NCAA Basketball 10 Available, Post Impressions Here

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vechi8

Nope. Out of the box pretty darn good. Just hope we don't get a patch that ruins this gameplay. I really liked live until the patch. All I wanted for that was fouls to be increased- no idea what happened

Yeah I hear ya, if a patch comes out for this game I will definitely be passing on it after seeing what happened with Live.

[duke776]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

For scrub teams/games you get the overlays but no commentary, kinda like NCAA Football.

Very nice to hear(for me at least).

I think I'm just going to go ahead and buy this game. Probably because I learned about the late fees I owe blockbuster that I don't want to pay, but also because I'll most likely end up buying it anyway.

Thanks to all the people giving their impressions, it helped me a lot.

[furiousd23]

Here are my thoughts so far. i have only gotten to play a couple of games. I have been trying to edit things and check things out. I have read all of the impressions so far. Actually while i did that I had the computer play a couple of games of IU vs. Purdue. I got to hear some of the commentary and see a game or two just to check it out.

The good:
The CBS and ESPN presentation/music/overlays really do add a lot and is like im watching the game.

I agree the going to commercial replays and outro for timeouts is cool I hadn't heard about this before today.

Some of the biggest problems I have so far with the game are all little things but boy do they stick out.. Most of them revolve around IU as this is the team I have been using and normally use, but I would guess you would find this with most teams.

When editing names I found that one of their fresh recruits isn't even in the game and he was one of their top recruits out of 6 players, while there are like 3 walk on players in the game. When i do create him or edit a player to him I am unable to edit his class. Although I think my bigger issue is the fact he is left out.

With naming players another issue I have and haven't been able to solve yet is that their names show up on their uniforms. If anyone is familiar with IU they don't have names on jerseys and there are other schools like this too. Is there an option to take the names off the jerseys while still having players named. Also a majority of the Hoosiers names aren't ones that are already in the game. They had a rough year but are still a big program hard to believe they wouldn't try for some accuracy there.

While on accuracy little things like its great they have all the banners in Assembly Hall but they have them out of order it goes from 48 to 53 to 81 to 76 to 87. Also I played a game with Butler and while they had the court correct the actual arena was a generic one. The bulldogs have been a constant top 25 program the last few years including top 10 this year and as stated in the preview or write up of Hinkle fieldhouse have one of the 10 oldest arenas in basketball. Little dissappointed they couldn't work in an arena that actually looked like Butler other then the floor.

The generic schedule in the dynasty is dissappointing as well but I hear that the dynamic update that is supposedly available but wont download will fix that.

While I love the new presentation if i could wish for one thing next year it would be that they take the commentary a step further. If anyone has had a chance to play nba 2k10 yet the way they are constantly talking about either the game or just making small talk about a variety of topics anything from luxury tax to college players coming in after one year or the last time these teams met or a teams last game or upcoming game. i will say commentary wise that is the best i have heard for a sports game. i also like how they promoted upcoming games with overlays and all if they could mix that with what they have done with CBS and ESPN it would be unstoppable.

Gameplay from what i have played is starting to grow on me a bit but it is different from 2k which i am used to from the nba games. I think in time this will be an area that i wont mind as well.

Overall most things look and play well and it is fun. But little things are glaring when a lot of the other things are done so well.

[K_rob11]

I can't stop reading these impressions!!! Lol...ok, forget what I posted earlier, I gotta get this game!

[stevedrumsdw]

Well I will have a side order of peas with my crow feathers, I was a bit harsh about this game. After playing it for a while I kinda like it which is an oddity for me to say when talking about EA's basketball games.

I have tried AC and varsity and it seems that AC is tad bit unrealistic, the computers center is the same speed as my guards. Varsity is a good go, but It it feels a little easy to get by people when you need a bucket. Anybody have any success getting the computer to tone down their defense some on AC, or have the sliders raised on varsity to to make it harder?

The presentation is outstanding in the game.

One thing that bothers me is the lag in icon passing sometimes in fast breaks.

I have simmed many years into dynasty and have not seen anything that I would consider a dynasty killer like so many times last year.

[Bigdmo9999]

If you guys wanna start posting team fixes, I created a thread like I said I would

[zippy2212]

As on old 2k8 guy I can honestly say I like this game 10x better than Choops 2k8. I was very hesitant to buy the game since the last EA College game I bought was 06. However for me this game was well worth the $65.00

Like everyone said presentation is fantastic, almost perfect! Motion offense is great and overall gameplay I like much better, MHO. I am still getting used to most of the controls but like some have said EA borrowed some of 2k's gameplay controls, like substitutions and such that make it easier to convert.

The only thing I would say I like better about 2k8 than this game is the depth of their dynasty which is/was a given.

My only complaint and it is a big one for me is that Michigan doesn't have their Maize uniforms!! I'm not sure how this happens. They are one of the first schools in the country to have alternate uni's and arguably one of the most famous/popular ones and EA leaves them out of the game. (Unless I'm missing something?) Pretty upsetting! Also, a little smaller issue is they still have Michigan's old floor. Not as big but still a little disappointing.

Even with that said, very good purchase and very entertaining game. Loving everything about the gameplay and presentation so far.

[IHateDuke32]

thanks Ruben