NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[raguel]

I can't remember the last time I played NCAA football. have they always had different stadium sounds/crowd chants, or is this a new feature?

[PanthersFanboy]

Great demo. The replays are different but good. The gameplay is awesome for a demo. Presentation is solid. Its an all around good demo.

[Critical Kills]

Oh and it just hit me, with this new play calling interface we finally won't have the game automatically go to the PUNT or FG screen which will mean we may actually be able to run a fake punt or FGs against a friend every so often. Because before it'd default to the punt screen and you'd have to back out and go pick special teams, then fake punt and your friend would notice you doing all of that. That's going to be fun to be able to do fake punts/fg's again vs. a buddy!

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I think some of you simply dislike EA football and you simply have to accept that and move on. It's like me buying Gears of War every time a new one comes out and disliking it because it's improved but still Gears of War. I hate to say it but you might just have to give up entirely on the series. Because they can improve things every year and make the game better and better but it's still EA's version of football.

Exactly.......

[TracerBullet]

Quote: Originally Posted by ndfan1993

For those of you that kept saying their Play of the Game was always the last play, I was shown a TD pass I threw in the first half as my play of the game.....so not really sure what is up with that.

I think you got lucky then. Without the replay feature its not saving highlights. I'm pretty sure that's why no one else is getting naything but the last play seeing as it is the only play the demo remembers.

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Oh and it just hit me, with this new play calling interface we finally won't have the game automatically go to the PUNT or FG screen which will mean we may actually be able to run a fake punt or FGs against a friend every so often. Because before it'd default to the punt screen and you'd have to back out and go pick special teams, then fake punt and your friend would notice you doing all of that. That's going to be fun to be able to do fake punts/fg's again vs. a buddy!

I like that about the new playcalling too. I like doing a fake punt every once in a blue moon, but it used to be so obvious the last couple yers when playing on the same screen. Now I won't have that problem.

[callmetaternuts]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I think some of you simply dislike EA football and you simply have to accept that and move on. It's like me buying Gears of War every time a new one comes out and disliking it because it's improved but still Gears of War. I hate to say it but you might just have to give up entirely on the series. Because they can improve things every year and make the game better and better but it's still EA's version of football.

I don't think that's necessarily true though. I want to enjoy the NCAA/Madden series and I did, in the past, but I don't agree with all the design decisions. I enjoy the recruiting aspect, I enjoy some of the gameplay until the last two iterations. 10 was way better than 09 for sure, but 09 was what killed any good favor EA had with the gaming community.

I'm certainly willing to give credit where it's due, and I do think this is a step forward, it just comes after 3 steps back (09). I'll be willing to rent this or wait and see what the feedback is, but I wo't go Day 1 like I have the last 7-8 years.

[Critical Kills]

To each his own callmetaternuts but honestly, if that demo didn't sell you then I think you're wasting your time..

[White Out]

open question to the thread viewers:

Why in NCAA 11, in the year 2010.. with games MLB the show putting out eye popping graphics... does this game look so grainy? Honestly it's like the graphics in this series are going backwards.

The game play is familiar, and all these people saying how much it's improved with locomotion, what game are you playing? I frankly think that hype and lack of competition has put people into a mindset where they have to trick themselves or fool themselves into believing this game is getting better with each year.