NCAA Football 09 Debut Trailer

[DONF]

After watching the vid again, you have to ask yourself, "How much of this is actual in-game footage?" In the formation sets you never see them snap the ball and all other footage seems to be rendered.

Looks like a good movie so far (so did 08 when they released the trailer and that game IMO was terrible!), but until I see actual game footage then I will determine if I am going to let EA sucker me for my loot!

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by chia51

they still got some ways to go, jukes seem overboard, hopefully we will be allowed to correct with sliders or so. secondly if you pause during the illinois game (where the audibles where) you can see LBs bending over touching there toes before the snap and a DL missing half of his body.

Yeah I saw that...They need to fix the morphing & collision detection. When watching the HD on my laptop them jukes looked very smooth, other than that double spin & that FSU RB step back the others looked pretty realistic. I just hope they fix the OL/DL & CB/WR play.

[DONF]

Quote: Originally Posted by noplace

Yeah I saw that...They need to fix the morphing & collision detection. When watching the HD on my laptop them jukes looked very smooth, other than that double spin & that FSU RB step back the others looked pretty realistic. I just hope they fix the OL/DL & CB/WR play.

How strange in 2008 and on Next Gen consoles we are talking about EA getting juke moves, morphing, & collision correct. EA is promoting better control (fluid), wide open game play, blah blah blah. Wasn't all of this done before?? Didn't we have a game that included all of the above?? Hopefully if they get over on their take over, they will allow the dev team in place show them how it is done!

It is hard to get excited over a game that is light years behind. We are settling for new fluid controls, juke moves, etc. All of this was done before and EA is promoting like it is something never seen or done. Impress me by revamping the entire logic, animation, and physic. Bring me real football with no gimmicks, stale and redundant animations, and pre-canned results.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by chia51

they still got some ways to go, jukes seem overboard, hopefully we will be allowed to correct with sliders or so. secondly if you pause during the illinois game (where the audibles where) you can see LBs bending over touching there toes before the snap and a DL missing half of his body.

I noticed the exact same thing although it could be just an early build or whatever. The jukes do look a little ridiculous but they were turned down in last years game so I'm not too worried about it. The double spin was a little iffy, maybe if the 2nd defender hit Miami's RB and forced him to spin back I would have believed it.

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

There is a great deal of clipping going on there at that point too. Guys looking deformed and what not. They'll fix that most likely. Ohhh but I know they better fix the way the linebackers line up on NG NCAA on short yardage. It's straight bunk what they do. They line up on the line in between the linemen, pushing their guys offsides and what not, pretty messed up. I don't want to see any of that. Also, FB Dive better not still be a money run in short yardage situations.

LMAO! You did not just say bunk LB...How old are you? You are correct about the short yardage play in all EA games. That is a area no game has been able to implement. FB dives & QB sneaks are like money plays & should be clogged sometimes. Where's the true goaline play? Pile ups etc? They need to do a better job with the jump snap too. I really hope they fix the QB animations too. QB drops need to be more fluid.

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[chisoxmofo]

I just can't get excited about EA football anymore after reading and seeing all the information/videos for Backbreaker. This entire engine seems like a horizontal move from last-gen to current. The physics, animations, even graphics, do not seem to really take advantage of the technology. This engine needs euphoria, i feel like both Madden and NCAA have been the same game (even worse in some cases) since last-gen. I would love to see the entire engine overhauled to use some of the newer technologies that are coming out, but i dont think that's going to happen until the next batch of consoles

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by DONF

How strange in 2008 and on Next Gen consoles we are talking about EA getting juke moves, morphing, & collision correct. EA is promoting better control (fluid), wide open game play, blah blah blah. Wasn't all of this done before?? Didn't we have a game that included all of the above?? Hopefully if they get over on their take over, they will allow the dev team in place show them how it is done! It is hard to get excited over a game that is light years behind. We are settling for new fluid controls, juke moves, etc. All of this was done before and EA is promoting like it is something never seen or done. Impress me by revamping the entire logic, animation, and physic. Bring me real football with no gimmicks, stale and redundant animations, and pre-canned results.

Thats the main problem, I'm starting to believe they just dont have the talent to do it...Plus we have no choice & they know it. I have always hoped that if they couldn't beat the competition they would just join them. Hire them or something but its getting to the point where I accept EA for who they are. A rich underachieving juggernaut with some serious pimp tactics....It is what it is, once you get to that point you just have to take it with a grain of salt or just dont buy the damn game...ino

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by chisoxmofo

I just can't get excited about EA football anymore after reading and seeing all the information/videos for Backbreaker. This entire engine seems like a horizontal move from last-gen to current. The physics, animations, even graphics, do not seem to really take advantage of the technology. This engine needs euphoria, i feel like both Madden and NCAA have been the same game (even worse in some cases) since last-gen. I would love to see the entire engine overhauled to use some of the newer technologies that are coming out, but i dont think that's going to happen until the next batch of consoles

You're 100% correct...The thing is, once the newness of Backbreakers gameplay wears off, the main issue will resurface to haunt the franchise...Licensing!!! No matter how good the game is the lack of licensing will eventually kill the franchise...Hopefully EA will by it & actually use it.... Damn you EA