NCAA Football 10 Pre-E3 Hands-On (IGN)

[hayvis]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

That is fantastic news! How did I miss this comment yesterday? I cannot wait for this game! Thanks OMT. You got my all amped again.

As an EA rep, that's his job! I'd rather trust the critics.

Give me loads of video footage of the game in action before the E3 smokescreen and I'll start trusting. Give me words and I'm going to remain deeply skeptical.

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by hayvis

As an EA rep, that's his job! I'd rather trust the critics.

id rather trust myself, OMT and the EA guys are going to hype the game because thats their job and the guys at IGN arent the best guys to go to for sports reviews. So ill wait till the game comes out and judge myself. Im getting the game either way because i love college football and teambuilder will get plenty of use from me but as far as how the gameplay is, i'll wait till i get a chance to play the game instead of coming to conclussions from other people's opinions and videos.

[hayvis]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

id rather trust myself, OMT and the EA guys are going to hype the game because thats their job and the guys at IGN arent the best guys to go to for sports reviews. So ill wait till the game comes out and judge myself. Im getting the game either way because i love college football and teambuilder will get plenty of use from me but as far as how the gameplay is, i'll wait till i get a chance to play the game instead of coming to conclussions from other people's opinions and videos.

I think the lack of video footage is worrying for NCAA 10. I think we could make up our minds if we saw whole games on decent difficulty settings. EA seem to be intent on selling this thing with words this year and loads of people are loving that, which means that they've done their job. It will probably sell half a million in opening week. Then people will start getting very angry (just a prediction)...

[heavy_hitter]

Quote: Originally Posted by hayvis

I think the lack of video footage is worrying for NCAA 10. I think we could make up our minds if we saw whole games on decent difficulty settings. EA seem to be intent on selling this thing with words this year and loads of people are loving that, which means that they've done their job. It will probably sell half a million in opening week. Then people will start getting very angry (just a prediction)...

They will only be angry if it isn't a good game.

I do agree with you though. I was taught early on that the only thing you have in your life is your word. Trust goes along way with me and I don't trust anything coming from any of the EA brass. They lost my trust long ago.

[hayvis]

Quote: Originally Posted by heavy_hitter

They will only be angry if it isn't a good game. I do agree with you though. I was taught early on that the only thing you have in your life is your word. Trust goes along way with me and I don't trust anything coming from any of the EA brass. They lost my trust long ago.

I'm just making a personal prediction, that even if the issues are fixed from 09 and we see some better O/D line interaction, people are going to get bored of this game pretty quickly, and start getting angry. That on top of the fact that I'm not sure if it's all even fixable without getting deeper under the hood than EA have gone this year.

But I agree with everything you've been saying. Teambuilder is a blowout for me and it seems to be what they're going to hang everything on. For me Teambulder is directly comparable to campus legend - You have to sacrifice authenticity to use it. I can't understand why roster freaks are loving this Teambulider so much when it destroys authenticity so much more than inaccurate rosters. The minute you put a CAS team in there it becomes "My Imaginary NCAA League". If I could have used it to sub out generic FCS teams then I might have given it a chance.

[GTheorenHobbes]

Quote: Originally Posted by OMT

There's no doubt that it feels very similar to last year's NCAA on the field. The default gameplay camera angles are the same, animations are carried out at the same speed and the general ebb and flow on the field is the same that I remember from years gone by. That's certainly not a bad thing, but it's definitely going to feel like familiar territory to series veterans. I can't disagree with this guy more. NCAA 10 plays nothing like 09. There is no "wide open gameplay," there is a pocket and pressure on the QB, the CPU throws deep, there are incomplete passes that aren't dropped, balls get batted down at the line (to name a few things that are very noticable), and there is a big gameplay feature that we haven't announced yet. Sheesh.

You're saying that 10 does not feel very similar to 09 on the field? I can't wait until some regular gameplay videos are released, when I can judge whether you're BS'ing or not. I hope you're right but I certainly have my doubts.

[moylan1234]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

Yes and no. I don't think any of the big time posters in here went to the CL event. But there are prominent members of other sites that did go and also post occasionally at OS. CDJ of NCAA Strategies, Bangpow of Consolesports.net, and Pastapadre of pastapadre.com all went and post here occassionally. All of them have been tight lipped about what they saw there. The Madden CL team has been more open. I'm sure there are more guys as well. Check out this blog (I can't see it at work). I think some info is in there. http://insideblog.easports.com/archi...l/default.aspx Check out this older OS thread as well: http://www.osatwork.com/forums/showt...ight=community

thanks looking forward to reading these

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by hayvis

As an EA rep, that's his job! I'd rather trust the critics. Give me loads of video footage of the game in action before the E3 smokescreen and I'll start trusting. Give me words and I'm going to remain deeply skeptical.

why trust anyone else's judgment other than your own?

I'll wait and make my judgment once I play the game.