NCAA Football 10 Blog: Season Showdown: Strategy, New Video Too

[mangler]

Quote: Originally Posted by kmp714

Probably not, but do you guys think that we will be able to turn off the linked plays? It is good for novice football minds, but I play a lot of h2h on the same console and I would rather not have that show up on my playbook. I know football enough to know what play sets up what. Anyway

Don't know, but I'd kind of like to see them adjust to according to difficulty level. Proposal: JV & Varsity show it just like the video, AA hide the setup% and make the player have to guage it and on Heisman hide the "link" and setup% so that it still works, but the human has to be aware of and control it appropriately to get the maximum effectiveness out of it.

[SHO]

Since Madden 10 has momentum and NCAA uses a similar engine, why in god's name would they not use it?

[greenegt]

The game looks great. Love the new animations and camera system.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by moylan55

a couple people in the thread have said it's not, but i'd still like to see further confirmation on that as well

Well, it isn't. It will be there whether or not you pick a Season Showdown team.

But I still don't understand why people want to avoid Season Showdown. Is it a matter of hardcore sports gamer principle or something? You won't notice a difference whether you sign up or not.

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Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

so you mean it will still be there even if we never activate Season Showdown or it will only be there if Season Showdown is activated? If its there anyway then they better have an option to turn it off because i dont want to use it. I dont want to have to tell my team to be aggressive then have them getting burned for being too aggressive.

If you set everything to Balanced (the default), it will behave like it is off. I don't use it much unless I'm losing late in the game or protecting the lead.

[OMT]

Quote: Originally Posted by 7unholyconfessions7

the stripping the ball option scares me. it seems like anyone would pick the aggressive option here because most games come down to who gets lucky with the most forced fumbles. it wouldn't be too bad if the negative to this selection was missed tackles, but it is instead a simple penalty. This penalty is nothing to worry about though because everyone can drive the field on offense; games just come down to who can hold who to just a field goal.

Well, you're assuming the game will play like 09 where it is a contest of "last to score." This isn't the case anymore.

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

Well, it isn't. It will be there whether or not you pick a Season Showdown team. But I still don't understand why people want to avoid Season Showdown. Is it a matter of hardcore sports gamer principle or something? You won't notice a difference whether you sign up or not.

Just my opinion, but I think SS has become this year's "NCAA hardcore gamer litmus test". It's the thing the cool kids can bitch and moan about to prove they're not mere "casuals". Of course, the HC's could just ignore it entirely, but where's the fun in that?

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Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

Just my opinion, but I think SS has become this year's "NCAA hardcore gamer litmus test". It's the thing the cool kids can bitch and moan about to prove they're not mere "casuals". Of course, the HC's could just ignore it entirely, but where's the fun in that?

Pretty much. I guess Season Showdown isn't Sim.

That's ok. If you guys want something true Sim, pickup Sims 3 next week!