NCAA Football 11 Screenshot and Nine Changes Listed and Detailed

[jclentzthadon]

I'm hopefully but it is frustrating to see so many people just bypassing the gameplay, which in a word, SUCKS. I'm not going to rehash my stance but seriously people, get on board with the gameplay, physics, momentum because without it, yeah the players look cool sitting still but when you actually play the game, and that is what they make NCAA 10 to do I hope- it sucks.

Please EA no more bells and whistles. No stupid mouth pieces either. Move on and fix our damn game so we can enjoy it. We get it, the players look cool and I'm thankful but for the love of god, fix the gameplay because its a freaking embarassment to say the least...

[drlw322]

can people chill out a bit, this is what he said at the end of the blog.

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"It's very exciting, the stuff we're doing with the game. I personally haven't been more excited with a feature set than what we're doing with "NCAA Football 11.' What we just told you about, these are just some of the small things that we've added, some of the building blocks. We have a lot more to announce in the coming months, but this is a really exciting year for us. This is the game the fans have been waiting for. "

who said this is the complete feature list. No one, there's more to be announce. It's Feb guys relax and be patient. I've been playing Ncaa football since Bill Walsh and i have the same frustrations, but stop being so negative.

This is for Michigan21
Also, if they are going to implement Pro tak and smooth out the system they have to slow the gameplay down. Thats why barely anybody played madden 10 faster than slow last year because anytime you play at normal or faster the animation were so jerky. Pro tak also mean power back matters. Madden 10 showed that it was fun to play with a power back. I would only hope that this game would play better than madden 10 (which was fun) being the case every year that the Ncaa version it's always better than the privious year Madden.

All people are saying is that they are excited that these so call fluff are finally being added. They might be fluff but these are fluff that the community asked for. I can't remember how many thread we had about color cleats and certain style cleats that OSer were posting pictures of in their (please add these equipment thread) also helmets and half sleeves and 1 arm sleeves and towels.

We asked for all those stuff, you might not have asked for it, but the community did.

Wait and be patient and stop being so negative guys. Now once once we get to community day around may and june and things are not looking right then you guys have the right to #$@$. I'll get off my soap box now.

[Tarheel]

Quote: Originally Posted by drlw322

can people chill out a bit, this is what he said at the end of the blog. who said this is the complete feature list. No one, there's more to be announce. It's Feb guys relax and be patient. I've been playing Ncaa football since Bill Walsh and i have the same frustrations, but stop being so negative. This is for Michigan21 Also, if they are going to implement Pro tak and smooth out the system they have to slow the gameplay down. Thats why barely anybody played madden 10 faster than slow last year because anytime you play at normal or faster the animation were so jerky. Pro tak also mean power back matters. Madden 10 showed that it was fun to play with a power back. I would only hope that this game would play better than madden 10 (which was fun) being the case every year that the Ncaa version it's always better than the privious year Madden. All people are saying is that they are excited that these so call fluff are finally being added. They might be fluff but these are fluff that the community asked for. I can't remember how many thread we had about color cleats and certain style cleats that OSer were posting pictures of in their (please add these equipment thread) also helmets and half sleeves and 1 arm sleeves and towels. We asked for all those stuff, you might not have asked for it, but the community did. Wait and be patient and stop being so negative guys. Now once once we get to community day around may and june and things are not looking right then you guys have the right to #$@$. I'll get off my soap box now.

Good points because for $60 I want everything they can include ALONG with better gameplay. That's the detail that this series needs. MLB the Show is high in quality because it has gameplay and the little details that suck you right in--and EA has as much resources than SCEA to make good games. I'm not a dynasty user but for $60 I want every option if/when I decide to use it. Let's have the best of both worlds come July.

[MaizeHaze]

Did some of you not bother reading the last paragragh?! "These are just SOME of the SMALL additions, some of the building blocks. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO ANNOUNCE IN THE COMING MONTHS"! Can you all be patiant and wait for the other news that they said was coming! By saying that "this is the game the fans have been waiting for" makes me believe that both sides(gameplay/detail) are going to be very pleased come release! Just think of this bit of news as the appetizer before the main course!

[MrOctober430]

Still too early to tell guys.

[Crimsontide27]

Quote: Originally Posted by drlw322

can people chill out a bit, this is what he said at the end of the blog. who said this is the complete feature list. No one, there's more to be announce. It's Feb guys relax and be patient. I've been playing Ncaa football since Bill Walsh and i have the same frustrations, but stop being so negative. This is for Michigan21 Also, if they are going to implement Pro tak and smooth out the system they have to slow the gameplay down. Thats why barely anybody played madden 10 faster than slow last year because anytime you play at normal or faster the animation were so jerky. Pro tak also mean power back matters. Madden 10 showed that it was fun to play with a power back. I would only hope that this game would play better than madden 10 (which was fun) being the case every year that the Ncaa version it's always better than the privious year Madden. All people are saying is that they are excited that these so call fluff are finally being added. They might be fluff but these are fluff that the community asked for. I can't remember how many thread we had about color cleats and certain style cleats that OSer were posting pictures of in their (please add these equipment thread) also helmets and half sleeves and 1 arm sleeves and towels. We asked for all those stuff, you might not have asked for it, but the community did. Wait and be patient and stop being so negative guys. Now once once we get to community day around may and june and things are not looking right then you guys have the right to #$@$. I'll get off my soap box now.

A few things to add to this...

The Community has been asking for an upgrade to presentation for 5+ years now...and we still havent gotten it.

The Community has been asking for ratings besides speed to actually matter for years now ..and still dont have it.

The Community has been asking for Bowl atmosphere...and still hasnt gotten it.

The Community has asked for the removal of Robo QB for years....and still hasnt gotten it.

The Community has asked that lineman actually block for years now.....still hasnt gotten it.

The Community has asked for the ******** AI on defense to be fixed for years now...still hasnt gotten it.

The Community has asked for some sort of interaction between the DBs / WRs for years....still hasnt gotten it.

The Community has asked for some sort of momentum to be in the game instead of turning on a dime for years now....still hasnt gotten it.


But yet people are tickled to death to get an undershirt....

Field goal nets, windsocks, mouthpieces...etc, cant possibly take more than a few days to put in, and yet people are squealing like pigs at a slop trought because we can now add Cups to the players jock straps.

As to your comment about community day, its nothing more than hype , propaganda , and a marketing opportunity. Last few years we heard many amazing things coming from the community day and then all of a sudden people all rushed out and bought the game....

Next thing you know , we realize that what we heard from the community day people, and what we were playing were not exactly the same things we were seeing. Onward comes the community day people to state that " EA must have changed the build" after we previewed it etc..

The majority of us are not stupid. EA and their NCAA series has fallen flat on its face for years and each year the hype machine gets rolling and the chants for " just wait till next year guys" starts back up.

Your $60 and my $60 are the same, and I understand that. They are losing their customer base on a yearly basis that just wants a good game of pigskin, but gaining consumers such as yourself that are so easily pleased that all they need to do is change the picture on the cover of NCAA 10, and resell you the same garbage with NCAA 11 as the title.

At the end of the day its about money, and they will lose some faithful fans, but gain some new ones in the process. Every 5 years there is a ton of new people that enter the market and those are the people they are catering to, and I dont blame them.



The Community has been asking for more realis

[drlw322]

these are few post that Adam posted in the Ncaa 11 equipment thread request from last year. It's kinda interesting, it showed that they were paying attention and why these things on the blog were added base on demand. It was a 38 page thread.

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This is a good thread and very helpful. Let's keep out the personal stuff and keep it about equipment. That way we can use it as a reference point on where we should go as far as adding in new equipment.

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The art isn't where the lion's share of work is done with equipment. The first part is the database. To add a piece of equipment we need to add a line to the database. Every line of the database has a memory cost associated, so we need to free up the memory from somewhere else. Then the real tricky part is the in-game rendering. This has an impact on frame rate, and optimizations have to be made there. There is also all the UI work that needs to be done to have them appear in Create/Edit player, but that is pretty trivial. I'm not saying it is impossible or even hard to add equipment. Just that adding equipment isn't a simple issue of an artist making the gear and exporting it into game. That's just the first step. There is a lot of programming work that needs to be done by engineers that specialize in memory and graphics.

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Several new stadiums were added and many stadium additions were made. In addition, we updated just about every uniform and implementing the pipelines for the mix and match system took a lot of art time decoupling the pants and the jerseys which used to be one texture. Also, as I stated in another post, the lack of equipment wasn't due to art time but to programming time.

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Quote: Originally Posted by KANE699 Was it on the list of things to get to and it got cut or something? Yes. This is exactly what happened. __________________

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That would have needed to be set up in the game before hand. Since we wouldn't want to charge money for this type of content, we could have just used that dev time to include the new equipment in the packaged game.

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Most of us started on NCAA 11 about 3 weeks ago. Equipment is on the early list and I'm feeling pretty good we will be able to do new gear for NCAA 11. I don't know how much at this point and I can't make any promises, but it is something I want to improve.

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And since this thread is sure to get big, if anyone wants to suggest equipment post pictures instead of text. We'll reference this thread to figure out what we want to do, and if it has hundreds of posts the ones with pictures are going to catch out eyes.

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If there is one thing I have learned it is to never make promises. That is true in February... let alone June of the previous year! It is VERY early in the cycle right now.

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We'd have to 1) support the equipment in the data base, 2) support the equipment being rendered (drawn on screen) in game by allocating space in the graphics heap and RAM, 3) establish a pipeline for downloading the content into the game, 4) set up UI screens for actually downloading it, as well as adding it to create/edit player screens, and 5) anything else I might have forgotten To do all of the above, it would be just as easy (actually easier) to include the equipment in the packaged game rather than making it downloadable.

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Quote: Originally Posted by BORN4CORN Adam, thank you for making sure this is top priority for 2011. Respectfully though, please don't sort us in this category. I know you can't make promises, but at least give it the effort you put into the unis this year. How about a banner year for equipment kind of deal? I'd love to be able to deliver that. However, I don't call all the shots all by myself. I can't promise a banner year for equipment, but I'll promise to do whatever I can to achieve it.

[TheCreep]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crimsontide27

A few things to add to this... The Community has been asking for an upgrade to presentation for 5+ years now...and we still havent gotten it. The Community has been asking for ratings besides speed to actually matter for years now ..and still dont have it. The Community has been asking for Bowl atmosphere...and still hasnt gotten it. The Community has asked for the removal of Robo QB for years....and still hasnt gotten it. The Community has asked that lineman actually block for years now.....still hasnt gotten it. The Community has asked for the ******** AI on defense to be fixed for years now...still hasnt gotten it. The Community has asked for some sort of interaction between the DBs / WRs for years....still hasnt gotten it. The Community has asked for some sort of momentum to be in the game instead of turning on a dime for years now....still hasnt gotten it. But yet people are tickled to death to get an undershirt.... Field goal nets, windsocks, mouthpieces...etc, cant possibly take more than a few days to put in, and yet people are squealing like pigs at a slop trought because we can now add Cups to the players jock straps. As to your comment about community day, its nothing more than hype , propaganda , and a marketing opportunity. Last few years we heard many amazing things coming from the community day and then all of a sudden people all rushed out and bought the game.... Next thing you know , we realize that what we heard from the community day people, and what we were playing were not exactly the same things we were seeing. Onward comes the community day people to state that " EA must have changed the build" after we previewed it etc.. The majority of us are not stupid. EA and their NCAA series has fallen flat on its face for years and each year the hype machine gets rolling and the chants for " just wait till next year guys" starts back up. Your $60 and my $60 are the same, and I understand that. They are losing their customer base on a yearly basis that just wants a good game of pigskin, but gaining consumers such as yourself that are so easily pleased that all they need to do is change the picture on the cover of NCAA 10, and resell you the same garbage with NCAA 11 as the title. At the end of the day its about money, and they will lose some faithful fans, but gain some new ones in the process. Every 5 years there is a ton of new people that enter the market and those are the people they are catering to, and I dont blame them. The Community has been asking for more realis

The community has been asking for more realism? Who says we wont get more realism this year?