NCAA Football 13 Review (360/PS3)

[astrosfn4life]

how is the presentation bad? smh

[DaReapa]

Somewhat off topic, but I have to ask this.....
Does anyone know when the NCAA exclusivity license end?? Was thiking it would be up by now.

[ccross1530]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Review (360/PS3)

Somewhat off topic, but I have to ask this.....
Does anyone know when the NCAA exclusivity license end?? Was thiking it would be up by now.

hopefully very soon...

[ccross1530]

Re: NCAA Football 13 Review (360/PS3)

I think the review is fair, especially, considering Chris judged it without sliders (and rightly so). Hopefully sliders and patches can tighten the gameplay to the best game we've had yet this generation. I was hoping for more presentation upgrades but any improvement is welcomed and I've only played the early release so far. It will be interesting to see, as an NCAA guy 1st and Madden guy 2nd, if the acclaimed new bells and whistles will be enough to move it to number 1 and make this game obsolete. Given the issues with editing and dynasty mode in Madden I'll probably still be playing NCAA well into next year.

This is the the thing (well... one of alot of things) that pi**es me off about EA. It's the fact that the people who buy the games have to do work themselves to try and make the game better instead of EA (who is SUPPOSED to do the work) actually setting the sliders and testing it out to see what works best. I will rent the game but the demo was really too uninspiring for me to actually go out and buy the game first.

[D Apocalypse]

I'd give this game a solid 8. Enjoying it so far. Thanks to xIZ GONE RAINx for the roster with names! Oh and for $44.99 from Amazon, can't complain.

[carvis#15]

Anybody know how to cut the thing off where you are playing and the computer assist you on running your routes. It's annoying because when I try to run them their is this brief delay of me coming off of the line.

[carvis#15]

Anybody know how to cut the thing off where you are playing and the computer assist you on running your routes. It's annoying because when I try to run them their is this brief delay of me coming off of the line.

I meant to insert a question mark at the end of that first sentence.

[Armor and Sword]

I own 11 and 12 and when you say if you have 12, 13 is not something you would really need......I have to disagree. The passing imrovements alone make it a good upgrade. Nothing infuriated me more than having 2 types of passes and zero variety plus the dreaded super lB's and DB's morphing through your WR's.

Now the passing game is so damn good. Organic and smooth, lot's of great animations now too.

Anyway great review.

[rudyjuly2]

Nice review! Very in depth.

[BigBadTom]

I never heard about a revamp in wr/db interactions.... Is that just the catching animations? Is it in madden as well?

[PackerBacker123]

if you rate madden worse then you are biased

[sportzbro]

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For now, just know that dynasty mode is deeper, it is still accessible, and it's better. If you let it, Dynasty Mode will suck you in and not let you go.

Yea, whatever you say. Adding more tedious & time consuming aspects to recruiting does not make dynasty mode NCAA's saving grace. Even dynamic conference prestige (which may or may not actually effect anything) doesn't make it worth while.

It's still, sadly, a far cry from even the PS2 days and way, waaaaayyyy off from what we want to see. What else exactly was added that make it so "immersive"? - zip. It's essentially a clone with poorly implemented updates and more recruiting non-sense! Don't try to sell it as anything else.

This game, as whole, is at best a small improvement on 12.. With that, and the expectations going from year to year - it's yet another disappointing product by a team that clearly has ran out of motivation, ideas, and talent over the last 7-8 years.

Time for big changes because this game is the laughing stock of major sports video games, and is without a doubt EA's biggest dud product.

[Miden]

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Sounds like 13 is a small improvement over 12. Some people seem to be huge fans of the new passing, but I can't find myself justifying a $50-$60 purchase on new passing mechanics and a cheesy (IMO) Heisman challenge mode.

Don't get me wrong, I do like some of the improvements, but It just seems like a very mediocre upgrade considering I still have NCAA 12 which offers a passable NCAA experience. I'll probably pick up NCAA 13 in the used bin sometime in the future.

[MUCHLUV69]

EA PLEASE INCREASE (DO A PATCH) ON WEAR, TEAR AND DIRT STAINS ON AWAY JERSEYS. PLAYED MIAMI AT FLORIDA STATE IN HEAVY RAIN AND MIAMIS AWAY JERSEYS WERE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING AS DIRTY AS FLORIDA STATES JERSEYS!!!! NCAA11 U PUT A PATCH OUT TO FIX AND 12 U DIDN'T CARE TO FIX/PATCH!!! LUCKLY I WAS ABLE TO RENT NCAA 13 SO IF THIS NOT FIXED/PATCHED ASAP.. U DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING MY HARD EARNED $$$. HOW HARD IS IT TO MAKE SURE BOTH JERSEYS GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF DIRT DEGRADATION?!?

[roadman]

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^^ Cap Lock key must be stuck?