NCAA Football 11 Screenshot and Nine Changes Listed and Detailed

[drlw322]

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

I understand that the community are asking for all those thing. And agree with it completely sir. I'm just saying to please wait it's the 1st bit of news. I'm making a point that this merely shows to me that they are listening to the small needs that we are asking for (equipment) which gives me hope that they'll listen to some of the big things that we're are asking for.

I think we will get presentation this year, to what extent? I don't know.

I think the game will play more like madden this year, but a new physic engine, probably not.

Will some of the AI issues be fix this year, yes but probably not all.

Will dynasty running stats be fix this year, i think so.

All i'm saying is that changes have to start somewhere, and it could be NCAA 11. It doesn't help that everyone is negative about it when they are actually listening. If i was making a game and trying to implement what the community wants knowing that i can't disclose all the detail yet. And I give you the 1st little piece of info (which was alot for 1st info). And most of the 1st piece of info was what the community asked for and all they did was complain. My thought would be I can't win, why even try.

[MaizeHaze]

Quote: Originally Posted by drlw322

I understand that the community are asking for all those thing. And agree with it completely sir. I'm just saying to please wait it's the 1st bit of news. I'm making a point that this merely shows to me that they are listening to the small needs that we are asking for (equipment) which gives me hope that they'll listen to some of the big things that we're are asking for. I think we will get presentation this year, to what extent? I don't know. I think the game will play more like madden this year, but a new physic engine, probably not. Will some of the AI issues be fix this year, yes but probably not all. Will dynasty running stats be fix this year, i think so. All i'm saying is that changes have to start somewhere, and it could be NCAA 11. It doesn't help that everyone is negative about it when they are actually listening. If i was making a game and trying to implement what the community wants knowing that i can't disclose all the detail yet. And I give you the 1st little piece of info (which was alot for 1st info). And most of the 1st piece of info was what the community asked for and all they did was complain. My thought would be I can't win, why even try.

I'm with you on all of this. They(ea) has shown over the years to not listen much to the community. This early info shows that they finally are. This is just the start!

[drlw322]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaizeHaze

I'm with you on all of this. They(ea) has shown over the years to not listen much to the community. This early info shows that they finally are. This is just the start!

i'm glad you understand what i'm trying to say

[loccdogg26]

Hopefully they get rid of those "gray" long sleeves and that god awful de-fense chant that you hear at basketball games as well. Oh yeah maybe they'll add the hair maybe they won't. I thought the players faces were painted into the helmet still and make the football smaller among other things. I have a question. What is the over/under that they screw up Iowa again for the third year in a row?

[prowler]

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.

It's February

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

It's February

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

2/28/2010

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

It's...

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

Still...

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

February

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

Still February

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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.

Guess what? It's February


I'm not getting my hopes up that EA will create a near perfect game but I'm also not going to bash on them for addressing the demands of people on this board.

If this were the features list released around April/May, you'd have every right to be livid and I would be too. But they wouldn't release this much info this early (and refer to it as minor) if there wasn't more in the cupboard to share. Last year, minor additions included field goal nets and windsocks... which no one got excited about (except Solidice)

Three months from now if we're still only getting updates on different color shoes and different number styles on helmets then this post would be very much warranted, but not this early.

It's February

[stoncold32]

Well all I'm saying is, we shouldnt be too excited they would add all the cosmetic stuff....the guy who does most of it (OMT), posts on this board.

So to me, this doesnt mean they've finally heard our cries on the gameplay end.

And yes, I realize it said these "are only small announcements and more are to come", but last year, those "more to come announcements" were stuff like Season Showdown, and Team Builder. Unfortunately Teambuilder was mentioned in this article as being wildly successful (which to me is misleading...just because ppl dl'd a team doesnt make it successful....I dl'd a team and never touched the mode again) so I'm sure they spent a large chunk of time on it again.

The bad part is, even if they mention improved gameplay in a blog, you can't really take that to heart either, b/c they dedicated whole blogs last year to certain gameplay aspects. Then when the came out, those aspects were either way overblown or did not function as they led us to believe.

Basically, until I see YouTube vids of real people playing the game on the field, this game is on my no buy list. I'm buying The Show with the money that I always put towards this game....then if I see real improvement, effort, it will warrant a purchase.

[Crimsontide27]

Quote: Originally Posted by drlw322

I understand that the community are asking for all those thing. And agree with it completely sir. I'm just saying to please wait it's the 1st bit of news. I'm making a point that this merely shows to me that they are listening to the small needs that we are asking for (equipment) which gives me hope that they'll listen to some of the big things that we're are asking for. I think we will get presentation this year, to what extent? I don't know. I think the game will play more like madden this year, but a new physic engine, probably not. Will some of the AI issues be fix this year, yes but probably not all. Will dynasty running stats be fix this year, i think so. All i'm saying is that changes have to start somewhere, and it could be NCAA 11. It doesn't help that everyone is negative about it when they are actually listening. If i was making a game and trying to implement what the community wants knowing that i can't disclose all the detail yet. And I give you the 1st little piece of info (which was alot for 1st info). And most of the 1st piece of info was what the community asked for and all they did was complain. My thought would be I can't win, why even try.

Just looking at your bolded part...In your first sentance we have already started the " Well maybe next year" phrase that we have been hearing for as long as I remember.

Each year the same cycle repeats itself.

Some of us have had enough of the " maybe next years"

I think we can all agree that we would like to see the best possible product released. But 10 pages of praises for tshirts is ridiculous given all that is wrong with this series.

[mm boost]

You people on here blow my mind. Did ANY of you take a second to read the first few paragraphs thoroughly?

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ESPN caught up with producers Haumiller and Russ Kiniry to get the dirt on some of the improvements being made to "NCAA Football 11" that they will be blogging about for EA Sports beginning next week. And while a slew of much bigger features will be announced in the near future, anyone who plays the game passionately will find some additions to the game in this list that have been sorely needed for years.

This means that blogs are starting next week showcasing the new improvments and such. Also, they said that these small things added to the game were the first MINOR things added that all kinds of people have been complaining about (including myself).

Also, for the people who say, "oh this is nothing special, this should have been added 5 years ago!" Who gives a flying **** if it should have been added 5 years ago? This isn't 5 years ago. We finally get stuff we have all been bitching about, and then instead of being excited we got it back, you complain because it should have been here sooner. That irritates the hell out of me.

Personally, this is great news to me. The polished version of pro-tak, referees to add to the college atmosphere, all the new equipment additions...KNEE BRACES ON LINEMEN (i played college ball, all of us linemen were required to wear knee braces), which will definitely distinguish offensive linemen from other players on the field. Now, linemen won't look like d-line, or look like linebackers. It looks like these new additions are separating the players on the field and making them look like the positions they are playing. In that picture, the clemson player looks like a tail back, and the south carolina player LOOKS like a linebacker, finally. he looks like a lean muscle machine, and the tail back looks smaller and more compact. I love the differentiation. I also love how the calf muscles are flexed on the running back, it seems like the calves on players on pass iterations of ncaa football have plain solid legs. I am loving the different options in sleeves, the wrist bands on forearm, calves, etc. The arm brace looks realistic on that linebacker, the different cleats, the helmets with the pride stickers look great, everything looks polished. Did anyone else notice how the linebacker has that focused expression on his face? It doesn't look like a solid looking face anymore, it looks like he shows expression. In terms of presentation, the next part I am praying for is team entrances, some sort of highlight show or pre-game, better band fight songs integration, and more stadium atmosphere. I am so freaking pumped for this game!

The best news for me though, is that blogs are gonna start coming this week, hopefully meaning we will see some short videos!