NCAA Football 10 Demo Now Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[Spam2mapS]

One thing I'm impressed with is that throws that were previously auto-completions for me in 09 (slants, quick hitches) do not seem to be in this demo. I was pumped to see a ball fly over the receiver's head on the slant, and the hitches actually seem to be covered.

In my OD in 09, we had issues with people abusing weak coverage on the HBs and TE. I'm not going to say it's totally fixed after a little bit of time with the demo, but these receiving options do not appear to be automatic, on heisman at least.

I was as critical as anyone of the videos OS has been putting up (though I did not share my thoughts on here), but if the demo is an accurate representation of how the full game will play, I don't think the videos do it justice. I got sacked by the AI on a cover 2 with a 4 man rush. I've felt pressure several other times. I think the pass rush IS hit or miss, but I think it should be to an extent. Again, I'm not going to jump to conclusions just based on the demo, but I'm feeling a lot better having played the demo myself, than I did after watching the OS videos.

As for overall feel, it does seem to be a bit different from 09. The game looks exactly the same, but for whatever reason (animations, maybe?) if FEELs slower and more natural.

It's still not perfect, and I'm not going to lie, I am anticipating Madden MUCH more than NCAA at this point, but this demo has given me some hope. I was of the opinion that NCAA 09 with some tweaks would be a solid, playable game, and the demo leaves me thinking that this is exactly what 10 may be.

[angels28]

Quote: Originally Posted by DONF

After playing the demo Pure garbage. From the graphics to the gameplay.

Thank you, EA will not get my money.

[Behindshadows]

Quote: Originally Posted by KANE699

I'll take it you don't care for real life physics?

it's a video game, if I expected to get everything realistic, I'd pick up a football and running around a field with my buddies who played in College. Otherwise, it's a game and I play for fun. The game is fun...

[Brandwin]

Quote: Originally Posted by Strummer101er

This is a non-issue with a few easy slider adjustments.

Except I want to play online more than off.

[JMD]

I played two games and only have one complaint so far. Both games I was leading in the 4th and Fla. was using the hurry up, twice in each game my guys were caught in the back field for an offsides penalty, pretty cheap. Needs to be fixed. I still won the games but the penalties did extend the Fla. drives.

Other then that I really liked the feel of the gameplay, and loved the camera. With Madden coming out a month after this I'll only be renting NCAA. Once the NFL arrives I'll be busy with that.

[Bumble14]

I just spent about an hour with the demo- it's downright terrible. People keep saying that the game is NCAA 9.5, but to me it feels like 7.5- NCAA 08 played better.

I'm not quite sure what happened this year, but the animations and player feel is just off. For some reason you just do not have the control over your players as you had in 09. People can complain all they want about 09's downfalls, but there was no denying that you felt as if you had complete control over your player. The game feels very herky jerky when transitioning between moves, and the speed of the players seems to be too fast for the animations to adjust to.

Robo QB is back, there is no human pass rush unless you use the player lock, crossing routes are unstoppable, and cpu d-line men have been given superhuman speeds boosts to compensate for poor angles (I got tracked down by a DE while having a solid 5 yeard head start with Tebow on a scramble).

Here's my take on the game based on the demo- instead of actually fixing the issues in 09, EA simply went ahead and "nerfed" areas that were too powerful, and "tweaked" areas that were nerfed last year. The overall feel is extremely sloppy, and unless the final game is a huge step up, this could be the worst NCAA since 05.

I was very excited to see the positive reaction initially by the community, because as someone who loves this series more than any other game, I wanted it to be solid. I'm very sad to say that this year is looking like the very first time in 10 years I will not be standing in line at a midnight release. I am extremely disappointed with the direction this series is heading- it is becoming the 2K baseball of football games.

As much as it pains me to say, since I hate the NFL, I can't wait for Madden 10.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solidice

I barely made a 53 yarder with Florida's kicker with a full strength kick on AA. by barely, it just missed the bottom bar. I saw the CPU miss on too. in '09 sliders made it ok somewhat, but that doesn't help user vs user games in online dynasty though, unless they actually made the sliders work for user vs user games in OD for NCAA 10.

OK so you can miss a 53 yarder, but even if you put kicking down to 0, 45 yards and in are going to be automatic for you. I am not even sure it was possible to miss right or left last year.

If the kicking system is the same, it will be the same automatic FG's.

Why was the 3 button system removed from the last gen? When you had a bad kicker, the meter went nuts and it was hard to get a good kick away.

A money fg kicker from 45 yards to 53 yards should be a rarity no a commonplace.

[renatus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bwnarrow3

- As far as presentation, this game isn't as bad as some other people think. The bands will be a nice feature, and it's also nice to hear Erin Andrews on the sideline.

Yes i love the bands but the thing for me is that´s just not enough.Lack of presentation might be my biggest gripe w 10. I wasnt in love w 09´s gameplay but assuming it´s a lot better this year presentation is really the only thing it can make me choose Madden.

Not having team entrances this year after the devs had threads on ncaastrategies asking ppl for them still baffles me. Not enought time to get them in? Were deemed expendable? i just would like to know ..

ps...cant wait to get my hands on this..c mon PSN hurry up