NCAA Football 13 Demo Roundtable

[JerseySuave4]

I don't see how you can think the updates are minor. They sound minor, but completely change the every down gameplay for the better.

-No more super LBs.
-Amazing new pass system.
-Catching feels brand new.
-DB's react more realistic.

Graphics are basically same, but come on. This is the most refined, polished football game in almost 10 years. Madden will be a beta this year fellas from what I'm hearing. I didn't want a brand new game filled with bugs and glitches... I wanted a very good game perfected. If you think getting rid of a terrible, cheesy passing system is a minor improvement. Wow. It to me is a monster, badly needed innovation. The game's animations look amazing and continue to surprise.

It's not reinventing the wheel, it's just perfected it. Beware beta buyers of Madden, you heard it here.

you put someone who has never played NCAA 12 or the 13 demo in a room and have them watch a game of each and the only way they'd be able to tell you it was a different game is the studio updates.

[micksharp]

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you put someone who has never played NCAA 12 or the 13 demo in a room and have them watch a game of each and the only way they'd be able to tell you it was a different game is the studio updates.

Only if they're completely blind. I agree that they should have done more but that statement is just plain not true at all.

[PowerofRed25]

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Only if they're completely blind. I agree that they should have done more but that statement is just plain not true at all.

Keep in mind, he said watch. The game on the field feels very new, more fluid and simply different. No doubt about that. But if you ran a blind test asking someone to watch a video from this year and last, there simply aren't any significant audio or visual clues to tip you one way or the other.

[KG]

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If by fluid you guys mean sped up then I will agree. I feel like they sped up the animations to mask some of the inconsistencies with animations that have complex branch sequences, especially by the sideline.

Has anyone noticed how twitchy the players get by the sideline? Zig-Zag running is already pretty bad but when you cut in from the sideline the players do it at hyperspeed.

There are a lot of minor improvements that I see but I still feel like DT's are way too overpowered. They accelerate and close down on the ball much too quickly.

[BA2929]

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But if you ran a blind test asking someone to watch a video from this year and last, there simply aren't any significant audio or visual clues to tip you one way or the other.

LOL. You could do that for nearly every single sports game on the market right now.

[The Amaizen Blue]

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This might be the first year where I skip NCAA and buy Madden 2 years straight. Still feels like NCAA ELEVEN

[BA2929]

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This might be the first year where I skip NCAA and buy Madden 2 years straight. Still feels like NCAA ELEVEN

Play a game of NCAA 11 then turn around and immediately play a game of the '13 demo. I believe you'll see quite a difference. It's fine if you don't buy the game, but it doesn't play like NCAA '11 at all.

[PowerofRed25]

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LOL. You could do that for nearly every single sports game on the market right now.

Yes, but nearly every single sports game on the market right now looked and sounded pretty good to begin with. NCAA, not even close. The status quo is fine if you've gotten your game to the point where it just needs a little polish here and there every year. The status quo is not fine when you have incredibly outdated graphics, sound and animation like NCAA.

Looking and sounding just like NCAA 12 is not a compliment.

[Mos1ted]

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It's on varsity. I think if it was on AA or heisman you would have been scored upon

True. But even on Varsity last year, the CPU at least scored.

[Aggies7]

I'm banking on the studio updates to present better with a named roster.

Speaking of that any word on of they will show up as names once the rosters are named or will they stay just number on tickers and updates.

[fcboiler87]

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Play a game of NCAA 11 then turn around and immediately play a game of the '13 demo. I believe you'll see quite a difference. It's fine if you don't buy the game, but it doesn't play like NCAA '11 at all.

Using the demo to compare with the game is a poor example (unfortunately). I really enjoyed last year's demo and felt very good about it. Then the game came out and it disappointed. I am liking the feel of this year's demo. But I anticipate the actual release being different as they have been in year's past. Remember, demos are an early build, so it is not the final product.

[xxSTEELCITYDxx]

I love the new passing game and I think the new animations is awesome threw a lobb pass to the side line safety came over and knocked his block off totaly loved it unllike last years this years he actualy got up under the guys arm in mid air and the guy went flying. I do think its more fluid then last years.Im still holding out hope they add the updated roster feature and also a feature were we can click on to our friends name and watch them in game and join them on mic as they play especaily during bowl season that would be awesome game experiance!

[josephid]

Get rid of the abort button, have the computer automatically do this. The left and right triggers could have better use. The right stick was perfect for pump fake. The stick could have been use for the option, the RT or LT or right stick flow so much better then the LB or RB buttons.

[moylan1234]

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Get rid of the abort button, have the computer automatically do this. The left and right triggers could have better use. [b]The right stick was perfect for pump fake.[\b] The stick could have been use for the option, the RT or LT or right stick flow so much better then the LB or RB buttons.

I hated it there. the throw away option was basically null for me because I could never hit that stick correctly and most of the time just got sacked. I only played 3 games on the demo and didn't even realize it had been changed, but I'm glad it did will be much easier with a button for me. but it does suck for you and it seems like they should be able to make the entire control scheme editable so people can just pick which buttons work best for them.

[johnnyboi08]

Am I the only one who has seen how bad the safety play was in the demo? I hope this was just because it was varsity and its not the final build, because the safeties would let almost any post beat them. I would be ok with that, but it looks like one of the two safety's would get to his zone and just stop, forcing the other safety to cover a lot of ground. Plz EA do ruin this season with bad safety play.