NCAA Football 12 Title Update #4 Details, Available on Nov. 8

[Big Mocephus]

I can't say what losses EA will sustain for this turd pile of a product next year but I know that I have pre-ordered for years and I absolutely will not be doing that for NCAA13. I am taking a wait and see how broken it is approach. NCAA11 was not ideal but at least it worked NCAA12 is a disaster.

[JahMarLen]

WOW...Last NCAA title I'll be grabbing. What a bunch of BS!

[Buckeye Country]

Thanks EA!

[TurboTitan]

EA made the decision fairly easy for me next year. Absolutely NO CHANCE I will pre-order or go through my usual "get it early" adventures. What a shame. After playing the master piece that is NBA 2k12, I can't help but feel sick at the thought of what they could be accomplishing right now with a collegiate and NFL license. I don't think I have ever actually heard a company flat out say "our product is so broken, in so many ways, that we can't fix it till next year when we ask you for ANOTHER $60". Crazy.

[jerryrice4949]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

I am suprised more people aren't focusing on the fact that EA said they aren't going to patch the game in needed areas because it may break other things. So EA has basically said: 1. They are incompetent and do not understand their own code. or 2. Screw you fans, we aren't going to fix our broken product, now start saving up for NCAA 2013. I honestly think its both. They don't want to invest the time to do it right understand the effects of changes and make the features work as advertised, but expect their doormat sheep fans to line up next year to buy this garbage. I never thought I would say this, but I hope they cancel the NCAA series in hopes of a new developer emerging in a couple years.

I am surprised at your hyperbole. I am very disappointed in this game. After a solid 2011 version I thought this would be the year it goes from average to very good. Instead it turned into a sack of crap.

That being said I don't think the developers were saying either of the two things you listed. They have piled crappy code on top of code on top of code. You can't remove code with a patch so all they could hope to do is throw some more junk on top with another patch to fix tendencies. That is a recipe for disaster.

I will not pre-order next year and will wait and see before I decide to buy. I bought Madden every year from 1988 until 2007 and never bought it again because it is crap. I will do so with NCAA too if they don't get their crap together. I have a life and other hobbies. I will take a wait and see approach for 2013 before buying.

[Herky]

I bought NCAA the Friday it came out and have finished 1 dynasty. Then I waited for all the patches to come out hoping the tendency thing would be fixed, that coaching progression worked, and some minor gameplay changes were fixed. I also thought more than one tuner updated would be released.

Here we are in November and none of that has been fixed. I just bought Madden on Monday after hearing the latest patch was decent. I also waiting on MLB2k11 and NBA2k11 until their patches came out before I purchased.

I used to be a 1st day buyer of all the NCAA and Madden but that slowly has changed. Now I will do what I did with Madden and the 2k games and wait until their patches have been released.

I am so ticked that I got this game in July and haven't even been able to enjoy it like I want to. Even more upset that I sat on it waiting for patches and tuners that never came. I was fine waiting on the 1st patch, and I did as much roster work and gave suggestions for Iowa to the community guys. Then the 2nd patch came out and it broke no huddle, and didn't fix the issues it said it did (coaching and tendency). The 3rd patch was basically EA fixing what they messed up with the no huddle in patch 2. Now this 4th one they are releasing is pure garbage.

Next year I won't get NCAA until September at the earliest. October might be a better time to purchase which is sad.

[Colorado Cooler]

Quote: Originally Posted by CHIEFxxROCKEM

Ok... Since everyone is saying they won't purchase NCAA 13 on release day or at all next year, put it in your little signature thingy under your posts and the date of writing it so we can hold everyone to their word.

I read a similar post eons ago that mocked negative posters and challenged them to stand by their promises. I'm not a visionary when it comes to video game development, but I saw this train wreck coming then and didn't buy. I suspect lots of gamers saw the same thing I did and decided to give EA the benefit of the doubt one last time. It sounds as if EA has burned its goodwill with some longtime players who'll need a lot of convincing before they go down that road again.

[cparrish]

Quote: Originally Posted by Herky

I bought NCAA the Friday it came out and have finished 1 dynasty. Then I waited for all the patches to come out hoping the tendency thing would be fixed, that coaching progression worked, and some minor gameplay changes were fixed. I also thought more than one tuner updated would be released. Here we are in November and none of that has been fixed. I just bought Madden on Monday after hearing the latest patch was decent. I also waiting on MLB2k11 and NBA2k11 until their patches came out before I purchased. I used to be a 1st day buyer of all the NCAA and Madden but that slowly has changed. Now I will do what I did with Madden and the 2k games and wait until their patches have been released. I am so ticked that I got this game in July and haven't even been able to enjoy it like I want to. Even more upset that I sat on it waiting for patches and tuners that never came. I was fine waiting on the 1st patch, and I did as much roster work and gave suggestions for Iowa to the community guys. Then the 2nd patch came out and it broke no huddle, and didn't fix the issues it said it did (coaching and tendency). The 3rd patch was basically EA fixing what they messed up with the no huddle in patch 2. Now this 4th one they are releasing is pure garbage. Next year I won't get NCAA until September at the earliest. October might be a better time to purchase which is sad.

I cannot tell you how upset I am and feel the same way as you do. I never played a dynasty this year and I usually play them all year long. I put weeks of my free time into building rosters for people to use and enjoy, but all the hard work I put into the game was for naught. Sadly I too will pull a wait and see approach to NCAA 13, which means I may not be able to do rosters next year if I am picking up the game later than usual.