NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Maryland vs. Michigan

[weeeeeeez]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

Like the graphics a lot. Notice how they didn't bring in the crowd on this one because of last week

[tanner75]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

I see that the commentary and crowd have been covered by music this week, hiding something or an old build? Previous history would suggest the former. After the hype of new commentary engine and realistic crowd swells and reactions in the audio blog, disappointed is an understatement. Will wait till after E3 and further videos before considering purchasing.

[khaliib]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

It would help the OL/DL if they programmed the entire OL/DL interaction to whatever the thresholds/ratings are to the RT/DE animation at 1:19.

The RT is actually being driven back while engaged.
***(of course after the patty-cake dance/push-off animation)

The WR bubble screen once again shows that the "Field" is scaled tooo small to were there is no room to actually run on these type of plays.

Meaning no Crease/Seam/Lane/Hole (however you want to term it) to catch and run.

Again, there in NO AI Awareness to utilize any posessed skills to ovoid being tackled.
Just run right into a high tackle animation "Again".

Kind of a prelude to what's going to happen on AI Punt Return eventhough they're trying to hype the "All New" Lane Awareness.

The object is to cross the opponents goal line with the football.

Are there any "Effort" animations available for the AI Ballcarrier to try and score with every attempt?
-a spin
-hand on the ground
-a hurdle the tackler
-some shakes to get by

Anything????

BTW, what are the chances they've programmed the WR to attempt one of these New Catch animations buy drop the ball.

When any of these special catch animations have been triggered, it's "ALWAYS" resulted in a catch with little/no regard to ratings.

Just a gamers curious question.

[Pokes404]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

Was there no way for EA to make the "throw the receiver open" feature more realistic? If I press up + away, shouldn't the ball be placed in front of the receiver and to the outside shoulder? Perhaps doing this and throwing a lob will give the receiver time to adjust his route and go meet the ball; but if you have to throw a bullet, he won't have time to adjust his route and will have to get off the ground and make a play for the ball in the air. But instead, he's able to instantly adjust his route the moment you hit the button while running at full speed. Another good gameplay idea that EA has managed to turn into an unrealistic, arcadish gimmick.

Another year with 0 improvement to the player movement, OL/DL interactions, blocking animations, or DB/WR interactions (of which there is none outside of a few "jam" animations at the line). These are not small details. These are the principles that make up the foundation of any football game.

*I didn't throw gang/consecutive-hit tackling in there because there was an attempt at improving this last year, and while I wasn't very impressed with it, I can't say there has been 0 improvement in this area.

[RColemanVT]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

I also didn't like how on the Option Read play that the DE crashed in (that was good), but never changed direction once it was established that the QB had the ball. He should've peeled back and tried to go after the QB instead of just continuing to chase after the RB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ePa7iwVML8

How is the DE chasing down the HB not realistic?

[BenGerman]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

Looks fine to me my biggest gripe last year was the LBs and CBs doing super human things and that looks fixed now so I'm happy.

I'm with you. I realize the game is pretty average, I do, but the one thing that made it unplayable for me (outside of ratings not really mattering like they should) was the super linebackers.

[Playmakers]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Maryland vs. Michigan

I really must know what do you mean wow this games been on the market for what 6yrs I don't think there is a lot of wow moments in yearly sports release ....not nba2k or MLB the show...Im trying to understand some of y'all but in the end it just seems like a bunch of *******in....



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I think what he's talking about is little things like seeing the CPU AI return a punt for TD against you

That would make you say WOW!

The CPU Blocks a punt changing the momentum of the game with their special teams again that would make you say WOW!

The CPU WR making a diving catch on 4 & 6 to keep a drive alive would make me say WOW!

The CPU QB reacting on a option play like a real threat (Tommie Frazier) would make me WOW!

Those are the things in 6 years that he is refering to that doesn't happen.....so if you see it finally happen then I'm sure you'll probably say WOW yourself because they are things you haven't seen in NCAA Football in 6 years.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

I really must know what do you mean wow this games been on the market for what 6yrs I don't think there is a lot of wow moments in yearly sports release ....not nba2k or MLB the show...Im trying to understand some of y'all but in the end it just seems like a bunch of *******in....



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Madden 10 when pro tak was introduced. 8 man gang tackle was a wow moment because it was never done before.

Madden/NCAA 11 locomotion, dirty uniforms was a wow moment.

Madden 12 - player traits and DPP, wow moment.

1st time they had online dynasty, was a wow moment.

NCAA 12 dedicated coach mode in broadcast cam, custom playbooks, coaching carousel, SCRAMBLING QBs wow moments.

NBA 2K series - adding hop step, euro step, floaters, runners, behind the back dribbling, jab step, step back, interactive sideline crowd of mascot moving along the baseline. Jordan mode, classic team mode, all wow moments.

MLB The Show - the entire game is a wow moment from the 1st time they added errors, sliding catches. All wow moments.

FIFA - when they added fake shots, trick stick to all kinds of crazy tricks, ball juggling, jostling, real time physics.......wow moments.

[ABR173rd]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Maryland vs. Michigan

Some of those throws looked pretty sweet, I also like how the QB seemed to bounce and the throwing animation looked pretty decent. Overall this seemed like a more polished video than the USC one.

[ram124]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

I also didn't like how on the Option Read play that the DE crashed in (that was good), but never changed direction once it was established that the QB had the ball. He should've peeled back and tried to go after the QB instead of just continuing to chase after the RB.

Watch the video again. He does peel back. It just takes him a second to realize that the RB doesn't have the ball. Which is realistic. In real life, it would take a defender a second to find the ball and go to it. If he bites on the running back, then he's essentially toast on the play because once he realizes the QB has the ball (especially if it's Denard Robinson) he can't just instantaneously change his momentum and chase the QB.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Maryland vs. Michigan

I think what he talking about is little things like seeing the CPU AI return a punt for TD against you

That would make say WOW!

The CPU Blocks a punt changing the momentum of the game with their special teams again that would make you say WOW!

The CPU WR making a diving catch on 4 & 6 to keep a drive alive would make me say WOW!

The CPU QB reacting on a option play like a real threat (Tommie Frazier) would make me WOW!

Those are the things in 6 years that he is refering to that doesn't happen.....so if you see it finally happen then I'm sure you'll probably say WOW yourself because they are things you haven't seen in NCAA Football in 6 years.

Exactly.......If I see the CPU actually block a punt or FG, I would say wow.

If I see an option team be deadly, I would say wow.

If I see the WR actually dive for the ball on their own, I would say wow.

Seeing pass interference, I would say wow.

[Kid FSU]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

lol at the DB guarding the "A" button receiver at 29 seconds. They got rid of psychic DB by creating dumb as rocks DB

You're obviously not a real-life DB... The DB was looking at the Wr's hips. When the Wr was starting to make his cut, the DB was expecting a 5 and stop, so he was dropping his hips also. Unfortunately for him, the WR cut up, leaving the DB in the dust. I can't agree with you until they show a full game, because it could be that the offense set that up will multiple five and stops, it could be that the DB wasn't that good, or it could be that the difficulty was too low.

[khaliib]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Maryland vs. Michigan

I really must know what do you mean wow this games been on the market for what 6yrs I don't think there is a lot of wow moments in yearly sports release ....not nba2k or MLB the show...Im trying to understand some of y'all but in the end it just seems like a bunch of *******in....



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Maybe if you go back and read 2-3 years of post and video's notating the issues and fixes supplied by folks like Skillz, you would understand what he meant before making yourself look foolish attacking someone who's "Earned" his stripes here on OS concerning the breakdown of this game.

Just a suggestion to understanding some folks here.

I made the same mistake back in the day (2007) and once I started spending hours of tweaking sliders/player ratings etc... I began to notice those things that I didn't notice when I just played the game.

I actually saw and understood what the guy was really talking about.

Some people just see the little things in a video because of previous hours/days/weeks they've spent tweaking things to manipulate the Gameplay.

It's not that they're complaining, they just are able to pick up on certain strange animations/movements/programming that are not in-line with real football that con't to exist with a game.

That's all.

[Bootzilla]

Re: New Gameplay Video Maryland @ Michigan (5/24)

I don't like that last pass play (throwing a WR open). The route was supposed to be a Go route, yet the QB throws a corner route to the sideline. How would the WR know the ball was going to be on him that quickly, and how would he just immediately react to that type of change?

To me, that's not realistic and is a play that can be exploited. I'm all for throwing guys open, but it should be part of the designed route combination. You can't call a Go pattern and then decide to throw a slant or corner route and expect the WR to react to that. Throwing a WR open, to me, means you throw the ball before they are open and lead them to a certain spot.

I also didn't like how on the Option Read play that the DE crashed in (that was good), but never changed direction once it was established that the QB had the ball. He should've peeled back and tried to go after the QB instead of just continuing to chase after the RB.

I totally agree on the throwing the receiver open part. I have to go back and see the animation again but, when they were showing this in the gameplay playbook, they were turning outs into corner routes which is entirely unrealistic. On the go route if the WR kind of fades and catches the ball over his outside shoulder that's fine but, if he's completely just breaking into a corner route.... No bueno.

Also, I need to see the cpu perform some of these things vs a human opponent. Especially the read option.

[chi_hawks]

Looks like last years game. Cool to see the DB's less psychic and LB's less olympic high-jumping though. Interested to see everyones reactions when this game actually comes out.