Five Reasons to Hold off on Buying NCAA Football 13

[WipeOut464]

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This one puzzles me. I feel like this is feature is pretty fair. You're telling your players to sell out to stop a specific play. 3rd and 29? Hey, they are probably going to pass, tell your defense to drop back because you know a pass is coming.

And if you guess wrong you get destroyed. Especially if you guess run and it's a pass.

I think Run/Pass Commit is generally a good feature, it's just somewhat overpowered.

I think it was best used a couple of years back (last gen maybe?) as a post-snap tool where you had half a second or so to flick up or down on the R-stick to have the defense run or pass commit. This worked great because if the user actually bit on the playaction, his safeties and LBs would bite, too. Conversely, if somebody was running a PA pass on 3rd and long, you could get your guys to completely ignore the run fake and stay deep.

Take it from a UGA fan, IRL nobody bites on the 3rd and 15 run fake, Mike Bobo.

But the left/middle/right run commit is lame. IRL you'd scheme to put extra support (ex: walking a safety down or blitzing) in those areas rather than telling your guys to break off their assignments and over-pursue to the committed side.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but do it like last gen, EA.

[der juicen]

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It seems since Chris made a favorable review in the eyes of the people who didn't like the game, he suddenly "has the cajones". Or isn't a shill. I feel that if he had written a glowing review, he would have been torn apart.

Luckily, I have been having a fine time and recently, have been called an EA apologist for doing so.

[tical2399]

Wow! After this no one can ever accuse OS of being shills for EA Sports. Well done. If I do upgrade from NCAA 11 this year, it will probably be to a used copy of 12, not 13.

sure you can, cause they never seem to say any of this in the demos or when they get invited to behind the scenes events. They will claim "its not fair to be hard on a game that's not finished" but we all know by the time EA shows it to press its pretty much final. Its not like height and weight dont matter in the demo/press version but will matter in the demo.

So when OS or Pasta say things like "its shaping up to be a good game" or "this one has a lot of potential" they are lying to you. If they are listing all the problem the game has why didnt they warn people of those problems when they saw it early (they are a featured community, they saw it early).

Why not say in the preview "i've played the game but its not looking good. i'll hold out hope but so far is not looking promising". If they said that then and come out with these gripes now they would be more credible. Unless they think we are dumb and that the game was polished and great at the time they saw it and the extra dev time since then made it worse.

[aspengc8]

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But the left/middle/right run commit is lame. IRL you'd scheme to put extra support (ex: walking a safety down or blitzing) in those areas rather than telling your guys to break off their assignments and over-pursue to the committed side.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but do it like last gen, EA.

This. They should just take the gimmick out.

Whether they bite or not should be based of play recognition & awareness.

[wski]

One of the best articles I've read on OS. Thanks for the honest and detailed assessment. Although the game can be surely be enjoyable in a relatively simplistic form, these historical trends so wonderfully outlined were the tipping point for me in selling off my copy of '13.

[PRAY IV M3RCY]

wow amen..this deserves its own sticky. I love the way the op broke it down about player movement and the specific issues that come with it being unrealistic. I just wish more people would voice there concern because it seems as if everybody is content with the way things are.

[OGKing]

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NCAA 13 is the best NCAA game i've ever played. It's heaps better than 12, 11, etc..

I guess it's because of the new passing, and it feels more smoother.

[mwjr]

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The marketing of NCAA Football 12 led gamers to believe that suction blocking was completely removed from EA's game engine.

However, not only did suction blocking still exist in last year's game, but now it's back again for NCAA Football 13.

In spite of this sort of marketing and failure to deliver (out-and-out lying, perhaps?) every year EA announces some new feature or fix and every year people start talking about these months before game release as if EA's marketing is gospel truth. And every year we end up with disappointed gamers.

This is nothing new. EA has been doing this for years, and it blows my mind that people still fall for it. It's why I haven't owned a Madden game since 09 or an NCAA game since 2010, let alone bought either one on day 1. It's why I'm not buying into the hype of this Infinity Engine EA keeps bragging about. Want to impress me? Fix what you currently have.

It's a shame, too. I truly want to have a playable football game. Honestly, there hasn't been a very good one since Madden 04 and NFL 2k5.

[Pmoney327]

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That's my video with the skinny post using Rutgers.

[ncaa13]

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GREAT Post... Now let start the clock to see how many years until these thing get "In The Game"

[DubTrey1]

This is an excellent root cause analysis articleEA devs should pay close attention to. While there are some on here that are puzzled as to what is listed here - others whom have played the game for years are very aware of these issues and are wanting to see improvement. Those that remain unaware - I assure you, you are in the minority. This by no means is bashing EA in any way, it is simply pointing out flaws in the core gameplay and itemized them down to a cause and effect relationship. I for one hope they are able to get this resolved by the time we are all playing on the 720 and PS4. I would doubt any of these difficult calculations needed will make it on any current gen consoles at this point.

[Knight9299]

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Good write up. Defense is in need of some attention. But with new consoles on the horizon, how much effort (money and time) will EA really put into the next versions of NCAA? Unless the physics engine in Madden is an absolute mess, it should make it's way to NCAA. So other than that engine being introduced there will be nothing new added to NCAA '14. It could be 2 years before they address the fact that defense isn't represented very well in this game. Which brings us back to the new consoles- look how iffy the first year was for NCAA and Madden for the 360 and PS3. With EA's track record, I don't see them NOT making the same mistakes again. Long story short, this is probably as good as it gets. It ain't completely terrible, but there is so much room for improvement.

[illini4life]

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I actually like the game. I liked '12 and i like '13. EA just needs to improve the defensive secondary issues and blocking and its a solid game.

[Gap Integrity]

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Didn't we just have a write-up a few weeks ago giving 5 reasons NCAA will top Madden? ironic.

As a 30 year old football obsessed dork, I never thought the best college football games I were ever going to play would have been in 2006.

[gdawg4life]

All these problem will be fix when xbox 720 come out next year... I doubt they can fix for 360 cuz it been like this for the longest they probably dont have enough space