NCAA Football 12 Video - New Presentation Producer Interview

[georgiafan]

Quote: Originally Posted by jagsrock95

im pretty happy with the direction they are taking. It would be nice to have different camera angles and what not for pre game but it won't bother me to much if they don't as long as they have fixed in game and between play presentation.

diffrent camera angles are in for entrances

[kmp714]

BulletSponge,
When have you seen this "real time" intros in any sports game ever? Serious question because I would love to see how they did it. I did not see it in NBA 2k11 or NCAA Basketball 10 and those are the two of the best sports games for presentation.

Let's just give these people a break for once, this is the first year of this type of presentation. We are so spoiled!

[TheTodd84]

Man, some of you are spoiled. I may not like everything they have done with presentation, but I believe in what the producer, Cam Weber says about the three year project. Their main focus is gameplay, which we should be commending them for. Granted, the presentation aspects may not be as good as they could be, but it is a step in the right direction. It is more important in my opinion, for the game to PLAY realistically. What difference does it make if every time Michigan runs out, it's different, if the game doesn't play like college football? Maybe next year they will put a little more effort into presentation if they get good reviews on the gameplay this year. But still, gameplay should trump everything. At least for me, i'll take a little bit of a hit in presentation in exchange for great gameplay.

[Bullet Sponge]

Quote: Originally Posted by kmp714

BulletSponge, When have you seen this "real time" intros in any sports game ever? Serious question because I would love to see how they did it. I did not see it in NBA 2k11 or NCAA Basketball 10 and those are the two of the best sports games for presentation. Let's just give these people a break for once, this is the first year of this type of presentation. We are so spoiled!

I'm not complaining so much as pointing out a way to take it to the next level (and to be fair, for ANY sports game, not just NCAA Football). I'm pleased to see more emphasis on presentation and I hope the trend continues. If I could ask for ONE presentation improvement though it would be commentary (and that one you CAN easily find done much better in other games). Context stuff relating to the game, team history, importance of the game etc etc.

[TheTodd84]

Also, IMO, it is not a big deal how the individual coaches look and if they are generic. I'd rather have a generic, overweight gary patterson or Kevin Wilson as long as Indiana and TCU PLAY like Indiana and TCU as computer-controlled teams. And what would be even more awesome, is if Indiana was successful in the game, that "Coach Indiana" took a job at, say, Texas Tech or something down the road, and then they used that playbook. That would be SO much cooler than worrying about what the coaches look like, but that's just my .02.

[TheShizNo1]

Looked like in :41, 3 players w/ dreads and 2-3 different lengths

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by kirkangil

I was hoping he said something about new commentary.

You're right. All of this is nothing without some kind of dramatic commentary around it. There should never be a silent moment during a college football game. Between plays there should always be commentary with crowd noise, cheers, chants and bands behind it. During plays and replays there should always be commetary discribing whats going on or what just happened.

Without dramatic commentary all these other elements added will become dull.

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

Looked like in :41, 3 players w/ dreads and 2-3 different lengths

If you're talking about the USC locker room scene, then all players look to have the same length. Its hard to see the first guy with dreads, but the guy in the back has them ridiculously long, then the guy in the middle looks shorter, but he has his head down and near the end I think he brings it back up and you can tell they're also ridiculously long.