3 More NCAA Football 13 Blogs with Audio Samples and Motion Blur Video Included

[adub88]

Quote: Originally Posted by jagsrock95

why is it so hard for them to fix the running animations? There's not even a hint of variation between the running motion of one player to the other ..sigh same old same old.

I hope we see something different on the 17th. How many years do we have to ask for fluid running animations????

[t2jBird]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelerSpartan

could be some Studio Updates from Reece Davis..... Im hoping for Brent coming in to do the Primetime Games with Kirk

Hoping for something like a "Living" Dynasty. Where everything in your dynasty is happening real time. Games are being played on Saturday when you are playing, and "live" updates are being broadcast throughout the game. As well as in the recruiting side of things; it'd be nice to hear some recruiting news about your school or one you are playing if they just signed a 4*/5* recruit the day before, or have one visiting the game. A "Heisman Watch" update would be nice too, in game.

[DJ]

Christian, good job on the audio blog. Sounds like you've been working hard down there at the EA offices. I'm so glad you guys went out and recorded audio from ACTUAL CROWDS during the season. I've been asking EA to do this for years, so I'm glad to read that it has finally been done. I think it will really help make the crowd sound more lively and dynamic.

[chi_hawks]

Only thing I liked about this was the image of the Hawks hoisting Floyd the pig

In all seriousness, these updates sound cool, but they will mean jack unless the majority of development time was spent on fixing gameplay. I could care less about USC's chant....

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by afbrother

All good points. A simple economic question might be, if they fixed everything, then how would they get your money the next year? What could they hype? I mean the process of playing football never changes, run, pass, kick. They can add all the whistles you want--and people do want that. However when you are facing 3rd and 10, you are not looking at cheerleaders, dreadlocks, etc. You want your players to perform the way they should. Why do we need a brand new game every year? Couldn't they incorporate updates with the season pass and charge $20.00 instead of $10.00? This could apply to all the sports titles. Maybe there is not enough money in it to run a business model, but it seems to me it would be a win/win for everyone and broaden their base.

They release a game every year because they are contracted to release one every year. That is just the nature of sports games. My whole gripe has always been:

Fix the basics of the sport you suppose to be representing. Certain sports are known for certain things to happen on a regular basis and that needs to be better represented in the game. That should be priority number one.

Cheerleaders, crowd chants, lighting techniques, etc.......just extra.

Look at MLB The Show and NBA 2K basketball. The basics of those sports are represented. Core game play is solid. Every year they just add more or better animations or ball physics. But the core game play foundation is solid. What you expect to see in baseball or basketball game is represented.

I mean could you imagine if played a basketball game and nobody ever threw alley oops ? Never dunked ? No fastbreaks ?

Played a baseball game and there was never a home run ? No double plays ? No steal attempts ?

That is the problem with EA Sports football games. The core game play isn't correct. Option attacks, shotgun running, jet sweeps, WR screens, HB screens are flawed because the blocking logic is flawed. There is no gap assignment logic.

Special teams is completely flawed. Never a punt return for a TD or big gain. Never a kick off returned for a TD. Option teams aren't deadly like they are in real life. Air raid and run & shoot offense isn't deadly like it is in real life. There aren't punt blocks or FG blocks.

Dual threat QBs aren't dangerous......Hell the play makers aren't even dangerous. How is it you can have a play maker WR but yet the ball only gets thrown to him twice in a game ? But yet the scrub TE get passed to 15 times a game ?

There is no pass interference.......no late hit flags where the player clearly be out of bounds.


I really don't know why football fans put up with this stuff every year. Why they accept it and make excuses for it. You wouldn't see baseball, basketball or soccer fans put up with it.

For way too long now, the basics of what makes football, football has been ignored and neglected.

[mtoo22]

Well if they fixed everything broken, they could add new features instead of fixing the broken stuff every year. I wouldn't mind "fluff" if it was done after the game was playable.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

motion blur is where its at.

[misterkrabz]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

I agree with this statement. It really is amazing to me that after how bad these next gen football games have been, this is still the stuff they are focusing on. I understand this is just a "sight and sounds" blog but what they are focusing on is clouds moving through the sky, motion blur, parachutes and more animals as mascots. What they need to be focusing on is making the crowds look more realistic, the sideline come alive and not cardboard cutouts, player models, custom cameras, etc.. These are the things that are more important when it comes to "sights" in a football game. Also, I did enjoy the sound blog but what they showed were a few stadium chants. Why cant they show us what it sounds like when we break a big run, huge hit, score a TD, cause a turnover, late game drives, 3rd downs, throw a deep ball, etc, etc, etc. These are the things that create atmosphere. Crowd chants for a few big name schools should be just icing on the cake. I am happy they are finally working on the commentary but they are already warning us that this will be a multiple year implementation. It doesnt seem to take other games that long to get their commentary where it needs to be..... *** Also, those running animations and short gameplay videos they showed were just cringe worthy. We are now 7-8 years into next-gen and the foundations of the game are just completely archaic. This game is not even close to as smooth as the old PS2 games were. I just do not understand what happened to football gaming on this gen.***

"I just do not understand what happened to football gaming on this gen."

Bad leadership, poor decisions, lack of focus on what made their games great in the first place. I'm to the point where I would be extremely happy if they just ported a last gen version of their football game and made it playable on this gen hardware....update the rosters, maybe smooth out some aliasing and widen the screen a bit....I'd pay $100 for that. Hell I'd probably pay $200 knowing that I wouldn't' need another football for a couple of years. I expect the jump to the new consoles to be even more frustrating than the current cycle we're already in because they'll be starting the process all over again. Anyway you slice it, the future doesn't look good for video game football.