NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3/360)

[Tomba]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa_Bonami

Pappy, I agree with this 110%! I was reading the first 3 pages of impressions and couldnt help thinking, "Am I playing the same demo as everyone else?" Before your post, I dont recall reading one comment about what you just said. The very first things I noticed about the game left me completely underwhelmed. I just couldnt help thinking that the gameplay engine felt a few years old and lacked polish. Players look bit overly bulky as if the design team evaluated previous year's players and said we need to beef them up Gameplay feels artificially sped up and stiff rather than a more natural realistic quick paced college game. Range of motion and player movement feels very limited a little too precanned Some of the passing down court looks horrendously unnatural like straight bullet passes rather than having amore natural trajectory to them Players under the boards have that Pop Tart toaster oven spring to their jumps that was carried over from the previous engine The splash screens, pop ups, commentary...... everything just feels like its running at 1.5X speed I completely agree that the gameplay and animations feels like a step back from Live.....and is even further back from the natural lifelike feel of 2K10 I didnt get that...."WOW this game is so devilishly addictive" feel that I got when playing CH2K8 or even Live 10 for the first time However, I do think the CBS presentation adds tremendously to the presentation of the game Im somewhat dissapointed....

They've captured the college spirit though...

College ball is fast. the game feels calculated as well because plays stop and wait to be developed.

The lack of polish was in 07 08 AND 09. This year completely different feeling. YES it's taken on a more arcade approach and far less sim. BUT I never felft a college game could be played sim due to the fact that how ard it was to make and create real players/rosters for a college game. This way what EA have done is just captured the spirit of your favorite team so that you can play a good round with them.

i thoroughly enjoy it and can not wait for the retail...

Seriously NBA Live is good at "trying" to be sim but it still offers great gameplay the way this game does. It's just that NCAA Basketball 2010 is much more honest with it's approach. The graphical UPGRADE and thats what i like calling it is very smooth looking. and the presentation?! Ohh man it sounds and looks great. Don't know how repetive the dialogue might get but right now the best in any college game so far other than a real one being broadcast on CBS lol.

Not A+ stuff but solid...

[DGuinta1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa_Bonami

Pappy, I agree with this 110%! I was reading the first 3 pages of impressions and couldnt help thinking, "Am I playing the same demo as everyone else?" Before your post, I dont recall reading one comment about what you just said. The very first things I noticed about the game left me completely underwhelmed. I just couldnt help thinking that the gameplay engine felt a few years old and lacked polish. Players look bit overly bulky as if the design team evaluated previous year's players and said we need to beef them up Gameplay feels artificially sped up and stiff rather than a more natural realistic quick paced college game. Range of motion and player movement feels very limited a little too precanned Some of the passing down court looks horrendously unnatural like straight bullet passes rather than having amore natural trajectory to them Players under the boards have that Pop Tart toaster oven spring to their jumps that was carried over from the previous engine The splash screens, pop ups, commentary...... everything just feels like its running at 1.5X speed I completely agree that the gameplay and animations feels like a step back from Live.....and is even further back from the natural lifelike feel of 2K10 I didnt get that...."WOW this game is so devilishly addictive" feel that I got when playing CH2K8 or even Live 10 for the first time However, I do think the CBS presentation adds tremendously to the presentation of the game Im somewhat dissapointed....

Couldn't have said this better myself. I so agree. I played a couple of games and went back to LIVE. Thought to myself, well it is only a demo, I am sure they retail copy will be far more polished.

[jake44np]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake44np

So how long will this demo be for gold members only?

Nevermind i just read it will be available to non gold members on the 12th.

[countryboy]

I've seen people mention both they have seen too many deflections when playing the 2-3 zone and those saying they haven't seen an abundance of deflections while playing 2-3...does anyone else have any thoughts on this.

Would it be possible for someone to post a vid of them playing nothing but 2-3 zone defense the entire game?

This was an issue last that could be corrected to a degree with sliders(I hate sliders), but could never truly be eliminated.

[Tomba]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

I've seen people mention both they have seen too many deflections when playing the 2-3 zone and those saying they haven't seen an abundance of deflections while playing 2-3...does anyone else have any thoughts on this. Would it be possible for someone to post a vid of them playing nothing but 2-3 zone defense the entire game? This was an issue last that could be corrected to a degree with sliders(I hate sliders), but could never truly be eliminated.

Man?! i don't make u LOVE sliders? lol

I get what you mean tho...

[huntt26]

Crowd is horrible. I'm Duke, I have the ball, game is tied with 20 seconds to go. Camera zooms out, screen shakes and it makes it hard to concentrate. I hit the last second shot and literally no explosion of crowd noise. Kind of disappointing. Hopefully the crowd reacts more realistically in the retail game. They should be going nuts when the visiting team has the ball and they should chant when the home team has the ball.

[Bootzilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa_Bonami

Pappy, I agree with this 110%! I was reading the first 3 pages of impressions and couldnt help thinking, "Am I playing the same demo as everyone else?" Before your post, I dont recall reading one comment about what you just said. The very first things I noticed about the game left me completely underwhelmed. I just couldnt help thinking that the gameplay engine felt a few years old and lacked polish. Players look bit overly bulky as if the design team evaluated previous year's players and said we need to beef them up Gameplay feels artificially sped up and stiff rather than a more natural realistic quick paced college game. Range of motion and player movement feels very limited a little too precanned Some of the passing down court looks horrendously unnatural like straight bullet passes rather than having amore natural trajectory to them Players under the boards have that Pop Tart toaster oven spring to their jumps that was carried over from the previous engine The splash screens, pop ups, commentary...... everything just feels like its running at 1.5X speed I completely agree that the gameplay and animations feels like a step back from Live.....and is even further back from the natural lifelike feel of 2K10 I didnt get that...."WOW this game is so devilishly addictive" feel that I got when playing CH2K8 or even Live 10 for the first time However, I do think the CBS presentation adds tremendously to the presentation of the game Im somewhat dissapointed....

I guess I'll reserve judgment until the retail version but, so far I agree with most everything you've said. Somehow, presentation aside Live seems more alive. Can't put my finger on it. Nothing about this demo screams "Must Buy!!!!!!" More like "yeah, I'll get into later, closer to tourney time."

[carnalnirvana]

played 2 games and i like this... last year i was completely turned off but the length of the player shorts( picky i know)

this game has some energy and unlike its older brother has fresh legs and will run the floor

a purchase though for me depends on the depth, i judge college sports games differently, i like to get 10 seasons deep in college, where in pro games maybe 3 seasons

i am hunting for info on this game for:
scouting
coach options( can i edit other coach's options)
crowd noise
chants( if they are editable, or custom stuff if possible)
can i tailor the gameplay as i can with its older brother( live)

the gameplay already has me interested now its time to learn about this game