NCAA Football 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Deegeezy]

EA did a great job with the band music during the games. I am glad they got rid of all the generic fight songs and made it almost exclusively drum beats during the game. It really gets you feeling like you're at a college game.

[ryanm1058123]

Just downloaded the demo. Wow, it just feels right. hard to explain. Just feels much better than anything EA has put out in a long time.

[SeaNNyT]

Played the demo not expecting much considering just last year I thought it was horrible, but I was pleasantly surprised. Looks good, moves good, and plays pretty good.

Taking into account that madden 11 looks exactly like 10, which isn't good, I think this will be the football game to play this year.

[jrcrow6]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1GATORFAN4EVA

Anyone else feel running the ball is to easy? I can run good out of the shotgun even on Heisman mode where the CPU sometimes cheats..... I'm afraid online will be hard to stop people, I'm glad they made it where you can run out of the shotgun though. But if you run just right an follow your blockers it's hard not to get yards.

Yes GatorFan, I feel the same way. Running is too easy. I did the same and played on Heisman and it was just as easy as All-American. I'm glad they have improved the running game over the last few years, but it looks like I will be adjusting my sliders this year to make running harder rather than easier.

One problem I still have with the running game is Counter out of the gun. The O-Line does not even account for the backside DE against most fronts and he disrupts the play almost every time. This would not be a problem if they gave the QB a read option and he had the ability to pull the ball, but the other problem with that is that the counter play on the game is run on the same side as the RB (in other words, the QB has his back to the backside DE so he is not in a position to make a read on that DE).

[nighttrain32]

Based on this demo, the game still isn't worth the money spent on the game. Problems from last year, and the years before, still rear their ugly heads from time to time. My main gripe has to be with the lack of branching "tackle" animations and the lack defensive authority. Defenders do this gymnastic tumble when a ball carrier is in an animation with another defender which can and does lead to unnecessary big plays. Coming from playing APF and Backbreaker, its disheartening to see DeMarco Murray have 5 Longhorns, who are in position to at least impede his forward progress, fall at his feet instead of affecting the play in some way. This should have been addressed during the development cycle.

What it seems like is that EA favors offense over defense because their play is atrocious in terms of realism. Professor X still coaches the DBs in man and defenders run to receivers in zone instead of just playing the zone making the QB find the hole. Defensive ends do not set the edge and DTs don't collapse the middle of the line.

What the demo does right is presentation. Locomotion works as advertised in the open field and you can actually break way from defenders if moves are set up correctly to make the defender hesitate. Blocking makes cutback lanes which spring backs into the open field. Overall, this is a better game than NCAA 10 but not by any huge leaps.

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by nighttrain32

Based on this demo, the game still isn't worth the money spent on the game. Problems from last year, and the years before, still rear their ugly heads from time to time. My main gripe has to be with the lack of branching "tackle" animations and the lack defensive authority. Defenders do this gymnastic tumble when a ball carrier is in an animation with another defender which can and does lead to unnecessary big plays. Coming from playing APF and Backbreaker, its disheartening to see DeMarco Murray have 5 Longhorns, who are in position to at least impede his forward progress, fall at his feet instead of affecting the play in some way. This should have been addressed during the development cycle. What it seems like is that EA favors offense over defense because their play is atrocious in terms of realism. Professor X still coaches the DBs in man and defenders run to receivers in zone instead of just playing the zone making the QB find the hole. Defensive ends do not set the edge and DTs don't collapse the middle of the line. What the demo does right is presentation. Locomotion works as advertised in the open field and you can actually break way from defenders if moves are set up correctly to make the defender hesitate. Blocking makes cutback lanes which spring backs into the open field. Overall, this is a better game than NCAA 10 but not by any huge leaps.

I agree with this post but still its EA's best effort. They will never be on the level of APF or BackBreaker until they rebuild there engine...

[bonbonan]

Quote: Originally Posted by noplace

I agree with this post but still its EA's best effort. They will never be on the level of APF or BackBreaker until they rebuild there engine...

Agree,i hope that is not a final version of the game.

[TripleCrown9]

As said many times before, the demo was not the final build. It seems as though some of you have failed to read the huge list of fixes made from the demo to retail.