NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[DB Glitch]

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

It is kind of funny that what appeared to be the best ncaa game (which wouldn't take much) is actually turning out to be the worst! instead of just pass defense being broken EA decided to pump up the option game and now rush defense is completely broken.
-So far no matter what I do to the sliders I can throw for infinity yards with no incompletions what so ever.
-99.9% of the time I run a zone read the read man goes with the rb and the qb picks up an automatic 12-15 yards.
-The cpu still attempts million yard field goals on heisman for the 89th year in a row.
-Cpu zone still set to aggressive for zone..not that it would matter since apparently zone is completely broken.

Bottom line if you are on the fence for this game you just have to decide what type of game you are looking for.
If you want to throw for a bajillion yards, never have the clock stop due to an incomplete pass, score more points then an NBA all star game, pretend Clowney sucks by never getting a sack with him, watch cpu attempt 65 yard field goals only to have the ball land at the goal line, adjust pass interfence sliders for pass settings, average 13.7 ypc with a qb that runs a two minute forty, play a mascot game, or proudly own one of the most broke *** games that I have ever seen then this my friend is the game for you.

If you are looking for a realistic sim football game then take a piece of paper, fold it into a triangle and flick it at stuff because that would be more realistic then this sorry piece of trash.

[StoneCalf]

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

Ok, I've basically overdosed on NCAA 14 this weekend. I've played 11 games into my dynasty and while there are a lot of things I love about the new version, there are several things that have begun to concern me:

Primary concerns

• Too many teams running the no-huddle, hurry up spead offense. This results in me having to defense with my dime package roughly 80% of the time, not fun. Endless hurry-up spread has gotten very old.
• Some sliders don't work well enough or not at all (I have my interception slider at 0 and still get 1 or 2 per game, and the user kickoff power slider doesn't work at all)
• glitches. I won't go into detail, but there are some nasty ones.

Other notes:

• Run game and blocking is significantly improved, like it a lot.
• new stamina/fatigue system and meter don't have the impact I was anticipating. Fatigue feels the same, it just seems like now we have a visual representation of it.
• assisted tackles for user not registering
• Recruiting is good so far, but since I'm very hands-on and interested in the depth, I don't find it's any faster for me. It is more interesting though, so overall an improvement. Looking forward to see how the offseason recruiting plays out.
• I'm disappointed to see that the ability to turn Coaching Contracts OFF has been removed
• Coaching skills and experience system is kinda neat.
• I like the Infinity Engine/Force Impact system

I'm reserving final judgement to see if the primary issues can or will be addressed via patch/tuner.

[Swamp Swagger]

Still the best Ncaa this gen and I'm enjoying it a ton.

Its not perfect by any means, but if you just keep looking at what's wrong with something you're not gonna enjoy it anyway.

[bh446066]

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

I was going to hold off and buy a used copy in October-ish, but if these reviews continue, I'm playing NCAA 11 right now with my updated rosters I did myself, and I'm fine to just keep on rolling

[Quint75]

I have played 7 full games and have not seen a fumble. I know most others are not experiencing this so I don't want to panic, but this is getting ridiculous. I always cover up when I am the ball carrier and I rarely use the hit-stick on defense, but in the past versions of the game I have always had a decent number of fumbles while playing this way. If this is an anomaly, it's a pretty damned nasty one.

[StoneCalf]

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

I have played 7 full games and have not seen a fumble. I know most others are not experiencing this so I don't want to panic, but this is getting ridiculous. I always cover up when I am the ball carrier and I rarely use the hit-stick on defense, but in the past versions of the game I have always had a decent number of fumbles while playing this way. If this is an anomaly, it's a pretty damned nasty one.

I have only had one I can remember for sure with my RB, but I had modified his carry rating. It was mop up duty and I had my 3rd string HB in (Kenyan Drake #17), and when I had customized Bama's roster, I had lowered his CAR rating down to 68, I think it was. He hasn't fumbled any more, because I've had him riding the pine. So, it is possible.

I have had about 4 or so forced fumbles on the CPU. The most gratifying one was when I laid the hit stick on a scrambling QB with my DE and popped one out for a turnover.

[goh]

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

Looks like no more take the lil guy to the National Championship in the first year. At least not in HC. Was #14 and set for the Sugar Bowl. After the first bye moved up to #10 and into the Fiesta Bowl. After confernce champ week was up to #7 in the Orange Bowl. Only played 1 ranked team and played 3 FCS teams.

I know I already said the play calling was bad but they called four verticals from 3rd & goal at the 2 so it's worth mentioning again.

Also up to 12 crashes now I believe,kinda lost count. It's never crashed in an actual game but still that's ridiculous.

[The JareBear]

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

Stone nails it. The CPU hurry up just isn't fun or cool at all. In fact I've found it leads to their best players getting hurt far too often.

[xSubzer0x]

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

Is it worth buying this year?

[Skulletor]

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

#2 Alabama (10-0) meets #1 TAMU (11-0) and the game of the week is between a pair of 7-3 teams ranked 22/20

never change EA

[Nooooovak]

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

Just a few things I've noticed during my time with the game this weekend (Heisman offense, Heisman defense. PS3)

-Read option is a blast and is probably my favorite addition. Ran a spread option in my dynasty and I'm loving it.
-Defense is completely broken. On heisman, it is near impossible to pressure the QB and zone defense is worthless.
-Passing went untouched. I can complete 75% of my passes with my 70 overall QB no problem.
-Lots of problems from previous games still in here. Ex: Have only seen skill position players injured. My starting QB, starting RB, backup RB, 2nd WR and 3rd WR have all missed at least 7 games in my dynasty.
-New recruiting and coach stuff is neat. Nothing that'll blow you away, but it is a welcomed addition.
-Menus are still super laggy for me. Advancing weeks in dynasty still takes awhile, as well.
-Recruiting felt a little unrealistic. I went with GSU, and I started out in the lead for 11 3-star recruits. Considering the current state of their football program, it was a little ridiculous. Saw lots of 1-star programs in the running for 4-star recruits, as well.
-Infinity Engine 2.0 is nice and leads to a lot of awesome hits, but it also leads to a lot of frustrating ones, as well.

While I love college football and really thought I'd love this game after playing the demo, it just didn't improve enough to warrant a $60 purchase from me.

[kc10785]

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.

I have seen nitpicking in the past where some complaints has been just been absurd and people was just jumping on the I hate EA band Wagon. This year I think it's different and a insult to gamers. We are finding legit issues with the game this year that just killing the game experience. Football is the number 1 sport in America so it will have the most passionate fan base of the sport. If you want to take the responsibility of being the only provider be able to step to the plate and deliver a solid not perfect game. This sucks for NCAA fans because they dont have a Next Gen game to fall back on, they have to wait tell July. NBA2k has it's flaws and so does MLB the show and it's talked about in there respected forms.

I have never went on a EA rant before on this site through all the years on this site because others said enough but after the touchback turn into a touchdown glitch I experience last night im pissed off because now your messing with the rules and core of the game.


With that being said the offense in this game got to much love. I like the foot plant and cuts this year. The O-line blocking is great this year which causes the running game to be better. The option game is strong this year which is a plus. Now unfortunately with the offense side being helped there was no counter to those things on the defensive side of the ball. The presentation is lacking bad that college atmosphere is not shown in the game. It doesn't feel like your in stadium pack with crazy college fans. Bowl games feel just like any other game.

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[kc10785]

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[UNC_Pete]

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.

I think it's funny that people expect this to be fixed next gen. It's still going to be EA football.

[kc10785]

I think it's funny that people expect this to be fixed next gen. It's still going to be EA football.

Why not expect it to be fix. There excuse all this generation has been the limitations in the program well the excuse is off the table. It's good to put those expectations on them with not forgetting the past.

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