NCAA Football 11 Video: Gameplay Footage

[canes21]

As a hardcore fan, I would love for EA to redesign a realistic good working engine that will offer what we all want. But, coming from a realistic standpoint, like you said, there is a money side to this and as we all know, EA is going with the money side.

[lgxjames]

ok second look impression...the :37 mark was ABSOLUTE FAILURE!

The rest...whatever...but the wr/te whatever he is, making two...2 cuts like that without no such thing as momentum and loco...yea that is not good

[bigsmallwood]

I am not impressed and my expectations have taken a major hit. I hope I don't find myself saying: EA has done it yet again.....

[GJEM]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigsmallwood

I am not impressed and my expectations have taken a major hit. I hope I don't find myself saying: EA has done it yet again.....

Yeah, they have some serious damage control to get to.

[ditchrider1]

Yes...these videos have quelled a lot of my excitement. Most of all I am confused?

• Nothing like the screenshots
• Huge players again...not college kids
• Overdone shiny helmet effect with Ole Miss, looks discolored in the sun almost shiny brown?
• Quirky leg and feet movements
• Horrid spin move...seriously? you can see the animation suck him into the defender like a magnet...STILL!
• A lot of ice skating
• Too much red/orange overtones in the "dusk" games, the Florida unis have just never looked correct in the past few years?
• Strange helmets that I have never seen in a college game(what is that stupid curved edge protrusion in the middle of the Texas helmet, please get rid of that crap what is it?) they look like "post-concussion" baseball helmets ala David Wright with a large bone growing down the middle...that is NOT "in the game"
• Visuals seem too tinkered with...they just look too overdone and not natural. The screen shots looked great...video not so much. Screenshots = 9 to 10, Video = 5 to 6 rating
• Oh and...huge players again...not college kids

Still early though, lets hope...

[Dr Death]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

As a hardcore fan, I would love for EA to redesign a realistic good working engine that will offer what we all want. But, coming from a realistic standpoint, like you said, there is a money side to this and as we all know, EA is going with the money side.

You are correct, unfortunately EA doesn't understand that when you disappoint people over and over for years that you lose business. What could happen is say, oh sometime in the future, like NCAA 16, they will finally release the great college game we have all been hoping for and pining for... and nobody will even be around to enjoy it.

[DJ]

I wasn't expecting monumental leaps and bounds in the gameplay. No way they could fix all the issues in a 1-year cycle.

With that said, there's stuff in that video that did not look good at all. The FSU DE that did the spin move past the UF OT was terrible-looking on both sides. The FSU guy had his hands tucked in during the spin and the UF guy didn't even put his hands up to try and stop the defender from getting past him.

QB's throwing perfect passes off their back foot while facing pressure shouldn't be happening in 2010. Same thing with that no-look catch by the TE in traffic after the QB scrambled and threw partially blind.

I think this game has a chance to be solid, but I think this video shows just how much more work needs to be done.

[LBzrule]

I don't think it is horrible, however, it's not WOW either. I think we will have to live this generation of football without the WOW factor. Even 2k8 didn't WOW its most loyal fans but it had solid game play and Backbreaker, well, all I can say is it does not WOW me at all. It might be a solid game, I'm not for sure, but it's gotten to the point where I just look and say, ohh another football game, sigh