NCAA Football 11 Blog: Pregame Entrances

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Well, when they say authentic entrances, I thought they would do what we've done the past few years, not what we did 5 years ago. Also, to nitpick about your team, the Play Like a Champion Today picture had what looks like another sign above it that I don't remember ND having....

and yet i can care less because they got the main point of the entrance, i'm not going to nitpick that an extra sign is in the picture because the main focus of the entrance is the touching of the PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY sign so they pretty much got that down. I dont let things like that bother me because they are so minor its not worth wasting energy on.

[flowingaway4]

When you buy the game year after year, you start to feel a little disappointed when things are left unaddressed, especially when it doesn't seem like it would be too hard a fix.

Stuff like wind socks and crap, whatever. But to a Tennessee fan, the orange is as major as it gets. It's all about the orange. And the first time you flip on the game, you're going to play with your favorite team. BOOM the game starts, and the Vols are in some salmon color, almost red. And it's been wrong for 3 or 4 years. How hard is it to fix that? Who at EA is looking at the game then at a photograph of UT and saying "that is right on the money" lol

Sorry for some extra ranting, but I just felt like it.

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

and yet i can care less because they got the main point of the entrance, i'm not going to nitpick that an extra sign is in the picture because the main focus of the entrance is the touching of the PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY sign so they pretty much got that down. I dont let things like that bother me because they are so minor its not worth wasting energy on.

Thats how I feel about equipment, but I respect the people who demand accurate equipment. I could care less if RB Joe Brown has a DT's facemask. All i care about is gameplay and presentation. To me, these entrances are a part of presentation and are huge. When I follow the Hurricanes hardcore and watch them play every Saturday/Thursday/etc. it takes immersion out of the game when they get their "authentic" entrance wrong. What if you're favorite team had the starting QB hold up a banner before every game, but in this game the player was randomly chosen off the defensive line?

[TracerBullet]

Quote: Originally Posted by flowingaway4

I'm a UT fan, so I was hoping to see the running through the T. But the sign is cool too, anything is better than nothing. However, I'm no game designer, but it seems to me that they could pull it off. Maybe have the camera behind just a few players at the front of the group as they emerge onto the field, and before it becomes too taxing on the XBOX or PS3, cut to an overhead view where the graphics of each sprite can be reduced, thereby showing the T and a full team running out. Maybe cut back close into 2 or 3 players at most running through a handful of band members, then some fireworks or something. Then it's over. Honestly, a much bigger gripe to me is EA HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO NOTICE THAT TENNESSEE'S ORANGE IS WRONG. I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!

Thats probably the only way they could have done it. I'm guessing they were more so trying to get the feeling of intensity of the players close up though. But I definently understand wanting to see the T. And EA doesn't listen to Tennessee about the orange just like they don't listen about anything related to Iowa haha. One day though...

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Thats how I feel about equipment, but I respect the people who demand accurate equipment. I could care less if RB Joe Brown has a DT's facemask. All i care about is gameplay and presentation. To me, these entrances are a part of presentation and are huge. When I follow the Hurricanes hardcore and watch them play every Saturday/Thursday/etc. it takes immersion out of the game when they get their "authentic" entrance wrong. What if you're favorite team had the starting QB hold up a banner before every game, but in this game the player was randomly chosen off the defensive line?

again, that would not bother me. I just find it funny that a duck holding an American flag pisses you off so much. You'd think you'd be more pissed that the cheerleaders werent running with the U and M-I-A-M-I flags as the team enters but instead its a duck holding an american flag that chaps your ***... i just find it funny, sorry.

[canes21]

I never said it pissed me off, but it as wrong. And I noticed the cheerleaders were missing with the flags. But I imagine you would have gone bananas had I brought that up. Look how you've reacted already.

[mva5580]

There IS another sign above the "Play Like a Champion Today" sign, it's a listing of all ND's National Championship years.

So get over it already.

AWESOME.

And this thread is about where I thought it would be at this point, lol.