NCAA Football 12 Demo Details Revealed, EA Demo Stream Available

[mtoo22]

I agree. Don't show it if you don't want a response. They are showing it off, so I think that we can comment on it!

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

You still get completely blown up in Madden and NCAA AT TIMES from what I've played. It's weird though because it seems like some games it works real well, and then other games they don't bite at all. I don't know if that means it's working right or like it's a switch that was flipped before each game that decided we're going to bite or not.

Yeah, I have definitely seen it work in other vids for both Madden and NCAA. Maybe it depends on the whether the defense was blitzing. I don't know. You would like to think such a glaring issue from last year would be fixed. But who knows it might be fixed in the final build. Maybe the vids we say were a build later than the demo.

Either way I will at least rent the game.

[JaySmooov]

Quote: Originally Posted by DorianDonP

I don't get this type of response. They are showing off the demo. They advertise it and set up streams and chats for it. Are people not suppose to talk about what they are showing off?

It's not that, it's just that people are quoting this info like it's the final build, and they're shipping "this" to stores tomorrow. I take this info with a grain of salt. Plus, you can't make a real inference until you get the game in your hands.

I remember this same response happening over the NCAA 11 demo last year.

[Craigsca]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

I'll have to ask Confucius for the answer. I just wanted to point out to you that spending time on dreadlocks and mascots does not equal spending no time on gameplay. That is a Chewbacca defense, not a logical point. Hence the original bad trolling comment. No one said you can't have an opinion, but having an opinion that takes reality into account would be helpful probably.

I agree - once the money has been budgeted for the individual teams (art vs. gameplay). But, I would assume budgets are created before the individual teams are - and couldn't that money have been allocated for additional gameplay engineering?

Really, it's embarrassing to think that all the $$$ spent on having additional "pageantry" consisting of cut scenes before a game (that the majority of us will click through after seeing it once or twice) could have been devoted to a CPU running game or making a play action pass effective.

Really, it's incumbent upon the user community to be the squeaky wheel when it comes to this.

[dan_457]

Quote: Originally Posted by DorianDonP

I don't get this type of response. They are showing off the demo. They advertise it and set up streams and chats for it. Are people not suppose to talk about what they are showing off?

But when people go berserk over what is an outdated build, and won't even be the final product, I take issue. There's a big difference between a discussion and panic. We've seen footage from a more recent build of the game, and many people are acting like this is what we're getting, when we've already seen from the E3 video's that's not the case.

[Rules]

Quote: Originally Posted by ms24forever

Wait! You said you were not getting this game. I wish I could remember what thread it was in, so why are you here trolling about a game you are not buying?

Correct, held out to see the final build. Still not saying that I am not getting the game as pointed out the demo isn't usually a final build but it has to be pre beta and not 2 months old.

If the gameplay issues don't get addressed then I standby my comment of passing and holding onto NCAA 11 for another year. Is that a problem, too much to ask for $60?

[The JareBear]

well, I remember posting a couple times a week ago that as soon as the demo comes out, watch out on these forums.

I have two things to say, one on each side of the coin.

A.) This is nowhere near a recent build of the game, it was submitted more than 6 weeks ago if I remember correctly.

B.) That being said, the gameplay shown in this video is very concerning. Yes, the CPU shotgun running is absolutely atrocious. Ball Carrier logic seemed flawed as well. There were a number of issues from NCAA 11 apparent in this demo footage and you can't blame people for noticing that.

I just hope that EA has spent the time to fix these things in the 2 months or so they had had before the game goes gold.

[acts238shaun]

Suction, bad zone defense, bad FG choices by CPU and the CPU ball carrier covering up all the way down the field were my biggest issues with NCAA 11. It looks like all those were fixed, so I am happy with that. Just don't like the fact EA ducks questions like Floyd Mayweather ducks a court hearing.