NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Spacedoodoo]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Is that on Heisman? I havne't noticed it on AA.

Yes on heisman.. but it was Alabama it's not like they aren't the best team in the country

[BA2929]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Played another 3 Q just now before I head back into work. Saw some really cool animations, especially on a CPU pick in the back of the endzone just before I shut it down.

Still not sure if the DB Glitch is around. If it is, it's much less noticeable than last year, as I can't just complete every single pass down the middle. Seems like if you catch the CPU off guard with, or set them up prior to, a 4 Verts, you have a better shot at completing it down the middle. But I'm not sure if that's just me being awesome or the glitch.

For example: Today I completed one 4 Verts pass, but not for a lot of yardage. Last year I would have completed it for a TD. However, last night I completed maybe 2 out of 12 down the middle as the slot DB just hung onto the slot WR the entire route after I completed 2 straight.

My verdict is still out, but I'm leaning towards the AI realizing that you're doing that same play over and over again and adjusting to it, making it impossible to recreate the glitch pass after pass after pass after pass.

[kodiak]

All I know is I enjoy the demo tremendously. Is it perfect? Nope, but what game is? Do some things that have plagued the series still exist? Sure, but the ultimate for me is the fun factor, and the demo provides that.

[AlreadyKnoJ]

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I didnt have a issue with the crowd, but then again, I do have a Dolby 6.1 Surround system. Will have to listen to the crowd more closely for ebbs and how they react to certain situations.

But they should go nuts on a TD, that for certain. Imma need EA to change that before they release this.

[IUxHOOSIERS]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

I know people say this too much, but we should have had this quality of a game a couple years ago.

[IUxHOOSIERS]

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I think it's funny how half of this thread is saying the presentation sucks, the safety glitch is still there, vertical cheese, and mirror defenders are prevalent on pass plays while the other half say the exact opposite. Just goes to show you how the same game looks and feels completely different to everybody.

thank you.

[bluengold34_OS]

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All I know is I enjoy the demo tremendously. Is it perfect? Nope, but what game is? Do some things that have plagued the series still exist? Sure, but the ultimate for me is the fun factor, and the demo provides that.

Agreed - I only worry about me and if I like it. You would be better off not going into impression threads on OS -

[Motown]

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Just took a VICIOUS hit on Mariota...he got up,took 1/2 of a step & fell to the ground rolling in pain...trainers on the scene now lol

*edit* He's out...lmao

[volwalker]

Agreed - I only worry about me and if I like it. You would be better off not going into impression threads on OS -

Agree 100%. Throughout my years on OS I didn't even know have the bugs and glitches that were in some of these games until I started reading the forums and threads. I probably would have enjoyed those game much more without reading the threads. Oh well.

[inkcil]

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every iteration of the game i struggle with the graphical changes in the game. this year is no different. i don't remember how the demo looked last year, but i certainly struggled with the game graphics on release night, and did a bunch of comparison, '13 to '12.

i had recently been playing '13 a few times coming up to the demo release. initially i thought the graphics had actually stepped back, i popped '13 in last night again, and played aTm vs oregon at aTm to mirror the game, and certainly '14 outshines it, at least to some extent. the stadium in '14 was very impressive compared, as far as i thought.

i wonder if the new camera angles have something to do with the initial graphical difference.

one thing i was always so impressed with was how, when in a cut scene or close up, the helmets and jerseys always looked so life like. initially, i didn't get that feeling with the demo.

For me, the gameplay improvements outshine the glitches I've found. And the atmosphere improvements help alleviate some of that feeling of staleness that always seems to eventually set in.

But the graphical flaws in the player models really make me cringe (PS3). Then to pop in SSX, TW14, Fifa 13 or Madden 13 and come back to NCAA 14 is too jarring. No other sports this year looks this bad. Yes, more vibrant colors has helped the fields, but the players in motion - ugh. The cutscenes look great as usual. But I just don't understand what happened to this game graphically after NCAA 11.

[fldash]

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Agree 100%. Throughout my years on OS I didn't even know have the bugs and glitches that were in some of these games until I started reading the forums and threads. I probably would have enjoyed those game much more without reading the threads. Oh well.

Internet works that way... Not only this game, but basically every game I play...

[KUJayhawker2015]

Ok am I stupid or what... I can't seem to truck with my running backs. On the skills thing it says "click" the RS and that didn't work, so I tried flicking up on the RS to no avail. I swear I'm a veteran NCAA Football player!! Lol😨

[ragid]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Played all three matchups available. 2014 looks better than last year. Multi player collisions seem more realistic. Players seem to be really struggling to gain yards/stop ball carrier. Physics is much better.

[Kramer5150]

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After reading through most of this thread,I noticed how alot of folks were saying how much better AA was playing,so I decided to see if I could have the same results.
The first thing I did was ditch the coordinator cam,I found this was ALOT of why the game felt easy for me on default AA....it was simply way to easy to see the holes in the zone,and exploit them.

I went back to the "normal" cam,and it seemed everything fell back into place...well except for a couple of things (actually 3.lol)

1-hum and cpu qb's are just simply to accurate.
2-wr's very rarely drop anything
3-lack of penalties.

So what I ended up trying is this....
hum qb acc-5
hum wr catch-0

cpu qb acc-0
cpu wr-0

So far so good....I don't mean to turn this into a slider thread,but I just wanted to point out my observations during my demo time.

What ultimately led to these changes were what I outlined above,and also...playing as Ohio State,Brax was WAAAAAAAY to accurate,fitting the ball where he had no business fitting it into.

I understand that college has alot of high scoring games,but also looking through this thread,I've seen just some crazy scores,and this is only a 3 min per quarter demo.

Imagine if folks played a full game? good Lord...the scores would constantly be in the 70's or 80's...lol

I have been having the best results (so far) with offense set to human for both,and defenses for both set to Heisman....just trying some different theory's at this point.

[imskykid]

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Ok am I stupid or what... I can't seem to truck with my running backs. On the skills thing it says "click" the RS and that didn't work, so I tried flicking up on the RS to no avail. I swear I'm a veteran NCAA Football player!! Lol😨

I'm wondering the same thing. It says to truck over defenders to press R3 (PS3), but that seems to do nothing. I have had better luck just flicking it up, but it doesn't feel any different than last year.