OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

[RaychelSnr]

After yesterday's big gameplay reveals, we asked our staff what they thought of the game this year. There is a mix of excitement and healthy skepticism abound. Be sure to read on and share your thoughts at the end!

Read More - OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

[moylan1234]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

I'm still waiting for proof of the so called enhancements

my favorite quote from the article that basically states why I wont be purchasing

Double team pass blocking remains absent, as offensive linemen who are not engaged still stand in place, twitching and turning around looking confused. This is inexcusable for a football franchise entering its seventh season on the Xbox 360/Playstation 3.

very good article thanks for posting

[Pokes404]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

Pretty good breakdown. The improvements sounds good on paper, but there's a cautious optimism that surrounds anything EA does nowadays.

It seems like Jayson and I harbor the same attitude towards this series. It's great that they're trying, but it's too little, too late at this point.

[turftickler]

Not impressed. It's 2012 and this series still has synchronized running. With all the advanced technology at EA Sport's disposal, we get a shinier repackaged NCAA 12 from NCAA 13.

That's my opinion. I don't see an improvement, but I have not played this game, yet. So a true gameplay review will have to wait.

[Broncos86]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

Loving it. It directly addressed the issues I had with NCAA 12 and kept '12 from being a worthy follow up to NCAA 11.

[SageInfinite]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

Good article. Agreed with pretty much everything I read. Also love how the improvements and lack of a improvements were made more than aware.

[Noles4ever]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

Won't matter if the game is broken after patch 1. But the improvements sound promising, hopefully ncaa regroups and gives us a good product after last years debacle.

[Ramminyou]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

Making it to where you can't throw a ball to a receiver until "he reaches a point in the route where he expects the ball or is looking at the QB" is a great addition to the game as well.

Man. That feature is really tripping people up. You can throw the ball to him. He simply won't try to catch it unless the user takes over.

[SteelerSpartan]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

I think their views are pretty valid

Everybody wants to believe all these improvements are going to at least give us that old school era(04-06) Video Game Football Fun Factor........

But EA has built a track record this gen that still keeps everybody pessimistic

Many feel they haven't pushed the series forward enough

So its crucial that the game comes out relatively stable

[da ThRONe]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

I think the overall theme here is "too little too late". Maybe they should triple the gameplay department next year.

However it's great to see good smart fundamental football improvements being made. If you are a fan of EA's NCAA series you realise how much this can't be under stated.

[Phobia]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

Very good read guys!! Also agree with most of it. I think the skepticism is natural and healthy. We all want a fantastic playing football game. I just think we are to far gone in this generation of consoles to receive that. Here is to hoping we get what we all want by next console generation.

[chi_hawks]

each year EA advertises "new features" and "improvements" and each year it seems few, if any, of these features and improvements actually work. I'm not expecting any different this year.

[volwalker]

I am an offline Dynasty player. After the second patch I just quit playing due to gameplay frustrations. The two features i care about the most were Coaching Carousel and Custom Playbooks; both which directly relate to Dynasty. Since I quit the game so early I never got a chance to dive into Dynasty Mode and thus play around with those two features.

A question to anyone and everyone: How effective was Coaching Carousel and Custom Playbooks after all of the tune-ups and patches? Also, did they ever fix the rosters where 20 years into your Dyansty there were not 8 qb's on the roster and one position playing another position (qb's playing mlb)? In general, was Dynasty Mode playable after all of the patches and tune-ups? I read on this site how both of those features were flawed but did not know if they were fixed post-patch. Everyone's opinion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[noplace]

Jayson nailed it!

[ABR173rd]

Re: OS Roundtable: What do you think of the NCAA Football Gameplay Enhancements?

I approach everything at this point with major skepticism regarding EA titles. While the addition of the animations is nice, I was a little let down to see the same CB swat animation thats been in the game for awhile.