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

[countryboy]

I played 9 games last night on All-American difficulty playing nothing but zone defense(mostly 2-3), but as dook I ran the 1-3-1 and the cpu ate the zone up. They didn't turn the ball over, throw defelected passes, they used penetration to collapse the zone and kicked out for 3's or they got the ball to the high post to run their offense.

It was great to see.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Blocks were real messy in Live pre-patch, as in a defender wouldn't even make contact with the ball some times. After the patch though I don't know if I've ever seen a better game with blocks, at least in terms of actually getting a hand on the ball and timing it right. The context isn't perfect but it's pretty good.

Yeah, there are times where the block animations look good, as there was one instance where I blocked a weak layup into the stands. But most of the time they are messy as you said.

[agidio3]

does it have rim and net animations ...for example are there some shots that go in that are not swishes..in 2k8 it could rattle around swish bounce or whatever n go in....like if the ball goes in on the right side does the net swish in the right direction...

[countryboy]

haven't seen bounce in's or the ball hitting the rim and going in on jump shots, but in close you'll see the ball bounce around the rim at times before falling in.

[Bootzilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

That is a common problem in both of EA's basketball games this year. The AI teams and players are horrific at times and yet people tend to overlook that garbage. I was able to force turnovers on the CPU at an alarming rate simply by playing a basic 2-3 Zone becuase they lack any court awareness at all. I mean how can you release not one but two basketball games where players don't have any awareness............. They just run scripted plays and take shots that the plays calls for without actually deviating from the play if a guy is wide open for an open shot backdoor.

Wow. In Live if I switch to a zone I may force a turnover. But, if I stay in the zone for any period of time I'll get crushed and the turnovers cease.

[Bootzilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

I played 9 games last night on All-American difficulty playing nothing but zone defense(mostly 2-3), but as dook I ran the 1-3-1 and the cpu ate the zone up. They didn't turn the ball over, throw defelected passes, they used penetration to collapse the zone and kicked out for 3's or they got the ball to the high post to run their offense. It was great to see.

You're playing the demo right? For a second I thought you had the game.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bootzilla

You're playing the demo right? For a second I thought you had the game.

yeah I'm playing the demo. Although I'm hoping to have the retail version either tonight or tomorrow.

[green94]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

I played 9 games last night on All-American difficulty playing nothing but zone defense(mostly 2-3), but as dook I ran the 1-3-1 and the cpu ate the zone up. They didn't turn the ball over, throw defelected passes, they used penetration to collapse the zone and kicked out for 3's or they got the ball to the high post to run their offense. It was great to see.

Exactly CB - played zone exclusively last night and didn't see anything as bad as last year, not even close really. This game is going to be pretty damn good.... my only concern right now is the AI taking repeated shots from the blocks, I'd be ok with it if they were hook shots or driving to the hoop, but they seem to be content passing inside and facing up before taking the shots. My only gripe so far.

Can't wait until Tuesday.