see more of the gameplay on both sides of ball to be really convinced that the gameplay is going to be good this year. But love the new passing and all. This is a good start for NCAA13.

[cparrish]

Re: NCAA 13 Gameplay preview this Friday (GTTV)

Eh, still not really impressed. The animations look horribly robotic, and I see what people mean by the tackles look horrible. A lot of the tackles look like wrestling moves or something, where the guy just jumps out and lays his body into the other person and drops them to the ground. They aren't really wrap up tackles.

Maybe I am the odd man out, but to me I am more concerned with how the game plays then how it looks. If they game plays great but looks robotic, I can deal with that as opposed to the game playing like junk and looking great.

I am intrigued by this new passing system and I do hope they added more ratings to help this live up to its full potential.

[Papi34]

Re: NCAA 13 Gameplay preview this Friday (GTTV)

So how will the 25 trajectories thing work? Will we have any control of it or will it just depend on where the receiver is and who's around him?

[jmiller937]

i like what they are doin here... the animations look a little robotic though but its still looking better. the only thing i noticed that i still hate every year is the damn scoreboard at the bottom. fix the names, like ohio state should say OHIO ST not BUCKS...Florida State should say FLORIDA ST. get it right.

[Illustrator76]

Re: NCAA 13 Gameplay preview this Friday (GTTV)

I liked everything I heard, but those animations

This, times 1,000. I am still very much skeptical after seeing that video.

Eh, still not really impressed. The animations look horribly robotic, and I see what people mean by the tackles look horrible. A lot of the tackles look like wrestling moves or something, where the guy just jumps out and lays his body into the other person and drops them to the ground. They aren't really wrap up tackles.

Also, at 1:05 and 1:15 the DB still runs the WR's route and turns around at the exact moment to pick or swat the ball down. Then later in the clip they said that they fixed this very issue and showing these same clips as if they are a thing of the past and no longer in the game when we just saw them earlier when they were talking about the QB throwing across their body. I'm a little confused by that.

That juke move looked like a backbreaker juke move...ie not good at all, very very robotic. But yes, the catching animations looked great and the back drops looked okay a little robotic.

Overall, I'm glad they worked on the pass trajectories which was greatly needed as well as the "awareness" of the defense. They just really really need to work on animations to make them look smooth and natural.

Again, agreed. Great post.

[m1ke_nyc]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

I like what I heard, yes animations still robotic but from what we learned if they get these things right this will be a fun game this year. This new passing system has so much potential if done right. And the read and react defense helps tons. HOWEVER there has to be something added defensively to balance out offense getting this boost, maybe thats what Madden is talking about with making defense fun again.

EDIT: biggest negative for me is still no proper foot planting, players are sliding all over the place and cutting on a dime.

[Sparkles]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

i like what they are doin here... the animations look a little robotic though but its still looking better. the only thing i noticed that i still hate every year is the damn scoreboard at the bottom. fix the names, like ohio state should say OHIO ST not BUCKS...Florida State should say FLORIDA ST. get it right.

hopefully their just using that scoreboard as a cover up for what is actually going to be represented in the real game

[mvb34]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

Where is the DANG Pass interference for offensive and defensive players, what is the difference if u do these enhancements and no RISK/REWARD!!!!!!! Enough with the BS Already, where are the flags!!!!!

Perhaps this will be answered on Tuesday but how you expect that to be answered in a two minute clip when talking about passing features is beyond me!!

[jmurphy31]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

i like what they are doin here... the animations look a little robotic though but its still looking better. the only thing i noticed that i still hate every year is the damn scoreboard at the bottom. fix the names, like ohio state should say OHIO ST not BUCKS...Florida State should say FLORIDA ST. get it right.

I am pretty sure it has said Bucks in the past as well

[mvb34]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

I wonder how the no psychic DB play going work with user vs user games.

[TreyIM2]

I remember Ian saying no more psychic DBs for Madden 10....Uhh....Anyway, hope this time it rings true for both fb games, this time around.

As for the other stuff with the passes, sounds good, I guess...Actually, it's whatever. I don't need the icons telling me who's open or not. Personally, I'm a pretty proficient passer and know how to chop up the secondary very, very well, WITHOUT icons lighting up to telling me "when" to pass. Hopefully, that can be turned off. That contributes to not learning how to make the right reads and helps those who just plain suck at passing and never learn how to get better, on their own.

[jmurphy31]

Re: NCAA 13 Gameplay preview this Friday (GTTV)

So how will the 25 trajectories thing work? Will we have any control of it or will it just depend on where the receiver is and who's around him?

According to the video, it will be controlled by the left stick. Not sure how they will get 25 out of the left stick, but my guess is that it will be a combination of both left stick and situation

[BlueNGold]

Re: NCAA 13 Gameplay preview this Friday (GTTV)

Those animations are brutal to watch. That one juke in the flats by the RB....

That aside, it's been long overdue that the passing game gets an overhaul and I'm glad it's finally happening. Some of the things they've claimed to have fixed have been things that have aggravated me with NCAA and Madden for years.