NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

[gator3guy]

What the hell was that Florida State corner doing on that deep ball????

[HARTSTOPPER]

I thought the players looked very small and bulky which made alot of the animations look very N64ish. I don't know why, but the way they were moving on the field just didn't seem very good at all, especially the juke by the Oklahoma player. He literally jumped to the right and it took the defender 3 yards to react and miss the tackle. I'm really not impressed with this video.

[AzureEffect]

What bothers me is they say "No Psychic DBs" but then Tyronn Matheiu mirrors the Ole Miss WR and then intercepts the ball. I will reserve judgement for April 17th when its nothing but gameplay shown. Passing trajectories, new animations, pass leading, icons are all great but those Tyronn Mathieu instances have gotta go altogether.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

Really ready for Tuesday so some detailed questions can be asked and hopefully answered about the info given in the video. That said, I was very pleased that EVERYTHING they addressed in the clip were things the "hardcore" gamers have been asking for. Not to put anyone on blast because nobody knows for sure how anything will pan out but I honestly don't understand some people's POV. I constantly read complaints about how EA football games are fundamentally broken and how they need to take the time to repair the code, not just "band aid" it. However, now they claim to be doing that, not just trying to throw a bunch of features and "shortcuts" in the game but actually take the time to address core next-gen issues and people seem to focus on other things.

That vid gave us zero info on how this stuff is going to work. 25 new passing trajectories could mean 25 completely new types of throws or it could be an exaggerated number in the same way we heard of 9 man gang tackling and the 90-100 new cameras.

There was no mention of true route based passing. The icons being dimmed could just be a bandaid telling players when to throw in order to prevent routes from turning into fly routes like they do now.

There was no mention on how psychic db's were able to be eliminated.

The bottom line is that all of these things could just be bandaids to the horribly broken passing system EAs football games have had. We have absolutely no idea how or if any of this will fundamentally change the game yet.

[PaleVermilion]

Quote: Originally Posted by gogators

I think the where they are still showing the psychic DBs in the video was to show us how it was and then they are showing that they fixed it. That's how I took it anyway. EA still has a long way to go to get me to buy.

I think they were showing an example of past psychic DB plays as they were talking about what happened in the past. And then they showed new footage as they talked about how its changed.

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by AzureEffect

What bothers me is they say "No Psychic DBs" but then Tyronn Matheiu mirrors the Ole Miss WR and then intercepts the ball. I will reserve judgement for April 17th when its nothing but gameplay shown. Passing trajectories, new animations, pass leading, icons are all great but those Tyronn Mathieu instances have gotta go altogether.

Haha, it will be chalked up to Awareness. Honeybadger rape you. Honeybadger rob you. You cannot pass on Honeybadger.

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by PaleVermilion

I think they were showing an example of past psychic DB plays as they were talking about what happened in the past. And then they showed new footage as they talked about how its changed.

I think that was the intent, but the line looks rather blurred. We can wait until Tuesday to see though.

[inchez34]

If the icons not coming up represent receiver's not having their head around then I don't see a problem. It makes the game more realistic, but it would be cool if they implemented some sort of chemistry system for receivers and quarterbacks who have been playing together longer and having their icons pop up faster.