NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition First Look

[jaosming]

just loaded it up quickly, gotta post these before lunch is over


you get the outdoor practice court
no play now
only tourney mode
can select multiple teams (i think)
didnt try to connect a 2nd controller but im sure it works
can load and save rosters
cant create players
can edit existing players
can autoname
current rosters, last year's bracket
gameplay is nice and smooth (framerate wise)
game does NOT behave like a neutral court, crowd is one sided for the home team (this is kinda BS considering the entire game is in neutral courts)
can edit and name playbooks
no uploading replays


yea, overall, its good and im going to enjoy this, but no play now or online kinda sucks.

I was thinking that getting this for 10 bucks or so was going to be a really good thing compared to me picking up a used copy for 30 bucks when it gets down that far, but this is just a bit more gimped than i thought and that I'd like.

[zpq12]

I'ts what I expected. Right now you play with last years tournament teams with this years rosters. The only mode is tournament, but if you really wnated to play 2 teams against each other you could just change around matchups and play a single game. You can still do all of the editing and sliders and stuff. Looks cool to me. Worth my $15 as far as I'm concerned.

[captaincrusader]

I was wondering if this edtion has a player lock option? Thanks in advance for any answers.

[Bigdmo9999]

When does the PS3 update come out for people with the disc?

[The Gird]

Is there any way for somebody like me who does not have the retail version to DL rosters with names if I only have Bracket Pack?

[jaosming]

next week

I dont know about player lock

[Metroalex]

I love this idea. I just got it since I don't care enough about basketball to buy a complete game. I'm liking it so far, but I'm disappointed there's no exhibition/play now mode.

[WFHorn]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Gird

Is there any way for somebody like me who does not have the retail version to DL rosters with names if I only have Bracket Pack?

I'm in your boat. I don't think we can get rosters as I haven't seen any way to access the EA locker. Although I suppose you can download it to a memory card if someone posts it.