NCAA Football 09 New Features Announced

[Village Idiot]

What's up with the grass in that pic above? Is that supposed to be snow on it? Chalk? Flour?

[uraz3r0]

Random play selection in practice mode

Awesome. Also the returned field goal thing is a must. I'm so glad they have it.

[Ninjoid]

Having CPU V CPU back is great...hopefully this extends into being able to select any game from any side's schedule and being able to play/watch it.

[edubbs]

No mention of the weather channel feature from last year? I guess that was just one of those one year 'hype feature' deals.

I would have hoped that they expanded this for Madden and NCAA this year, so online games would have varying weather.

I'm hoping that somehow they kept this for both games, I thought it was announced as a multi-year deal last year.

[SirNigel]

It looks like we will have to wait another year for DI-AA schools to be added.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by uraz3r0

Random play selection in practice mode Awesome. Also the returned field goal thing is a must. I'm so glad they have it.

The returned kicks is good simply for the fact that the NCAA team might actually recognize that most college kickers don't have the leg strength to routinely kick 55 yard field goals. The strength of the kickers legs in the past couple football games has been insanely high.

I'd really like to see the elimination of the analog kicking system altogether. The old button system was much more consistent in misses from both outside the hashes and inside them. The analog stick makes kicking from the middle too easy and from the wide hash too hard.

[davin]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

The returned kicks is good simply for the fact that the NCAA team might actually recognize that most college kickers don't have the leg strength to routinely kick 55 yard field goals. The strength of the kickers legs in the past couple football games has been insanely high. I'd really like to see the elimination of the analog kicking system altogether. The old button system was much more consistent in misses from both outside the hashes and inside them. The analog stick makes kicking from the middle too easy and from the wide hash too hard.

Man I couldn't believe it when a lower level MAC team would run out their kicker for a 58 yard field goal. They might miss, but it will not be because of lack of distance. That was the first warning sign I had to change their kick power. I'd like to see them make kicking very hard. There is a reason why kicking field goals in college football makes a fan hold their breath every time, either for fear of a block, bad snap, or pressure causing the kicker to misjudge something.

[UNC_Pete]

Hopefully super human LBs are gone from this years game. If not then looks like I'm out of luck..