NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

[carvis#15]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

Break down

0:30 (+) Now thats how footplanting is supposed to look.

0:40 (+) Nice cut animation. (-) This is where proper defensive animations come into play to add to the overall look. Defender should be extending that left arm in a grab attempt.

0:43 (+) Another nice cut animation. (-) Once again, need that reach animation implemented gents.

0:46 (+) Exactly what I'm talking about. Nice cut with the defender then going off balance and reaching for the RB. Perfect look. A reach similar to this should be implemented in all the interactions with defenders and RBs.

0:53 (+) No real gameplay significance but I like that lighting and that angle. Just the overall look of the players here catch my attention.

1:02 (-) Still has a somewhat robotic look to the running animations. At this point I dont think this will be remedied within the current console generation.

1:10 (-) Still traces of the zig zag running. You can clearly see it as the RB maneuvers between defenders. Not a good look gents.

1:16 (+) Nice animation here with the RB planting and extending his arm. The ESPN article actually states that RBs now will push off the backs of their O line. This looks like that might be it. This means the limbs are moving independently now which goes back to my previous statement about the defenders reaching in ALL situations. Try to make that happen please.

1:34 (-) That should've been some type of struggle there. Very over the top truck animation in my opinion. Took me out of the moment. Not good.

1:35 (-) I'm prepared for odd things to happen even with the improved infinity engine. That hit did absolutely NOTHING to suspend my disbelief. Totally off. Not a good look.

1:36 (-) Another odd infinity/wrong animation wrong time moment. Not possible. At least not at that angle.

1:39 (+) Nice truck. Good interaction between RB and defender.

1:44 (-) Strange. Defender just flew back. Should've been some type of struggle there.

1:45 (+) PERFECT! Looked very good. Where did that truck come from!!! (Old heads remember the Madden commentary from back in the day)

1:50 (-) Negativo!! Lifted off of his feet and flew back. Nah. Come on now.

1:52 (+) Perfect stiff arm fight animation. I can dig it.

Evened out. 9 plus and 9 minus!! Overall its looking pretty decent though. I'm on the train. Wish they could somehow fix the robotic/stiff aura the game gives off. Animations dont mesh well much of the time so it kind of jars you out of the experience.

Yes! Finally a good break down. If you're gonna talk about what you saw wrong at least let everybody know where you saw it. My coaches when they watched film and you did something wrong they didn't go like "that's bullcrap" and didn't show you the footage where you did something wrong. That was a good example of *constructive* criticism. Hey and at 1:50...yea...no deal lol.

[darren1024]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

Remember that this is still a WIP guys. With the infinity engine now in, does Weight actually matter for OL? Will height come into play for WR/CB interaction?

[Scrapps]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

You know how you can tell when a game has a really poor physics engine? When after watching gameplay vids, you don't see any evidence of physics. Is just more of the same nonsense from EA.

[demon19000]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

Awesome! Some people didn't like the Infinity Engine, but I loved it. I played Madden 13 so much more than NCAA 13 cause of it last year. This year it looks like I'll be putting in a lot more NCAA time.

[Nexgenrulz]

Still looks like the same ol same ol. A fresh coat of paint on the same game they've been turning out year after year. **Yawn**

[XxJustAguessxX]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

Still looks like the same ol same ol. A fresh coat of paint on the same game they've been turning out year after year. **Yawn**

LoL I'm not mad at your opinion but where's the optimism. I felt the same way about the game but I think they can and will do better. I'm just going to be optimistic and not put to much into it.

[TajDeni]

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i wont draw too many conclusions off of 1 video.

however, being as i was finally able to break away from my addiction w/ ncaa13; i didnt see anything in this video that made me think i should be excited to buy ncaa14.

in fact after reading the 1st few pages of this thread b4 actually watching the video; i think its safe for me to say that i came away from the video feeling slightly disappointed.

i guess there's more than just the EA hype machine at work here. theres the fan hype machine as well it seems. fans 1. me - 0

to end on a positive note; its a long ways still til 7/9/13

[pietasterp]

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LoL I'm not mad at your opinion but where's the optimism. I felt the same way about the game but I think they can and will do better. I'm just going to be optimistic and not put to much into it.

I think history should guide optimism.

[JerseySuave4]

So defense & special teams got no love?

[JerseySuave4]

Anybody feel free to "check" me but that video brought me back down to reality. Maybe this will look different from an actual game play view and I can see more of what's substantially changed but in that video I still thought I saw sliding/skipping, the runner generally covering too much ground at times. I think the inclusion of cuts mapped to left stick movement is good but is it just cosmetic, meaning the players still change direction too easily, gliding into space, just with a cut animation playing out. I hope someone understands what I am talking about and can maybe clarify what I might be missing here.

agreed, i thought the running still didn't look that impressive. Still saw sliding and other ugly things. This video didn't do much to impress me.

[Ziza9Noles94]

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So defense & special teams got no love?

We don't know yet. I hope they have. There is this bit from the EJ interview:

"That doesn't mean the game is overpowering to the offense though. Manuel said he felt the game was much smarter when it came to how defenders react to the ball and what you are doing, citing the DBs ability to jump routes as just one example of this improvement on the defensive end."

[Eman5805]

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It's better than it's ever been. But it's still not there. That several frame pause while animations interrupt and transition into new ones. It's just not doing it for me. I like the strides they're making. But...

Really hoping they built the next gen engine from the ground up to move and look even closer to the real deal. And there's very little body type differences going on. Too much samey looking players at certain positions.

[TalenT]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

I don't see the sliding some are talkin' about. It looks pretty good to me. I will agree about the running animations though. They run a little awkward and stiff. They fix that and we're good.

[jfsolo]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Video - First Look at New Gameplay Engine

If they can avoid something major, like the DB glitch, I'll get 400 plus hours from this game, great value for me. I already knew that I was buying it (Pre-ordered when I got Bioshock Infinite) and what we've learned so far hasn't made me regret doing so the slightest bit. Throw in the recruiting changes we heard a little about a while back, and the coaching skills stuff that's been hinted at, and I'll be good to go.

I know that I should avoid the forums when the game releases, but I won't. The meltdowns on this board are a form a grand entertainment in their own right.

[cardswin2006]

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Eh...to me it looks like the gameplay strategy took a step back. I don't want the runners to stop and change direction on a dime. Stopping on a dime and multiple jukes to beat the defender just feels like it was an annoying feature last generation, so no thanks, I don't want to go back to that.