NCAA Football 09 First Look

[RaychelSnr]

We have just posted our first look at NCAA Football 09 which discusses the feature list that was released yesterday by EA Sports.

[Scott]

Good article...

[SageInfinite]

Good read. I definitely enjoyed your take on the features list.

[mdgoalie37]

I just hope they don't overdo the dynamic attendance thing - there should never be empty seats at Notre Dame, Penn State, the Big House, etc. regardless of record.

I like the roster sharing thing,that will be nice.

[tomymac23]

I thought the article was great! I'm excited about the new sidelines.

I wanted to know about referees on the field that throw flags for rule infractions, the net behind the goal post, and yard markers with refs that come out and measure when youre tackled @ the first down marker.

[Hey_Rebby]

I'm hoping OS Sports or another member of the sports gaming media will ask these producers to describe their reaction to people that say all EA Sports does is recycle features that used to be in the older games. I would love to seem them answer that. The majority of the "new features" listed should have been in the game last year.

[RaychelSnr]

Quote: Originally Posted by mdgoalie37

I just hope they don't overdo the dynamic attendance thing - there should never be empty seats at Notre Dame, Penn State, the Big House, etc. regardless of record. I like the roster sharing thing,that will be nice.

I would bet that it will be tied to prestige with 5 and 6 star type of teams being perennially full in terms of attendance. You never really saw Michigan go below 5 stars in previous games so I'd bet that's how its done as long as that's what they mean by dynamic crowds

[DLaren]

Quote:

What are your most anticipated features?

My most anticipated features have yet to be announced (create-a-team, slide protection, formation-subs, ect), but on that list I'm mostly looking forward to the revamped college atmosphere.

What I'm most concerned about is the new, "wide open" gameplay.
"Bigger holes, cutback lanes, and open receivers, making the game feel more wide open than ever before."


I'm all for opening the game up a bit, but I hope this new focus doesn't make it impossible to play solid defense if you have the appropriate personel.

In NCAA'08 I was able to lead the nation in defense in my first few years while playing with Stanford (that shouldn't happen), so I can see why there might be a need to make the offenses more potent. But if I build a program with studs on defense, I'm hoping that having a top-level defense is still attainable.