Should NCAA Football 10 Get Your Business? (Who Needs Rules)

[Dollar Theater]

For the first time since '98, I don't think I'll be getting it. I may rent it first to see if it's any better but $60 is a lot to ask for a mediocre upgrade considering Fight Night Round 4 and Madden 2010 coming out within a month of NCAA.

[DJ]

No, they will not be getting my business this year.

I've been so disappointed with this series since the move to 360/PS3 and it's so frustrating because the PS2 versions of NCAA were so much fun and in some ways, better than Madden. This series has taken such huge strides backwards that they've really started to alienate the long-time gamers that have been with this series since the beginning.

I was going to skip last year's game but got it as a gift, played it for a few months but eventually went back to the PS2 version because the 360 one was stressing me out with all its flaws.

Sad that you pay hundreds of dollars for a console and over $60 for a game only to see said game regress and actually be worse than it's previous-generation counterpart.

I have 09 on PS2 and I think I'll stick with that for my college football gaming needs.

[HuskyDog]

I typically buy EA sports games every year (NCAA Football, Madden, NHL, etc). I was all set to start another year of EA sports games purchases with NCAA 10. I pre-ordered so I could get the extra TeamBuilder slots.

After reading about the issues (rosters, sliders, etc) and seeing the demo issues with the PS3 (miserable graphics, several bugs and glitches) I'm pretty well finished for this year.

I'm sick of hearing the EA BS hype machine about how:

• This is the year for "insert name of EA Sports Game here" or
• This is the year "insert name of EA Sports Game here" becomes truly next gen

or

• This is the year we listened to our customers and implemented their suggestions.

I call BS on all of it. EA takes one step forward in one area, two steps back in another. Very little real progress is made - certainly not worth $60 per year, per game.

But, I must thank the developers for the NCAA 10 demo. It will save me $200 - $300 per year since I will not waste my money (and even more time) with their over hyped, mediocre products.

[hcopenhagenh]

Demo sucks. I will not be purchasing the game. The Demo just solidified my decision not to buy. No wonder EA didn't show any gameplay features. Every person on the NCAA team should be fired.

[~Guru~]

I am getting it because I love football and my expectations for a video game that cost 60 bucks is not over the top so I am good with this game

Others won't get it because they are not getting real life mechanics and presentation in a 60 dollar game

I work all week and like to enjoy my sports games and will not tell myself that ea or any other company has to give me real life football in a 60 dollar disc.

The game is far from perfect but then again no game is perfect.

The game comes out yearly

Yet people expect changes that require 3 year periods like other games have

On a year to year basis the game will only improve a bit. That is the way it works

I prefer it that way because I need my football games every year.

[HuskyDog]

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Guru~

I am getting it because I love football and my expectations for a video game that cost 60 bucks is not over the top so I am good with this game Others won't get it because they are not getting real life mechanics and presentation in a 60 dollar game I work all week and like to enjoy my sports games and will not tell myself that ea or any other company has to give me real life football in a 60 dollar disc. The game is far from perfect but then again no game is perfect. The game comes out yearly Yet people expect changes that require 3 year periods like other games have On a year to year basis the game will only improve a bit. That is the way it works I prefer it that way because I need my football games every year.

If there were even consistent minor upgrades that would be great. My complaint is they "fix" one thing but break another. That is ridiculous.

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Guru~

I am getting it because I love football and my expectations for a video game that cost 60 bucks is not over the top so I am good with this game Others won't get it because they are not getting real life mechanics and presentation in a 60 dollar game I work all week and like to enjoy my sports games and will not tell myself that ea or any other company has to give me real life football in a 60 dollar disc. The game is far from perfect but then again no game is perfect. The game comes out yearly Yet people expect changes that require 3 year periods like other games have On a year to year basis the game will only improve a bit. That is the way it works I prefer it that way because I need my football games every year.

Nobody is expecting miracles ,but they could get a lot more in if they wouldnt waste time on useless fluff!

[marcoyk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Survivor

This is a very difficult situation for me because the bottom line is NCAA 9.5 is still better than NCAA 09. In the dorms NCAA is a way of life. I want to make a statement to the developers, but at the same time I love college football.

That is exactly how I feel. I absolutely love college football but I don't want to give these people my money. I don't feel like they deserve it at all with the incompetence that they've shown regarding broken sliders for 2 years in a row and horrifically wrong rosters. I also don't appreciate being lied to. They told us that we could get pressure on the QB this year but that's a flat out lie. They've also ignored our thousands of requests for other types of game-play improvements. Then they add a completely unnecessary feature in Season Showdown while actually mandatory features like rosters and sliders are incomplete and broken, respectively. Then you just look at the Madden team and get blown away by how much more/better they've done in their developmental cycle. They've done so much to improve game-play and have only added online dynasty - an actually sensible feature - as a new feature to the game.
I'll be upset with myself if I buy it or not. If I buy it I'll be saying "They don't deserve sixty dollars for this," and if I don't I'll be saying "Ugh I'm craving college football right now. Why haven't I bought NCAA 9.001 yet?"