NCAA Football 14 Playbook 5 - Season

[Hiro1]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Playbook 5 - Season

I believe devs want to do more, but are held to certain constraints by the big wigs/suits. KingD did have a point, regardless of the feature/addition nobody wants to read "took very little effort" especially if the feature is seen to said person as mundane. In their minds that very little effort could have been placed elsewhere.

I'm jealous of guys who wanted this feature and received it. While small things that I believe take little effort didn't make the cut. I guess it's kind of like Mascot games, yes I think it's totally useless and has no place on Saturdays, but it took "very little effort" and is something that could be touted.

I wonder if they streamlined Road to Glory as well?

And how long are these load times? Haven't played Dynasty since 2012

[cbuhl79]

...Yeah, that's exactly what he's saying. And that's perfectly ok. Had it been really hard to add Season mode it wouldn't have been worth doing because it is a niche thing. Since it was easy they could do it without sacrificing other parts of the game.

I really like the addition, it all had to do with psychology. If I start a dynasty with a team and just play a season I feel like I'm 'missing out' on a lot of the dynasty stuff, and there's no sense of completion when the season is over. With season mode I won't get those feelings. Do I know that's all in my head? Yep. Do I care? Nope. Good addition.

Exactly :-)
This was an "easy win". I think there are going to be some people who are going to like this mode, just because it's a quick and easy experience. The main thing though is that it was simple enough to put in *without* taking any significant effort away from the areas where we really wanted to spend a lot of time improving Dynasty. If we had had to cut anything from the full-featured Dynasty to get this in, we wouldn't have done it.

[DorianDonP]

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This might have been covered in the OP but I'm being lazy right now. If you do a season mode, then decide at the end of the season that you really liked the experience and want to continue playing with that program, can you transition to dynasty mode?

[Cardot]

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It's a niche mode. I'll probably mess around with it during the actual football season for my 'play along' season for the reasons I mentioned earlier. It'll definitely keep some people that get intimidated by dynasty in the game longer.

I have always thought that dynasty was a bit of a niche mode. I know it is the is the norm here on OS. But It would be interesting to know how many really play dynasty to its fullest, and actually complete multiple seasons. Seems like more work than the average gamer is willing to invest.

[GameBreaker35]

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If it is indeed quicker to play out a season, it could be a useful tool for testing slider sets for a dynasty. I'm not shocked that they included this in the game, but I can't believe they used an entire playbook on it. Weird.

I was really hoping that this feature would let us play seasons from ago. It would be really cool to play the 2005 season again with the players and teams of those years for example. Maybe that's just me.

[fballturkey]

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This might have been covered in the OP but I'm being lazy right now. If you do a season mode, then decide at the end of the season that you really liked the experience and want to continue playing with that program, can you transition to dynasty mode?

Highly highly doubtful. All the recruiting stuff wasn't done during the season along progression, etc.

[fballturkey]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Playbook 5 - Season

If it is indeed quicker to play out a season, it could be a useful tool for testing slider sets for a dynasty. I'm not shocked that they included this in the game, but I can't believe they used an entire playbook on it. Weird.

I was really hoping that this feature would let us play seasons from ago. It would be really cool to play the 2005 season again with the players and teams of those years for example. Maybe that's just me.

I would buy an extra game, let alone DLC, that let us do that. I already make classic teams sometimes for single games.

[RandyBass]

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I'm actually old enough to remember when "Season Mode" by itself was a new feature in sports games. I was like, woah... You can play through a season... Awesome.

I had more hair back then too, and less back pain.

[IowaAJ]

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I'm very excited about this mode should be a great addition. I've always enjoyed trying to recreate what is really happening and this should make it easier.

[Mckinley Cash]

I'm very excited about this mode should be a great addition. I've always enjoyed trying to recreate what is really happening and this should make it easier.

I never thought about mimicking reality with this mode. Good idea!

[brahmagoul]

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If it incorporated real-time results each week as the season progressed, I'd see why it makes sense. I'd probably play it over a dynasty if such a feature was implemented. That feature alone carried NBA Live ... whenever the last Live was. lol

[Mckinley Cash]

If it incorporated real-time results each week as the season progressed, I'd see why it makes sense. I'd probably play it over a dynasty if such a feature was implemented. That feature alone carried NBA Live ... whenever the last Live was. lol

That'd be hard to do with amateur sports..

They could probably update the top 25 and team records weekly, but not player stats or anything like that.

[harlemkiid149]

I'm interested in this mode and I'm a hardcore gamer from the perspective that I only use teams that have personnel to play a scheme that I feel comfortable running,thus I don't lose much,however I'm not into recruiting and all that simply bucz I have better things in life to do that to worry about recruiting lol and not to mention the big school always have an advantage over the small schools and I like to play with who I know is in college. I'm all for playing a season with a team and after the season using another team or use the team and find new users to play against

[Rolltide78980]

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Did it say anywhere if there would be an option to have a multiplayer setting on this mode?

[Rolltide78980]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Playbook 5 - Season

*multi team?