NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[Sausage]

I will keep this brief. If you enjoyed NCAA 13 and are cool with EA Tiburons interpretation of simulation football you will definitely like/love this game's additions/refinements.

I did not encounter anything out of the ordinary, but I only played one game in the new season mode.

S. Car vs UNC, I lost 10-34 playing on Heisman difficulty and 5 minute quarters. I had difficulty containing there medium/long passing attack and QB reads. I did well on offense, but had 6 turnovers being a little lose with the ball; 4 INTs and 2 fumbles.

If I have any concerns/negatives its that I (me) think I am tired of football games similar to the FPS shooter genre. I have played to much of both and it all feels the same and I don't get giddy like I use too.

[mebby]

Quote: Originally Posted by maddcatt

Same here bro !! there is something about beating a human opponent that gets me going to ..It's the whole chess match part I love about playing a human opponent ..I go into playing these games knowing that there will be flaws here and there because it's absolutely impossible to emulate any real life sports game into a video game I'm somebody who started playing these sports video games well over 30yrs. ago ...Soo I can appreciate how far they have come and I refuse to complain about much People complain about bad defense in this game, but college football has become much more of an offensive game and I know for a fact !! that if this game was more geared to better defense as opposed to offense "EA sales would go down 50% and there would be even more people complaining on here"

I would have to agree with this. That's why I enjoy the sliders because I can make it as difficult as I want that way. But I don't play online much.

It's like this with every game though to be honest. You've got the sim crowd who wants the game to be as realistic as possible and they usually play offline more than online. And then you've got the people who really enjoy playing online so they learn to play the game "out of the box" without sliders and mods. The Tiger Woods series is a great example of this as well.

[bigbob]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlackBetty15

What sports video were you playing in 1983? Lol I kid

You'd be surprised.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlackBetty15

What sports video were you playing in 1983? Lol I kid

Intellvision NFL Football and MLB Baseball as well as boxing.


Atari 2600 Real Sports Football and Baseball.


Dude....todays sports games rule!!!!!

[gogators]

Quote: Originally Posted by mebby

I would have to agree with this. That's why I enjoy the sliders because I can make it as difficult as I want that way. But I don't play online much. It's like this with every game though to be honest. You've got the sim crowd who wants the game to be as realistic as possible and they usually play offline more than online. And then you've got the people who really enjoy playing online so they learn to play the game "out of the box" without sliders and mods. The Tiger Woods series is a great example of this as well.

That's why it's so important for the sliders to work properly. If they work like they are supposed to then it doesn't matter much what they give out of box as long as it's close to the game of football.

[SteelerSpartan]

Quote: Originally Posted by gogators

That's why it's so important for the sliders to work properly. If they work like they are supposed to then it doesn't matter much what they give out of box as long as it's close to the game of football.

Yes that is what has driven me crazy with EAs footbaball games....NBA 2k and the Show have their warts too but the sheer amount of useful sliders and settings(that actually work) help minimize them...at least for offline.

This game isn't shattering the mold....it won't convince anyone who has hated EA Football to instantly love it.....but there is a nice little game there for the football junkie who needs their fix....provided they can work out some of the glitches an enhance the effectiveness of the sliders

[ehh]

It's nice to see the CPU burn me with screens early and often when I'm blitz happy, and to see their option game be effective. Hopefully that'll stay consistent, it'll make my OD much more enjoyable.

I played one game (off: AA, def: Heisman) ND at PSU and Golson had three rushing TD's against me all using the option.


Anyone know when the first uniform pack is supposed to be released btw?

[cubby blue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor & Sword

Intellvision NFL Football and MLB Baseball as well as boxing. Atari 2600 Real Sports Football and Baseball. Dude....todays sports games rule!!!!!

Yea, I played the Atari 2600 and Intellivision also. I thought Intellivision football was so awesome back in the day. Definitely have come a long way to having blocks on the screen to having realistic players of today.