NCAA Basketball 10 Available, Post Impressions Here

[countryboy]

One thing that I want to point out in case people are wondering...outside of the sim logic being fixed and recruiting being tweaked, there have no changes to dynasty mode whatsoever, at least thats how it appears after simming 2 seasons.

The menus are still clunky, the scheduling is still whacky, and the pre-season tournaments only matter if you are playing in them. In other words, if you don't choose to play in any preseason tournament, then no preseason tournaments take place. If you choose to play in the Maui for example, its the only one thats being played.

Hopefully, I'm missing something in that regard, but I looked last night, and didn't see the other tournaments taking place, which was a problem I had last year.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

Thanks for the update on the schedules, that makes it a little more tolerable. Still have an issue with the mid-major issue.

mid-major issue? Are you referring to them being kept out of the NCAA tournament? Or is there a different issue?

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

mid-major issue? Are you referring to them being kept out of the NCAA tournament? Or is there a different issue?

Yeah, not making the tournament. I use a mid-major, so I'm concerned that if say I go 30-0, and lose the conference championship game, my entire season is for not. That's not right, especially if you schedule big schools as Bill's examples were earlier. If my RPI is say 12, and I go 27-3, I'm in the tournament, plain and simple. Especially over a 15-15 "BCS" school with no major wins and finishing 8th in a conference.

I so want to get this and want to like it, just nothing is screaming "Buy me" from any impressions. I appreciate you going out and giving us a ton of info, but you definitely helped me make up my mind.

Now the pre-season tournament thing you just posted, ugh. At least we know they haven't messed with dynasty mode in 3 years

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

Yeah, not making the tournament. I use a mid-major, so I'm concerned that if say I go 30-0, and lose the conference championship game, my entire season is for not. That's not right, especially if you schedule big schools as Bill's examples were earlier. If my RPI is say 12, and I go 27-3, I'm in the tournament, plain and simple. Especially over a 15-15 "BCS" school with no major wins and finishing 8th in a conference. I so want to get this and want to like it, just nothing is screaming "Buy me" from any impressions. I appreciate you going out and giving us a ton of info, but you definitely helped me make up my mind. Now the pre-season tournament thing you just posted, ugh. At least we know they haven't messed with dynasty mode in 3 years

Yeah...I simmed 2 seasons last night and Bill, not that I doubted him, was right on the money. There is always that one really oblivious omission and admission into the big dance. I know that in real life, the committee does things like this, but not when teams are .500 or barely above and a mid-major has an outstanding year and a high RPI.

The preseason tournament thing really, really bugs me. Why have them in if they aren't going to be used outside of user play? I really hope that me being tired last night caused me to overlook this, but I don't think I did. It was the same last year and its the same this year.

And you're right, dynasty mode was left untouched outside of presentation, sim logic, and recruiting.

[racerx]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

And you're right, dynasty mode was left untouched outside of presentation, sim logic, and recruiting.

That explains why they never talked about it.

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Yeah...I simmed 2 seasons last night and Bill, not that I doubted him, was right on the money. There is always that one really oblivious omission and admission into the big dance. I know that in real life, the committee does things like this, but not when teams are .500 or barely above and a mid-major has an outstanding year and a high RPI. The preseason tournament thing really, really bugs me. Why have them in if they aren't going to be used outside of user play? I really hope that me being tired last night caused me to overlook this, but I don't think I did. It was the same last year and its the same this year. And you're right, dynasty mode was left untouched outside of presentation, sim logic, and recruiting.

Yeah, I can live with teams being screwed over, happens every year. I can't live with teams right at .500 making it in. That doen't happen, and shouldn't. You may have an Arizona make it at 18-14 over a mid-major but it's because of who Zona played. If Zona played no one OOC and lost to UCLA/USC/whoever wins the conf in conference play and still made it, then I have issues.

[Dice]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

But this game does resemble Live an awful lot. It is a twin. Not identical, but it is a twin.

Well, I might already know the answer to my question based on that statement but I'll take a shot anyway...how are the fastbreaks in the game?

[uofneb322]

So can you play/watch a game that's not one of your team's games in dynasty or the tourney?