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

[tanner75]

I had a game go into triple overtime too. The CPU went first and got the TD but i sacked the QB when they went for the compulsory 2pt conversion. Then i scored a TD and dived over the defensive line to get my game winning 2pt conversion!!

Also i blocked an extra point, got a cool replay and commentary with it too!

Overall i am amazed by how good a game this is and this is just the demo. I love the new tackling system, seen some monster hits. Also like the fact that you can get some decent returns now, too easy on varsity but just right on all american.

Can't wait for my preorder to arrive!

[Shady862]

Anyone else notice the lack of crowd noise? I've played as both home teams and it just seems dead in the stadium. I try to pump up crowd and get no response. Maybe just an issue with the demo hopefully.

[Earl1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shady862

Anyone else notice the lack of crowd noise? I've played as both home teams and it just seems dead in the stadium. I try to pump up crowd and get no response. Maybe just an issue with the demo hopefully.

Hmmm, maybe this is one reason the game feels so boring to me. Could barely finish a drive because I felt so bored.

[Hector187]

Really enjoyed the demo. The tackling system is refreshing to see. Glad to see suction blocking pretty much gone. Overall the gameplay feels more smoother than last year's game. I am disappointed in the lack of crowd noise in the demo though. Even playing as Texas and trying to pump up the crowd it doesn't seem to help. Hoping this will be different in the retail version.

All in all I'm happy with the improvements EA made with NCAA this year. I was very satisfied with what they did with NCAA 11 & this year they improved enough for me to justify purchasing this game. Can't wait til the 12th.

[CMH]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shady862

Anyone else notice the lack of crowd noise? I've played as both home teams and it just seems dead in the stadium. I try to pump up crowd and get no response. Maybe just an issue with the demo hopefully.

Have you seen the new features showcased on the demo? The crowd sounds really loud in that.

Someone else mentioned that the crowd levels are compressed, which would make sense for a demo.

I've played the demo as well and even without surround sound, I know my television speakers do a better job of emitting crowd noise. It sounds muffled and I'm going to attribute that to compression for the time being. As more videos are released, I'm sure we can always have a listen to confirm.

I likely won't be purchasing the game because I simply do not have the time to play a sports game at the moment, but I found this demo really fun. I haven't gotten into whatever issues anyone is having with awareness, blocking, etc. so I can't comment on that. Those things won't concern me at this level of immersion.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by CMH

I likely won't be purchasing the game because I simply do not have the time to play a sports game at the moment, but I found this demo really fun. I haven't gotten into whatever issues anyone is having with awareness, blocking, etc. so I can't comment on that. Those things won't concern me at this level of immersion.

No time for sports games? Blasphemy!

[MSchneider84]

Way too many INT's and knockdowns by LB's with super human awareness.

[hurricanefootball4]

There are still too many interceptions to jumping linebackers. It also happens with DE's who drop into coverage. Their jumping ability is no longer superhuman when it happens but it happens WAY too often.

The degree of difficulty for a linebacker to go from strafing in coverage to getting his feet set and reaching his peak vertical (and reacting to catch a ball at the peak of his vertical) is very high.

It's something that is nearly impossible for a 290 pound defensive end to pull of but that happens regularly too.

I know that it does happen in real life but this is a "spectacular catch" for a linebacker and should happen once every 25 games, not once a game.