OS Roundtable: The Player Tendencies Snafu - Short Term Blunder or Long Term Mistake?

[Herky]

NCAA needs (and has needed) a new engine plain and simple. New code upon old code has to be the reason for the issues and why they either can't or won't fix them. This engine they are using is outdated and until they make the jump, I don't think NCAA will get much better.

I am willing to bet this will not happen until the new consoles are released, which probably makes NCAA 14 or 15 the year they actually put time into changing things.

All I do know is that NCAA 13 is going to be a wait and see for me.

[kelley325]

Quote: Originally Posted by MMChrisS

OS Staff Writers, by now you have all heard the news about the fourth NCAA title update not including a fix for player tendencies. To some this is an absolutely huge deal and to others it seems as if they are perfectly content with the game as-is. But let's go beyond that; let's discuss whether the string of bugs this year, plus the lack of any patchable resolution will be detrimental to NCAA 13, or will the blunders of NCAA Football 12 be forgotten by many next July? Read More - OS Roundtable: The Player Tendencies Snafu - Short Term Blunder or Long Term Mistake?

I bought the game because the staff at OS gave it great reviews .Is that a short term blunder or a long term mistake ?

[psychicDB]

Quote: Originally Posted by kelley325

I bought the game because the staff at OS gave it great reviews .Is that a short term blunder or a long term mistake ?

Yeah OS is no different from other sites in terms of not fully evaluating the game and assigning it a way higher rating than it deserves. I noticed several glitches within my first couple games. Honestly EA has the review machine in its back pocket.

[edaddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by kelley325

I bought the game because the staff at OS gave it great reviews .Is that a short term blunder or a long term mistake ?

Alrighty then..Lol

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by kelley325

I bought the game because the staff at OS gave it great reviews .Is that a short term blunder or a long term mistake ?

Its true, perhaps after reading the roundtable things are going to change, but in the past regardless of bugs, glitches, errors, etc, it appeared as if OS reviewers were going to slap an 8.5 on the game before they even touched it.

[chelios7]

Right now the only EA game I trust is FIFA. The NHL series is even starting to see some persistent issues not get fixed or crop up in consecutive releases.

[edaddy]

Quote: Originally Posted by psychicDB

Yeah OS is no different from other sites in terms of not fully evaluating the game and assigning it a way higher rating than it deserves. I noticed several glitches within my first couple games. Honestly EA has the review machine in its back pocket.

While I disagree somewhat that OS is no different from other sites..I am happy that EA has finally been taken to task by this site for prominent issues that remain in this game..Os reviews are a little more in depth than the average site but the site can sometime be misconstrued as pro-EA,especially from people on the outside looking in..I've grown to know who's opinion to trust and who's not too..

[Juggernaut55]

I love that everyone bashes on EA and says how great 2K's football games were....personally i HATED 2K5...and personally I really like Madden '12...yeah there are some things that piss me off such as the uber linebackers who can jump like Megatron, but who cares, try learning to throw a lob rather than bitching about it all the time.