NCAA Football 12 Video - Utah vs. Colorado

[Wildcats302]

Quote: Originally Posted by inojoking

They really need to fix the crowd noise. They sound like they are at a boring *** baseball game instead of a big time pac 12 game.

But that's the thing, it's not a big time game. It's Utah vs. Colorado...not USC vs. Oregon or Oregon vs. Stanford, etc.

[LiquorLogic]

Quote: Originally Posted by AirLobo23

I'm trying really hard to find a difference in gameplay from '11 to '12 and i'm just not seeing it. This looks like NCAA '11 to me. I wish that wasn't the case and maybe the videos aren't doing the game justice. I'm still buying, but still, dissappointing

NCAA 11 + consecutive hit tackling + souped up zone coverage = NCAA 12

[jwilphl]

I was watching a video of NCAA '11 side-by-side to compare it with this one. The notable difference is the graphics--NCAA '11 had good graphics but I think the lighting system in '12 makes it stronger. The 3D grass difference is also noticeable to some extent. The gameplay looks very similar, yes, maybe a tad slower in '12. I imagine the bigger difference will be in how it "feels" which you can't get from videos.

The presentation is almost identical which is the unfortunate part. Obviously some extra pre-game stuff has been added to '12, but you won't see this during the large majority of the time you're playing the game. The entire sound department seems unchanged, although I thought they had discussed improvements in crowd noise. I have yet to see tangible evidence of that. It would be best to compare to '11 to see the true results.

The commentary is still fantastically poor--clearly just a few adds and cuts since '11. If NCAA is implementing the new tech like Madden, hopefully this will change next year. But they haven't mentioned anything so I imagine this will not see an upgrade until '14. It seems like for a lot of certain upgrades NCAA is always one-step behind Madden. This started to change more recently and that NCAA was becoming its own game outside of Madden's shadow, but with what Madden has done this year, I fear there is a bit of relapse in that regard.

I'm confident these guys will get the formula right--they are certainly taking positive steps toward it. Perhaps some new insight is in order to help finish the deal.

[AgentQ16]

Why in the #$% can't they get rid of the entire front 7 creeping up to the line like Gollum from the Lord of the Rings or Marty Feldman from Young Frankenstein...."Walk this way....." Have some variety for cryin out loud in player movement! EA needs to improve their movement animations. We've had the same running and "creeping" animations for 4 years.

[Cobra of 1999]

wow.. the dude playing as colorado reallyneeds to stop calling four verticals on every play.. gets a little predictable

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wildcats302

Then you do not pay attention to all that they have added to the game this year. Have fun with the outdated game

it's not a outdated game.....i mean come on it was just created last year....it's not like he's deciding to play a game from 4-5 years ago

hell people still play NFL 2K5, APF 2K8 and CH 2K8 do you call those games outdated?

if the guy doesn't feel the jump from NCAA 11 to NCAA 12 is worth his $60 that is his decision no need to act like he's making a mistake or something based on your opinion of the games

There are lots of people who think NCAA 12 was just a small upgrade overall....i think it's just a small upgrade but I'm big football fan so i'll get it anyway but i'll also keep playing NCAA 11

I think they clearly put a lot more time in Madden 12 but hey that's just the way it is this year nothing we can do about it

[UniversityofArizona]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wildcats302

But that's the thing, it's not a big time game. It's Utah vs. Colorado...not USC vs. Oregon or Oregon vs. Stanford, etc.

Stanford isn't exactly known for their crowds. I have no idea what the crowds are like at Utah and Colorado, but I would imagine a little more interest being that they are joining a new conference and what not.

[rhombic21]

Quote: Originally Posted by LiquorLogic

NCAA 11 + consecutive hit tackling + souped up zone coverage = NCAA 12

That's somewhat accurate, but "souped up zone coverage" is a pretty big deal. I mean, if zones go from being useless to being fairly good (though still not completely realistic), then that qualifies as a pretty big improvement, IMO. The inability to play good pass defense, particularly against spread sets (which largely requires good zone defense) was arguably the biggest problem on NCAA '11, so if they have addressed that then it's a notable improvement, IMO.

Also, custom playbooks are a big improvement that should indirectly affect gameplay.

Still, I agree with those that are noting serious concerns about the pass rush from the front 4. Hopefully blitzes and zone blitzes work, and work better now that the coverage on the back end has been improved, but the front 4 should be more active in getting to the QB.

Right now it's just hard to make a determination on that without knowing the ratings of the players/teams involved. If the game plays mostly like we've seen in these last 2 videos, then I agree that pass offense will still be way overpowered. But if it's closer to what we saw in some of the videos from E3 (OSU-Nebraska), then it might be a pretty balanced game, with some offensive shootouts, but also the potential to have low-scoring games and more of a chess-match on defense.