NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[sooner1]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

Just played online a good game back and forth Clemson vs Kansas State. Right before halftime I throw a hail Mary with 5 seconds left he picks the ball off in the back of the end zone and goes out of bounds. Instead of the game giving him a touchback and go to halftime, they reward him with a Touchdown. I couldn't believe it. It change the whole game instead of me being down by one TD and getting the ball back at half I end up being diwn by 14.

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EA at its finest!! Sad thing is, they wont fix Zone Defense haven't for years!!! This glitch will be patched if we are lucky by mid August.

Something like that was seen but they said screw it, throw it out there we are the only game in town and do it every year. Really sad how bad NCAA and Madden are compared to the Show and 2K!!!!

I mean I'm 38 years old and its the same story every year. So close to being a great game gameplay wise but the Defense is not there!!!

[sooner1]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

For those complaining about how bad the defense is, it all has to do with how bad the programming is for the cpu in general.

The cpu hasn't been able to run the ball all generation, to make an effective run game EA makes user players get blocked for 4+ seconds. This allow for the cpu runner to run 7+ yds before anyone gets close to him.

The cpu qb is not good at making quick decisions or reading the defense hence elite pass rushing lines get stifled by below average ones leaving the qb time to make a decision. They also make elite cb's get beat badly by average wr's.

I just went into practice mode with UGA vs Ga State, I picked a 3 man rush for Ga State defense. The Ga State defenders got my qb(UGA) on average of 3-4 seconds. I then went and used South Carolina defense with a 4 man rush against Ga State offensive line and it took them on average 4 seconds to get the qb.

Soo the worst team on the game was able to pressure my qb with a 3 man rush better than the best dline on the game was able to pressure the cpu qb.

EA programming = FAIL!

Totally Agree!!! Horrific excuse for this day and age!!! I mean I'm so sick of trying to bend over backwards to make these football games play somewhat realistic.

[gogators]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

I just can't enjoy the game if defense isn't fixed. No dline pressure and broken zone defense will keep this from getting purchased right away. If the impressions later show that it's fixed, then I'll get it. The early release was a huge letdown after all the great news. I'll be glad when next gen football gets here as this gen has taken all the fun out of video game football games.

[rawls420]

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all the same issues with the sim engine that existed 2 yrs ago when i last played ncaa still exist....some of them aren't that big a deal but there's one in particular that is crazy. I dunno if its because im using a created playbook, but i dont think it is, because ive seen it from the cpu as well, just not as bad.

basically ive simmed a number of games where 1 reciever catches every pass. i mean like 15 catches for 250 yards. one dude. this has happened like a dozen times. i had a game where my guy caught 15 for 256 and the cpu dude caught 17 for 277. LOL.

as far as the cpu ai goes, the zone coverage is pretty much horrible and one of the main reasons is that the cpu glitch where it changes to aggressive coverage constantly still exists!!! so the middle is wide open because the defenders are playing way too close to the line of scrimmage.

[Mikiu]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

I just got hit with the game play slow really choppy frame rate bug in the 1st quarter. As soon as Florida scored a TD and they showed the highlight reel of it, everybody was moving really slow and choppy to the point it was making me mess up. Had to quit that game.

You could visually see everybody on the field was moving much slower then they were before.

I get hit with this quite a lot and at first I thought it was one of my controllers messing up, because the play menu was going crazy as well.

[BenGerman]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

I guess I'm easier to please. I am having a blast with this game, and if you were expecting something flawless, then yeah, this probably isn't the game for you.

[nortobc]

I guess I'm easier to please. I am having a blast with this game, and if you were expecting something flawless, then yeah, this probably isn't the game for you.

I don't want flawless. I want a few major simple defects fixed.

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[BlackBetty15]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

I guess I'm easier to please. I am having a blast with this game, and if you were expecting something flawless, then yeah, this probably isn't the game for you.

I can only comment on myself but I for one never expected a perfect game. I expect to play a good game of football. That entails the basics...especially since this same dev team has had SEVERAL years to PROGRESS this game into what should be a great overall product to end on a high note going into next gen consoles ala nfl2k, NCAA football 05, madden 05...instead NCAA and the haubamiller choagies are literally going mlb2k and doing this "2 steps forward and 3 steps back" routine that is frustrating. They implement this game changer program and I am not even sure EA uses them for other than PR mess. No I don't want a perfect game, just one that fools me into thinking I am actually playing football

[BenGerman]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

I can only comment on myself but I for one never expected a perfect game. I expect to play a good game of football. That entails the basics...especially since this same dev team has had SEVERAL years to PROGRESS this game into what should be a great overall product to end on a high note going into next gen consoles ala nfl2k, NCAA football 05, madden 05...instead NCAA and the haubamiller choagies are literally going mlb2k and doing this "2 steps forward and 3 steps back" routine that is frustrating. They implement this game changer program and I am not even sure EA uses them for other than PR mess. No I don't want a perfect game, just one that fools me into thinking I am actually playing football

Which I certainly understand. I just see a lot more nitpicking towards this series than I do a lot of other sports titles around here. More than anything, I think it's because EA has such an ugly past with sports titles. I don't fault anyone who feels like they can't play the game due to its flaws. That's something thats entirely subjective.

On the other hand, I do think people have been conditioned to expect a ton of flaws. And when that's the case, you're going to have a hard time being OK with the flaws that are there. I just don't want people to be under the false assumption that beloved titles like The Show and NBA 2K don't have their fair share of flaws/bugs either. I play those two titles more than any other sports game, and there's tons of bugs and glitches.

Where NCAA Football falters compared to other series is in its core gameplay. The glitches and bugs are something that come with video games in general. I don't know why people seem to be expecting otherwise.

PS: When I say all of this, I'm excluding the highly annoying fact that a few legacy bugs are still in the game.

[BlackBetty15]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

Which I certainly understand. I just see a lot more nitpicking towards this series than I do a lot of other sports titles around here. More than anything, I think it's because EA has such an ugly past with sports titles. I don't fault anyone who feels like they can't play the game due to its flaws. That's something thats entirely subjective.

On the other hand, I do think people have been conditioned to expect a ton of flaws. And when that's the case, you're going to have a hard time being OK with the flaws that are there. I just don't want people to be under the false assumption that beloved titles like The Show and NBA 2K don't have their fair share of flaws/bugs either. I play those two titles more than any other sports game, and there's tons of bugs and glitches.

Where NCAA Football falters compared to other series is in its core gameplay. The glitches and bugs are something that come with video games in general. I don't know why people seem to be expecting otherwise.

PS: When I say all of this, I'm excluding the highly annoying fact that a few legacy bugs are still in the game.

Dude I agree and I will be right up front in saying this...graphics are bad and models may be bad, however I can deal with that. That's what roster editors fix and the ones we have here do amazing work. I can even deal with crowd issues...what kills me is we still have special teams issues, and penalty issues, and some other BASIC fundamental football issues that have no business being issues here in 2013. If anything I should be cringing that my cb in dynasty keeps blowing it by doing it to much. There are football games that had the basics of football NAILED in 2004 and yet here we are wondering what happened.

[gutsdabeast]

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I don't own the game or have any plans to purchase this year's installment. But for those that play NBA2K & The Show, why is it that RTG never changes. There is no incentive to play 4 years. You start as a freshman, end as a senior & nobody cares. Even if you win 4 NC nobody. This team refuses to innovate. How about making a stale mode fresh. Try anything. I just played 13 & got bored after selecting my team.

[BenGerman]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

Dude I agree and I will be right up front in saying this...graphics are bad and models may be bad, however I can deal with that. That's what roster editors fix and the ones we have here do amazing work. I can even deal with crowd issues...what kills me is we still have special teams issues, and penalty issues, and some other BASIC fundamental football issues that have no business being issues here in 2013. If anything I should be cringing that my cb in dynasty keeps blowing it by doing it to much. There are football games that the basics of football NAILED in 2004 and yet here we are wondering what happened.

Definitely. Thankfully, I'm able to look past those issues because of how much I enjoy the game otherwise.

[BlackBetty15]

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Definitely. Thankfully, I'm able to look past those issues because of how much I enjoy the game otherwise.

Yea it's gonna be tough for if there isn't a patch to fix the coverage and other nuances. I play every game in dynasty and do all the recruiting. Game might be enjoyable for a sporadic few games here and there but def not season after season. My $60 deserve better

[tyberious4now]

Re: NCAA Football 14 Available For Season Ticket Subscribers, Post Your Impressions H

I just can't enjoy the game if defense isn't fixed. No dline pressure and broken zone defense will keep this from getting purchased right away. If the impressions later show that it's fixed, then I'll get it. The early release was a huge letdown after all the great news. I'll be glad when next gen football gets here as this gen has taken all the fun out of video game football games.

This is also my thinking.....no fix no buy!!!

[jsou4646]

Same for me I'm not buying unless the game is fixed. It's comical that the 06 version has better core gameplay