NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[RebelHog]

Folks I am not going to lie, I think the first dynasty I start is a service academy running some killer option football.

[Bcolt93]

awesome fumble recovery vs Michigan. i line up to blitz the right side, but end up getting blown off the ball, my linebacker ended up 8 yards down field. safety comes up, able to strip the ball, bounces off the UM running back, off my DE's leg and grabs it off his leg, then stiff arms the UM WR dragging him for 10 yards before being brought down by his arm

[TDenverFan]

I'm actually liking the new entrances. It looks like the team specific stuff was merged with them, since A&M has some special dog thing and dance crew in theirs. I wonder what the text will say for small teams? Like for Bama it'll say stuff like "Roll Tide" or "Big Al is in the House", for small schools will it be team specific or generic?

[RammerJammer1674]

I'm really confused. I can't search for the demo and where it has the little link to download it, I get this error:

"Status code 8C230002"


Any help?

[jfsolo]

A few things:

It seems like a little thing, but to me it's a big deal, the CPU can get 3 or 4 yard runs now, and is OK calling those kinds of plays where that is all they can expect to get. It isn't just getting stuffed in the backfield or getting a 20 yard play. This keeps them from being in third and long all the time and opens up their entire playbook.

Play calling(especially on defense) matters for the User now against the CPU. If you don't put your guys in the right spots, you're going to get shredded. You have to win the game now and not rely on the CPU to do something boneheaded on one side of the ball or the other to lose the game.

In a game between closely rated teams, turnovers, especially early turnovers are huge now. I played back to back games as VT against Alabama of course, and in the first game they didn't turn the ball over, and beat me, 17-3, by controlling the ball by pounding the rock between the tackles and getting a couple of turnovers. In the second game I got a couple of early picks and they became one dimensional, having to pass, so I could just sit back in coverage locking them down. I mauled them, 20-0.

DB's seem to be tuned really well. If the play calling is solid and the line can get some pressure, they make plays, but the wrong play cal,l with some time to throw, they can still get beat.

Playing on default AA right now.

[DKHardee]

Love it so far... I was Oregon, tied 14-14. With 30+ seconds left I think I'm about to get a sack on Manziel... He takes off running and gains about 30 yards... He gets hit from behind and fumbles. I recover and kick a FG for the 17-14 win.

[jeremym480]

I only had a short time with the game but I wanted to say the the Skills Trainer is awesome!

I only played one game on default Heisman and got beat by VT 17-14. Their running game was tough, their QB completed all 7 of his passes, but it was their D that came through with 2 big INTs that won it for them. I did have a huge 84 yard run with Yeldon to open the 2nd half that was a thing of beauty.

Two other quick notes:
1) It's going to be tough to get used to using the speed burst again. I've been playing with it one Auto for the past 2-3 years so the first couple of games is going to be an adjustment. With that said the new fatigue system looks nice.

2) I'm not sure if this happens during actual gameplay, but when I was playing the Oklahoma Drill the ballcarrier automatically switched hands and it was extremely seamless.

Tomorrow I'm going to plug in my Heisman sliders from NCAA 13 and see how those play.

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[TDenverFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by RammerJammer1674

I'm really confused. I can't search for the demo and where it has the little link to download it, I get this error: "Status code 8C230002" Any help?

Pin it to your dashboard, then go to your pins. You should be able to download it from there.