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Two Weeks Later: How do you feel about NCAA 13 now? Stuck

Posted on July 26, 2012 at 12:26 PM.

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Two weeks ago I reviewed NCAA Football 13 and gave it a solid seven rating, or what we perceive as a borderline good game but close to above-average as well.

Since my review, we've discovered NCAA does indeed have a few major bugs, the most annoying of which is probably the freezing bug. Every time you review a major release a couple of weeks later you always feel as if your stance on a game shifts one way or the other because the longer you play a game the more you realize what exactly it has to offer.

The more I have played NCAA, the more apparent it becomes that the presentation in this game is truly awful. I've already written a missive on this and I will spare you a repeat so just click the link and enjoy.

Gameplay wise, I feel a tad better about the game's fun factor -- but I also feel much more down on it's realism. EA Football has traditionally cut corners to deliver what appears to be a realistic experience and this year's NCAA is no different. One of the biggest reasons for this, I believe, is that EA doesn't fix the line play so the rest of the game suffers from such a huge portion of the game being subpar.

I feel as if the game definitely progressed gameplay wise this year, but without a doubt this was a lame duck season for NCAA's gameplay. You could tell there was a reluctance to invest too heavily into the gameplay with next year's game going to go through so many wholesale changes (infinity engine) the necessity of doing too much to the gameplay definitely didn't make much sense for the NCAA team.

All in all, two weeks in I can say this series hit a true stagnation point this year. Dynasty's new depth was welcome, but the mode itself needs a conceptual overhaul to say the least -- but other than that I really feel the series has definitely hit the point where it needs something big to really reverse it's fortunes. Long term it's likely NCAA 13 will go down as a solid but definitely a middle of the road NCAA Football title.

So what do you think after two weeks? Has your opinion gotten better about the game? Worse? Let me know!

Comments

# 16 IgotSyphillis @ Jul 26

What exactly did they work on for this year's game? I understand the reasoning on not messing with the gameplay this year because of the changes that will come next year. All the other minor gameplay changes are in Madden this year so that doesnt count. They added a dumb studio update that gets boring after seeing it 3 times and couldnt have taken much time to implement into the game.

The presentation stinks. The gameplay for the most part is the same. They added trophies for rivalry games, which of looked cool if they showed the players celebrating with the trophy for more than 1.4 seconds. Seriously, you can give us 10-15 seconds of passing it around? The only thing that changed really is recruiting. Which is good. But in a whole year of development all they could do was fix recruiting? How many people worked on this game all year? 3? It's embarassing. Not as embarassing as when EA released a March Madness game in 2002 that didnt even have a season mode, but still embarassing.

# 17 humanprototype @ Jul 26

The return of suction blocks is really disappointing. PS3 graphics are painfully awful. I agree, for $25, I'd look past all the problems that exist, but I paid more than twice that and I expect better. Of course, starting out as head coach of Memphis with challenging Heisman sliders is just asking for frustration. Lol

# 18 DGuinta1 @ Jul 26

I am really enjoying the game. I suck but oh well. No more PSU for me, oh well. Enjoy playing with FSU! \m/

# 19 kingsofthevalley @ Jul 26

NCAA lost the "I have to get home so I can play!" factor ever since the switch to current gen and NCAA 13 has fallen right into that same rut for me. Its cool to play, but I'm not anxious to get to it like I used to be. Standing by for Madden and the new infinity engine/connected careers.

I'm really just waiting on EA to release a football title that makes me want to get home and play it like the Maddens/NCAAs they used to release last generation. I actually think Madden 13 is going to do it with NCAA 14 following suit next year when it gets the infinity engine and hopefully a boost to its career mode also.

# 20 DGuinta1 @ Jul 26

I think the cheese level is down big time online.!

# 21 Feldman011teen @ Jul 26

This is still a great game. I gave it a 9.0.

# 22 mikesonej @ Jul 26

Until the game is patched, I wont touch it.

# 23 chi_hawks @ Jul 26

until the patch comes down im not going to bother. ive seen some well written pieces covering the crappy line play, and after watching those, it really kills any enthusiasm I had to play. Time will tell though....lets see the patch's first.

# 24 s/w @ Jul 26

How can this game be considered "close to above-average?" Are there any worse sports game released nowadays?

# 25 BigBadTom @ Jul 26

Worse than ever

# 26 Retropyro @ Jul 26

I'm having a blast with it. It's got it's problems, but with the community rosters and a decent slider set, it's a fun game.

# 27 blood9585 @ Jul 27

I don't know how they can make ranked games any fun, but offline with community rosters and decent roslider set is fun in on dynasty. Freezing is a big issue as well as option plays.

# 28 NowAndLaterCARZ @ Jul 27

5/10, feels very close to 12, linebackers still make psychic int's, nothing new. can we get some time of team-up play feature online? similar to madden communities. maybe integrate RTG into it. this game is not worth the $60 price tag EA, especially when games like Fifa and battlefield 3 have the same price. SMFH

# 29 CrimsontideuA @ Jul 27

After a few games I thought ncaa 13 was worst NCAA ever,but I'm starting to enjoy it more every time I play it. The new player animations really make the more enjoyable. I remained myself that 2004 and 2005 were very similar but I still enjoyed them both it took even though it took 2005 a while to grow on me.