NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[EAreaper26]

Quote: Originally Posted by BoiseState07

If the sliders get fixed that would solve a ton of problems (i.e. no defensive line pressure, maybe the Robo QB issue, special teams lack of coverage). The only other thing I really notice is the way some of the slower guys run it's like they're high stepping or almost hopping up & down especially if you are holding the speed burst down. It's weird, almost looks like they're trying to hump the football. What's the deal with that? And it also doesn't matter how fast my RB or WR is, he always gets run down by the best defender unless someone picks him up on a block, the defense is super quick, and mine is super slow it seems. Blitzing looks like a bunch of sloths coming after the QB who always takes 2 steps back then fires to the open guy and hits him over 90% of the time.

Honestly, I think the defensive pressure is fine. Not every team is capable of giving a good pass rush and that's how it should be. It's like the d-line and the linebackers actually work together to get a good pass rush; much better than the nano blitz fest from past years. I have the game on psp and I'm reminded how much better this game is on Ps3. (and xbox 360)

[aenggeorge]

but the good news is dysnaties wont be affected!!!(untill some roster guru or fan releasetheir rosters!) good job ea!

[BoiseState07]

Not saying the pass rush is awful, it's just they come off the line extremely slow and are always getting knocked down, that's not a common thing to see on every play. Plus when your pass rush gets shut down like this no matter if you're playing a weakling or a powerhouse it's obvious there's something wrong with the rush. That and besides the fact unless Robo QB gets fixed there's almost no way to get to the QB unless he scrambles out of pocket. Might be a combination of pass rush and coverage. I often see the secondary guys just freeze and stand there when a ball is thrown. That's no good either.

I'm still addicted to it, I just wish I could get some pressure on him and force an incompletion once in a while.

[jlfarris]

My complaint about the pass rush is that sometimes I will break my block with a defender, get a couple of steps to the side of the lineman, then suddenly be warped right back in that lineman's grasp. Sometimes I have to break the block 2-3 times to get to the backfield. By then, the QB has had time to get the ball off. I don't expect to get 5+ sacks a game, but when a block is broken, either I should be through or another lineman should pick me up. And I have the pass rush for user to 25 and my defensive awareness to 85 to get that. Otherwise, my players weren't even breaking a block.

[fishepa]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoamChomsky

do we have a release date for the patch yet? I don't feel like searching through 43 pages of bitching to find this out.

The patch has already been submitted to MS and to Sony.

[kindella2]

there should be no complaing about money being tight or having wasted your money...there are tons of forums about this game alone. if you even think you might be unsatified with the game you should rent first then buy or not. Dont be mad at EA for you not making the best decision cuz you had to have it 1st among your friends. I paid my 60 and would do it again...love the game. the only thing that i ask for are the discipline offenses and more celebrations.

[Hammer67]

Quote: Originally Posted by kindella2

there should be no complaing about money being tight or having wasted your money...there are tons of forums about this game alone. if you even think you might be unsatified with the game you should rent first then buy or not. Dont be mad at EA for you not making the best decision cuz you had to have it 1st among your friends. I paid my 60 and would do it again...love the game. the only thing that i ask for are the discipline offenses and more celebrations.

HERE HERE!!!

I get tired or people whining about money being tight and then buying video games. If money was so tight, you wouldn't be wasting money on video games, period. You hear the same thing about EVERY game, btw. Jesus, people, wait to read forums and reviews before throwing your hard earned money away, if that's what your worried about. You are what we refer to in the technology industry as "early adopters", you pay full price up front and have to deal with the bugs and kinks. Deal with it or wait to buy after you read about the game.

The wheel on the bus goes round and round....

[jlfarris]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hammer67

HERE HERE!!! I get tired or people whining about money being tight and then buying video games. If money was so tight, you wouldn't be wasting money on video games, period. You hear the same thing about EVERY game, btw. Jesus, people, wait to read forums and reviews before throwing your hard earned money away, if that's what your worried about. You are what we refer to in the technology industry as "early adopters", you pay full price up front and have to deal with the bugs and kinks. Deal with it or wait to buy after you read about the game. The wheel on the bus goes round and round....

The early adopter argument isn't even close to valid. NCAA Football has been around for over 10 years. These bugs aren't with any of the new features. The amount of issues we've seen shouldn't have been there, plain and simple. Am I happy that I'm putting in the amount of time I have in trying to get around the issues? No. For a product that's been around this long, there shouldn't have been these kinds of show stoppers. Hopefully, there will be a patch soon to address sliders and some of the other issues.