NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Palo20]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportyguyfl31

Used The Gators earlier...Chris Rainey playing WR??

The Gators had him playing the "Percy" position during the spring. He'll be working the slot and also playing some RB. Same with WR #4 Debose.

[Critical Kills]

They actually have someone from one of the community sites working on ratings each year. They don't recycle them.

[Mos1ted]

I just played two rounds of the demo (Miami @ Ohio State and Florida and Florida State), and overall I'm not thoroughly impressed.

Is the demo better than last year's offering? Yes.

Is it a complete revitalization of the NCAA series? No.

For me personally, this game felt too familiar to me; like the same been there, done that feeling that has been in the previous editions for me.

When I play this game, I don't feel like I'm actually on the field playing football. This game feels just like another "video game" football game. By "video game" football, I mean that I can play this game using video game logic rather than real life logic. It's the reason why I don't play games such as Halo or Call of Duty. I prefer my games to force me to rely on real world logic to complete objectives. If I can button mash or put little thought into planning to execute what I want to do, then the game loses its appeal to me in the long term.

Once again, improved but I will probably pass again this year.

[capn_razzamataz]

Quote: Originally Posted by zeroice

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[Illustrator76]

I really hope that the Spread "No-Huddle" offenses don't snap the ball as fast as they do in the demo. I understand the point of the no-huddle is to speed up the game and keep the defense off-balance, but this snapping the ball as soon as the QB gets under center is wack and unrealistic. All of the offenses in general seem to be snapping the ball way too fast once they break the huddle.

I wish EA would just rip off the kicking meter/format from APF 2K8, that system was so brilliant and pure gold. You were forced to push the analog stick from down to up really fast to get more power on your kicks, but it was so easy to go too far to the left or right while pushing the stick up, resulting in an attempt that missed wide left/right. The current NCAA Football 11 kicking meter is so easy I can do it with my eyes closed, and it takes a lot of the drama away from game winning kicks.

I am really liking the improved blocking this year though, running the ball is as fun for me now as it's ever been playing NCAA Football.

[tswiatkowski]

has anyone noticed the inordinate amount of dropped passes in the game?

[Manbearpig]

I really recommend playing on Varsity, as the constant CPU cheating, warp catching, lack of WR seperation, D-Line pass rush, and Human AI oddities that lead to big plays for the CPU are aided GREATLY

[Sportsforever]

Quote: Originally Posted by Manbearpig

I really recommend playing on Varsity, as the constant CPU cheating, warp catching, lack of WR seperation, D-Line pass rush, and Human AI oddities that lead to big plays for the CPU are aided GREATLY

I have played NCAA on varsity every year...I feel the ratings matter more at that level, but that's just imo.