NCAA Basketball 09 Impressions

[Bumble14]

Is there the actual NIT though if you don't make the big dance?

Are most of the arenas generic?

[countryboy]

The gameplay imo is exactly like the demo. There isn't anything that seems different.

The player faces are hideous. I'll have to take the time to edit my Cardinals later.

If you adjust the brightness level, also adjust the contrast level to the same spot, makes a huge difference.

[kevinpars]

Autosubs is a nice addition that i have wanted in the previous versions (March Madness) for years. How hard is it to find out how many fouls a player has? One thing that made the game hard last year was not only did you have to handle all substitutions, but you would have to pause the game, open the stats, scroll over a ways to find out how many fouls your players had on them. Additionally, if you had named your players and you went to substitute, it would have the player name, but from the quick sub screen it would not have their position. For a quick pickup and play game that was tough because you might not know if Joe Jones was a guard or a forward.

I hope little things were fixed like that. As someone who actually enjoyed the last few versions it is good to here things like autosubs were added. I like to control subs in dynasty mode but if you pick up and play sometimes you want that handled for you. Keep the info coming - thanks!

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

I didn't play Live so I have nothing to compare it to, but yes, its more annoying than it should be to edit players.

Boo.

Anyone find out if you can edit the classic teams? That could be a pretty big disappointment if they didn't add that this year.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bumble14

Is there the actual NIT though if you don't make the big dance? Are most of the arenas generic?

No, a lot of the stadiums seem authentic

Alternates stadiums so far are

1. Coliseo de puerto rico
2. Ford Field
3. Anaheim Convention center
4. World Wide sports complex ( Disney/Orlando)
5. Lahaina Civic center ( Hawaii )
6. Georgia Dome
7. Empire State arena ( Madison)

[HustlinOwl]

Retail Version do they let you know what happened when a whistle blows? Demo there was no indication of who the ball went out of bounds on and etc

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by HustlinOwl

Retail Version do they let you know what happened when a whistle blows? Demo there was no indication of who the ball went out of bounds on and etc

no and its freaking annoying. You have to look to the ref to see what happened, and even then...

[countryboy]

I finished a 20 minute half vs Oakland and was up 34-18 at the break. I went on a 20-0 run for the last 8 minutes. The game is damn fun.