NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Juggernaut XX]

The pass rush issue still has not been addressed! The defensive line needs more animations, and better AI. IMO, it is still very bad. Since I am a former defensive player, I feel cheated again this year. EA's version of a pocket is laughable at times.

Overall, there have been some improvements, and game tweaks (on offense). The defense feels the same as last year. I just was hoping for something more innovative and new on the defensive side of the ball. Very disappointing. Maybe sliders will help this year. Wayyyyyy too much time in the pocket EA!!

[woodsonj]

I just played FSU (me) vs Florida & Miami (me) vs OSU. I love the game. Kick returners seemed very fast. I also liked how my RB stumbled into endzone. Favorite was my WR catching jump ball in endzone. Glad I preordered this Monday.

[MaizeHaze]

Is it me or does it sound like they finally put good recordings of fight songs in and also added a few "stadium sounds" of their own.

[speedy43]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaizeHaze

Do the nike pro combats automatically save to my system when I share the demo and play the games? I just turned the demo on and it no longer has that notification in the corner of the game option.

Yes, its linked with your live/psn account

[sportyguyfl31]

I posted my initial impressions a way back, and they largely remain unchanged.

I hate to be a kill joy, but playing it a little more, my concern now is that once we get online and start playing ranked matches, and into our online dynasties, we are going to see more then a little bit of the 'same old EA'.

The game is a tremendous improvement vs the CPU. The CPU actually tries to compete, and people are going to lose games vs the CPU in online dynasty this year, and that is a good thing. Nothing was worse then padding your Win-Loss total against last years, garbage CPU...if you went .500 in your user vs user games, you were pretty much guaranteed at least a 8 win season, every year.

The problem for head to head play, is that many of the same old annoyances are still there.

1) I love that I can play as my DE /DTand not be vacuumed and sucked into blockers every snap..and I can effect the game. The RS moves feel waaay more responsive and fluid. Good improvement.

The problem? I'm the only one playing with any kind of aggresion. the rest of my DL teammates, are engaged in the same old patty-caking.

Yet another year of having to use 'jump the snap' on aggressive, in order to get the DL to play together, and with nastiness.

1a) It will also be yet another year of people being able to dance wide with the QB..due to lazy engagement by the DE's and no proper pass rush angles.

2) Im still seeing CB's giving an open, inside release in man coverage for slant, and drag routes.
--The programming and interaction hasnt changed here..its the same opld sloppy technique of just giving away the inside on these routes..regardless of the coverage scheme. This issue is masked somewhat by the QB's actually throwing errant, wayward passes on default settings, but the sloppy technique is still there.

3) completeing shallow passes underneath vs yellow zones is better then 09-10, but still s smidge too easy. At least, the defenders appear to be closing on them faster now..which is a good thing.

4) Pass pressure has no effect on passing accuracy. The QB can still deliver a perfect dart, with all kinds of pressure around him, and without having his feet set and shoulders square.

5) The CPU QB still freaks out on HB screens and gets killed.


I do give EA credit for making the CPu vs User experience a lot more fun, challenging, and engaging, howeverm there are still issues with a lot of the same problems which has made head to head play a pain in the neck at times.

It's a marked improvement to be sure, and I appreciate it, but I cannot put on blinders and pretend that old issues dont exist either.

I hope that's fair

[ActLikeYouCrow]

only complaint is i dont like the field goal angle. i would much rather they follow the ball in the air so that its easier to tell if a kick is going to be short or not. at the demo angle i cant tell how many yards to spare the kicker had

[texasgmr]

I really enjoyed what I see in the demo. Right off the ESPN integration is very clean! The gameplay I thought was really smooth. Locomotion is outstanding. The blocking is much improved.

The team on NCAA did a fantastic job this year.

[ODogg]

davey225 - it's all because ratings matter much more. If you are beat in real college football by someone as fast or faster than your CB then shouldn't they always beat you? Remember you're playing UT, if you're playing baylor or rice you'll catch the guy probably..