NCAA Football 11 Video: Offensive Styles

[SoulAssassin]

Quote: Originally Posted by speedkills

Bobby Petrino doesn't run a west coast offense at Arkansas. From what I understand it's called the power spread. And the run and shoot isn't simply "throwing the ball 60 times a game and getting rid of it quickly" it's receivers changing their routes on the fly as the play develops depending on the coverage. That's something that hasn't been replicated in a videogame other than Joe Montana NFL 1994 of all games. And isn't the pistol just a formation rather than an entire offensive scheme? Either way, thanks to the devs for making this part of the game. This is a definite buy for me come July.

^this. Joe Montana was classic

[Phobia]

I will say the DL/OL interactions look 10x better than last years. When they engage each other it does not have that brick wall effect. Someone was always being pushed one way or the other.

[sozo]

That gameplay video that wasn't supposed to be released by EA really gave me a bad first impression but after seeing some of these new videos I feel a lot better about the whole locomotion aspect. Can't wait for the demo to get a feel for the weight of the players, gawk at that amazing lighting, check out the new equipment and see for myself if the gameplay has been as dramatically improved as they say it has been.

[Thaen]

this 120 ways to win thing makes me think they will have to have some kind of coach options, like DE defend RUN->PASS slider or QB RUN->PASS slider, or some kind of coaching attributes with their styles or something. cus i don't think it will work purely off of AI and if it does kind has me worried it will be buggy then

[Crimsontide27]

I am getting very, very nervous about defense this year. There has not been a video shown to date, wether it be Madden or NCAA that has any simblence of defense.

On running plays the DEs get sucked into blocking immediatly and allow the rusher to get to the outside for 40+ yrd runs constantly. On passing plays the defense sags off enough so that there is a very high chance of a completion on each throw. If you slow the videos down you can even see how the defense is in a posistion to make a play, but actually pause for a second to create the seperation needed to get a completion moments before the receiver catches the ball.

Graphics as usual look pretty top notch, but with all of this offensive power in the game and the defense still having a terrible AI , I can certainly see this game getting frustrating pretty quick.

[ODogg]

Dude, EA is never going to display videos showcasing defense, the public wants offense. That really doesn't mean anything.

[noplace]

Very interested to see how much time and effort EA put into this. They never get Nebraska’s playbook right although I must say Sean Watson has been all over the place with his strategies and game plans. I always have to use someone else playbook to get things even remotely close.

[Crimsontide27]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Dude, EA is never going to display videos showcasing defense, the public wants offense. That really doesn't mean anything.

I dont need a video specificaly displaying defense. What I would like is a video that actually has any defense played, while they are touting their offensive plays.

If you look at all the videos and notice the scores, they are all high scoring games. NCAAs widely taunted " wide open gameplay" from a previous series was a diaster and Im not seeing anything that goes against that in any of the videos previously released.