NCAA Football 13 Hands-On Gameplay Impressions (Tradition Sports)

[shaunlmason]

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Always good to see some originals (OG's) on OS. Don't take the questions too personal. People on OS are a great representation of sim gamers. I think we all appreciate all the CD people who come on here, but there is just a level of frustration with ncaa this late in the game.

I have pretty thick skin, but I've also seen this go south.

I'm far more OG than you realize.=) I know the spot in Ohio to get the game early, because I was one of the first to do it. I was a HUGE lurker back when I was in college. I remember sitting in the computer lab in college putting together spreadsheets for rosters for March Madness 2003.

I remember getting rosters from blacklover.=)

[splff3000]

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This is the crux of it right here in bold, imo. If EA/Tiburon is going to permit devs to interact with the more hardcore elements of the community on certain forums, then they should also be permitted to be completely frank.

It causes unnecessary ambiguity and understandable community frustration to have devs interacting, asking the community what they want in the game but not being able to explain to the community, what is actually possible.

It's like someone planning out a $100,000 annual budget, when they only actually make $36,000 a year. The only thing they will end up doing frustrating themselves thinking about all the stuff they can't afford, instead of focusing on the best way to obtain the things they can.

Great post man. I was actually about to post something similar myself before I saw yours.

[shaunlmason]

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This is the crux of it right here in bold, imo. If EA/Tiburon is going to permit devs to interact with the more hardcore elements of the community on certain forums, then they should also be permitted to be completely frank.

It causes unnecessary ambiguity and understandable community frustration to have devs interacting, asking the community what they want in the game but not being able to explain to the community, what is actually possible.

It's like someone planning out a $100,000 annual budget, when they only actually make $36,000 a year. The only thing they will end up doing frustrating themselves thinking about all the stuff they can't afford, instead of focusing on the best way to obtain the things they can.

Agreed, but find me a company that comes out and does that. It's the same reason they can't tell you what they plan to work on next year in public, because it introduces liability.

[splff3000]

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I have pretty thick skin, but I've also seen this go south.

I'm far more OG than you realize.=) I know the spot in Ohio to get the game early, because I was one of the first to do it. I was a HUGE lurker back when I was in college. I remember sitting in the computer lab in college putting together spreadsheets for rosters for March Madness 2003.

I remember getting rosters from blacklover.=)

LMAO, yah you gotta definitely be old school to remember Blacklover and his rosters lol. It seemed like every year somebody was stealing his rosters and selling them for profit lol. It's always good to see an old timer like me back on the site. Try to stick around this time, even though I know these "new" guys can be quite pesky at times.

[PVarck31]

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So happy to hear player movement is being tweaked. This is huge for me.

Same with the Passing game - one of my biggest issues.

My question now is about animations. I know about the new catches - which is awesome - but how about other animations overall? Like how many new tackling animations are we talking about? Or even just new animations in general.

Thanks guys!

[Big FN Deal]

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Great post man. I was actually about to post something similar myself before I saw yours.

Haha. I was just about to repost your point in the Madden thread to get them to ask about it or see if it fell under the "nitpicky" things Shaun has already asked.

@ShaunLMason, have you asked about this, if not can you. It's directed towards Madden but it applies to NCAA 13 too, imo.

I just wanna see:

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MADDEN, YOU CAN SEE THE DEFENDERS NAMES WHEN YOU GO TO COACH CAM.

This is something so simple, yet EA has totally neglected this for years. It is the only football game that I can recall that let's you swap people around on defense via "packages" but doesn't let the offense see where the defensive players line up. How am I gonna know that the defense has swapped its CB's, safeties or LB's, or subbed in a player on the Dline or put a S at LB to cover my TE better, or that their injured star player is now back in the game, or anything like that if I can't see the names of the players like I can on offense. AAAAAAAArrrrgghh!!!!

I have been asking for this since PS2!!! Please for the love of all that is good, put that in the game EA!!!!

[Vechi8]

They know it isn't working and are working on it. They actually made changes to it while we were there so we could test it. Apparently it's a pretty tough challenge to fix completely.

Good news. I appreciate the update

[johnnyg713]

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Did the developers say why they can't get jostling in the game? I know theyve been working on getting it in since madden/ncaa 10. Just wondering if they gave any explanations on the issue

[Crimsontide27]

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this is the reason you can't get anybody to come on this site y'all continue to beat people down...I really think some of y'all need to rethink playing this game....really



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Its certainly not beating people down, its stating what has happened previously. You joined in 2011, so I dont expect you to know whats been posted over the previous 2-8 years. However, it is the same song and dance yearly like clockwork.

Im just stating my opinion like others state theirs. If you look at previous history, especially posts from Community day people and other sports sites that get pre-release info ( like Pastapadre etc on Madden Nation ), what they play and things that are supposedly fixed seem to never make it into the "release build".

If this year is any different, then awesome. Previous history dictates otherwise.

[shaunlmason]

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So happy to hear player movement is being tweaked. This is huge for me.

Same with the Passing game - one of my biggest issues.

My question now is about animations. I know about the new catches - which is awesome - but how about other animations overall? Like how many new tackling animations are we talking about? Or even just new animations in general.

Thanks guys!

I'm Charles Barkley style "turrible" at noticing animations. The catching ones are very noticeable because there was a huge void that needed to be filled in those scenarios. I can't honestly say I noticed any new animations for tackling, but David_TSO might have.

[BenGerman]

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Last year, if you wanted your WR to go up in the air and catch the ball on a fade route (especially in the endzone), you had to take control of the WR yourself.

Will the CPU WR try and jump up and grab the ball if its lobbed into the corner of the endzone? Fade routes are becoming a huge part of football, and I'm really hoping the 430 animations and improved CB play helps with this. Thanks for answering all these questions, its very much appreciated!

[shaunlmason]

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Haha. I was just about to repost your point in the Madden thread to get them to ask about it or see if it fell under the "nitpicky" things Shaun has already asked.

@ShaunLMason, have you asked about this, if not can you. It's directed towards Madden but it applies to NCAA 13 too, imo.

It's the same as last year, you just see personnel.

[michigan21]

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I have pretty thick skin, but I've also seen this go south.

I'm far more OG than you realize.=) I know the spot in Ohio to get the game early, because I was one of the first to do it. I was a HUGE lurker back when I was in college. I remember sitting in the computer lab in college putting together spreadsheets for rosters for March Madness 2003.

I remember getting rosters from blacklover.=)

Oh man Blacklover! That is a name I remember. I was on OS before the new millennium and it has been interesting to see the evolution of Ncaa. I really think what you see now is the reality of next gen football is nowhere near where we thought it would be. I had ncaa 99 on the PC back in the day and I always thought in ten + years this game was going to be off the charts. The problem is other genres of next gen games have far surpassed sports gaming steps in technology. One question I had for you is was there a option for player lock on defense?

[shaunlmason]

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Its certainly not beating people down, its stating what has happened previously. You joined in 2011, so I dont expect you to know whats been posted over the previous 2-8 years. However, it is the same song and dance yearly like clockwork.

Im just stating my opinion like others state theirs. If you look at previous history, especially posts from Community day people and other sports sites that get pre-release info ( like Pastapadre etc on Madden Nation ), what they play and things that are supposedly fixed seem to never make it into the "release build".

If this year is any different, then awesome. Previous history dictates otherwise.

They DO tune after we leave, even when it's the last time we go for the cycle. I'm trying to be real careful to only talk about things that I could see concretely, but I can't control everything.

[fcboiler87]

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Shaun or David,

Can you speak to the no huddle or the accelerated clock? Have either had any changes to them in this year's game or is it the same as last year? Is the no huddle all hurry up? Thanks.