NCAA Football 12 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[blkrptnt819]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Myself, and probably the majority will disagree with you. Last year it didn't work that great. An improvement over past years? Easily, but so far from the demo all runs from the shotgun including reads, draws, etc. all feel great and play out like I feel they should.

If they sped up the qb reaction time it would be a great weapon. It was decent last year though if u knew what u were doing.

[Lavar]

Oregon's option plays are useless , can crush them no matter what play i call on D. Their normal running plays are fine but the options plays are just not a threat.

[WildMan XXX]

It looked great so great I deleted it! Can't wait for the real copy to come out so no sense in playing with a piece of it.

"Been Gone A While But I'm Back"

[blkrptnt819]

Why are all the balls still underthrown and why is the ball moving soooo slow?

[MNHuskerman]

First impression...frustrating game. You load it up and it both looks and feels pretty good. The commentary is in need of a serious facelift, but you forget about it quickly as the gameplay is smooth and for the most part realistic. Then you have your first 3rd and 5, have a wide open WR/TE 15 yards down the middle of the field, let the pass fly and "SUPER LB" skies 10 feet into the air and bats down the pass. I had this unrealistic B.S. happen 4 times in my first 2 minute quarter game. Talk about a deal breaker. This just kills your drives, is completely not needed in what could be a pretty good game.

The DB's also cover your receivers like glue and force you to attack with quick hitting routes and crossing patterns through traffic. You can still attack the flats and gain large chunks of yardage though.

The graphics, lighting and tackling are nice. The running game continues to be solid from last year. Unfortunately the negatives outweigh the positives for me since the same negatives continue to pop up on a yearly basis in this series. I will wait until I can play the Madden demo to decide where my football gaming dollars will go this year.

[mgoblue678]

After playing some more I have to agree with the posters who have cited the read option being highly ineffective, at least on All American and Heisman. Obviously don't expect good gains all the time, but it shouldn't get blown up at such a high rate when the correct read is made. I would say about 70-80% of the read options I have called, have been blown up in the backfield and resulted in a 4 or 5 yard loss. Most of those have been with the defense having few guys in the box, as I have audibled out of any read options where the defense has come out with a lot of guys in the box. There is obviously something wrong with the read option, when the correct read is made against a 4 or 5 man front, and the play is still getting blown up at such a high rate. Hope this is tweaked in the retail version.

[murdamann10]

Played my first game as Oregon on AA. First of wow, the game feels SO much better with the new tackling. It's hard as hell to pass the ball, and it is way to easy for my line to get pressure on the QB. I thought the CPU D-line pressure was great, I found myself having a good 3-4 seconds to make a decision. Only complaint so far has got to be the user Dline getting way too much pressure, and sometimes the CB's run the routes again before the WR. Super LB has been hit and miss for my games so far, but its way better than last years version.

So far, I rate the demo a solid 8/10.

[rangerrick012]

Tried the demo...to me it feels too much like "NCAA 11.5" too much to warrant a buy for me, at least at this point. Maybe down the line when the price drops and NCAA fever takes hold I'll buy, but definitely not a release day buy for me. Then again NCAA has never been, so that's not saying much coming from me.

But the same frustrations I have w/ this game are still there. Sure some things are better, but overall there's still the same issues year after year that aren't fixed in either Madden or NCAA. DOn't get me wrong I bought NCAA 11 used and liked it, but the big jump that I look for from year to year in sports games just isn't there in this game.