NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[REDRZA]

Finally, after all these years (Original Madden on sega genesis, 1989) i am kinda over EA football. EA Tiburon's football titles go through the same M.O. each and every year. MINOR improvements and tweaks to the same old game and engine(s).

They throw out catchy tech terms for their "features" ie; "Pro-tak", "Locomotion" etc. I mean, if you step back and look at it for what it is, they actually have to pump and tout gang tackles and realistic player movement? Shouldn't these things be in football titles on pretty powerful hardware by now, 2010?

It's not that the games are AWFUL, it's that they are just OLD and STALE. Tweaks and minor improvements aren't cutting it anymore, not for me. After playing this demo i cannot overcome the feeling of blandness. No exitement or juice, it doesn't grip me. I want to love these games badly, like i used to for many years. EA Tiburon just hasn't done anything with this generation of hardware. Even other EA Sports titles are flat out better. NHL, Fight Night, FIFA. Not to mention other sports games like sony's MLB the show. You see what other developers have done with this hardware (even non sports titles) and its depressing to think what Football COULD and SHOULD be by now.

EA will never give us a "new" football experience this generation. They will keep tweaking the existing game. That holds for a few weeks then after those tweaks wear off, its the same old game nuts and bolts.

[rockytopper522]

man i put taj boyd in as clemsons qb and that dood is a beast he can do it all!

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by xtremedunkz

there is a noticeable warp on a bunch of catch animations.

UGH, that has upset me for the past 3 years. You throw a pass and it should be overthrown yet the WR magically speeds up and creates separation. It would have helped lessen Robo QB's completion % over the years. The warping on that is crazy and I don't see how more people aren't upset over it.

[adamgod8]

Quote: Originally Posted by rockytopper522

man i put taj boyd in as clemsons qb and that dood is a beast he can do it all!

too bad you're (ex)coach told him Tennessee didn't want him

[derek1741]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrSkagTrendy

I like the presentation, but about 8 mins in on that video is really REALLY troubling to me. Two lineman run right by the linebacker on the sweep. I'm only concerned with running game on NCAA and this tells me there's still some tweaking to do with the Real Assignment AI. Hopefully this is because it's an old build, but I doubt it.

[Illustrator76]

Quote: Originally Posted by kgx2thez

UGH, that has upset me for the past 3 years. You throw a pass and it should be overthrown yet the WR magically speeds up and creates separation. It would have helped lessen Robo QB's completion % over the years. The warping on that is crazy and I don't see how more people aren't upset over it.

I'm very upset about it. I just stated that a couple of pages ago, it happens on all levels for both WRs and CBs and it is a huge cause for concern in my opinion.

[bo4345]

Okay, quick question:

How do I make my player lean left or right? Is it from the right stick or the left stick?

[REDRZA]

Quote: Originally Posted by o Mass Murda o

can someone comment on how the dual stick controls felt...the leaning, twisting, and trucking or pulling up the knees and running??

You know, i just didn't see or feel any of that. This game still has the turbo button, whereas in Madden its off and everything is supposedly based off ratings ala NHL series.

When you go into game controls, whats weird is that certain buttons seemed to be "locked". Like under ball carrier controls, it gives you the button rundown, but underneath it says "locked features" with the right analog stick and its uses like UP for highlight/truck stick, DOWN for back juke etc.

Also, i couldn't seem to get the hit stick to work, and when i looked under controls for defensive pursuit, nowhere did it even mention the hit stick.

I dunno...