NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video - Oregon vs. USC - Part 2

[rspencer86]

Can anyone give me even one good reason why EA's marketing department put this video out?

It's had a negative impact on excitement for the game.

If you are going to put out video pre-release, it should look good and highlight several new additions to the game. This has the score update — which had already been detailed in previous videos — but that's about it. Commentary was poor, gameplay had some question marks (DB reaction on TD pass), and there is no atmosphere at all.

[Pezell04x]

SPOILER ALERT: This may be a positive reply to this video:

- Right off the bat, I love the ESPN ticker. It looks really good on the screen and is that little nuance that people are looking for. The "priority score alert" at 1:31 is also a nice touch. Also, the scoreboard looks a little different. Not a huge change, but big enough where I believe it doesn't look the same.

- The drum line after the first down is nice. I can't remember if that happened last year, but it really seemed to stand out this time.

- The Studio Update is definitely choppy and pieced together, but what did people expect coming from the NCAA team? The NCAA team can't get commentary correct, did you really believe that they would get this correct? Look at Madden last year, the same thing happened with Gus Johnson. It's not as bad, not even close to the abomination that Gus was, but it's noticeable. With that said, I like it. It breaks up the game a little and adds that Saturday feel to it.

- The crowd on the touchdown is definitely louder than NCAA 12. I think we also need to put into consideration that the crowd noise slider probably isn't at 100, where most of us will probably move it. Either way, the crowd noise sounded different on the TD. Is it good throughout the game? Probably not because through most of the drive, it was quiet. I wish they would show us USC's defense on a 3rd down play because that's probably when the crowd will be the loudest in a non-touchdown situation.

- Also the ESPN wipe before the TD replay seems new.

- Body paint on the crowd seems new.

- The safety looked lost on the TD. This could be a few things:
1. The "read and react" is just a smoke screen
2. Awareness actually means something and this safety's awareness is low. If you go to the Oregon Ducks roster, #27 (who is the safety in this video) is a sophomore. It's entirely possible that he's...just...not good. In 2011 he had 2 interceptions and 10 pass break-ups. Again, totally possible that his awareness is garbage.

Hopefully it's closer to 2 then 1.

I'm about to talk about commentary. It may be a little long.

Commentary seems to be everyone's biggest beef when it comes to an NCAA game. Unfortunately, everyone compares commentary to the two "Titans of Commentary", NBA 2K series and MLB: The Show series. What perplexes me a little is why people don't compare this EA sports game to every other EA sports game in terms of commentary.

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Ever play NHL 12? Here's a piece of the commentary for my team (the Bruins).

Blah blah blah "The Bruins haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1972" [despite winning the game in the 2010-2011 season].

When you pass the puck to someone, here's the commentary:

Chara...(pass to Bergeron)...to Bergeron. [Bergeron skates around, dead air, passes to Marchand] To Marchand. [Marchand skates around, turns the puck over] A turnover.

The commentary is horrible.

Lets look at Madden 12. Gus Johnson. Enough said. That commentary is so jumbled, I'm surprised people aren't suing EA for making their ears bleed.

[Tom Brady passes to Wes Welker for a TD]

"TOM BRADY passes to....Wes WELKER!"

[team lines up for kickoff]

"TOUCHDOWN!"

The only EA game that ever got it right was FIFA, which is their best selling sports game.

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The same happened in NHL 11 and Madden 11. Commentary has never been EA's strong suit and if you compare it with past EA Sports games, you should be able to temper your expectations.

Everything in Madden 13, commentary wise, looks awesome. Has there been any in-game commentary shown yet? What happens if it is implemented the same way. Sure, there's like a million hours of lines recorded from Simms and Nantz, but if you look at the past body of work, you'll see EA's track record with commentary is terrible.

I have an issue with people who say "Well, it looks like NCAA 12". Well, yeah, it's going to. EA isn't going to change the graphics from one year to the next, especially when the graphics in NCAA 12 were good!

Why would they completely scrap this engine (which won't happen, btw) to give a graphical update of a good looking game?

I honestly think the washed out colors has to do with the HDR lighting. Look at NCAA 11. Good colors that pop. Once HDR lighting was implemented, washed out colors.

Overall I think the game will be an upgrade. It may not be an upgrade the size that Madden is getting, but I think it will be more than NCAA 12.5. It's tough to judge things like pass trajectory from watching some scrub play on Varsity.

[michigan21]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJ

I'm bringing my PS2 Slim up from the basement and am going to start playing NCAA 06. Just use generic names and go with it. I was playing the FIFA DEMO on Vita last night and was blown away by how dynamic the crowd was. I'm not a soccer guy, but I can see why people gravitate towards that game. The commentary is miles ahead of what NCAA brings to the table ... and again, this is just based off of what I saw from the DEMO last night. Watched the video again and the game just doesn't have enough life to it. Way too similar to 12, IMO.

I was never a soccer guy either, but i'll sing the praises of fifa 12 because the gameplay, the crowd, the announcers are done insanely well. When you listen to the announcers in fifa 12, they comment on how the refs usually call a game. Some refs call the games tight, and some others call it loose. I would never expect that from ncaa.

[SnakeEyez]

the hype machine can't really hide that this is NCAA12.5

there's almost nothing from that vid that makes it look more fun than '12 was...

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by rspencer86

Can anyone give me even one good reason why EA's marketing department put this video out?

LMAO, This is exactly what I was thinking as I was watching the vid lol. The DB's reaction on that TD pass had me going wtf? lol If I'm getting frustrated just LOOKING at the gameplay, what do you think is gonna happen when I start actually playing? lol

Also, what was the deal on that one play where the CB followed the WR across the field like it was man, but everyone was paying zone? That looked like some kinda glitch. NCAA with glitches? I can't believe it. **sarcasm**

[Pared]

The people who do the presentation for this game are so disappointing. Every year, the game is lifeless as you watch it.

How about some camera cuts? Better use of the playcalling screen? Good grief... how can they continue to make the game lifeless and stale year after year.

The sad thing is they would be able to liven up the game with just a few presentation touches here and there.

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

The people who do the presentation for this game are so disappointing. Every year, the game is lifeless as you watch it. How about some camera cuts? Better use of the playcalling screen? Good grief... how can they continue to make the game lifeless and stale year after year. The sad thing is they would be able to liven up the game with just a few presentation touches here and there.

You're right. The game seems to have no emotion whatsoever. It's disappointing because, right now, after looking at that vid, I can't make myself buy this game and I love NCAA. Hopefully when we see some later builds or something, things will be a lot better and I can get back on the NCAA train, but right now,

[WatShot]

Canceling my preorder and switching my money over to Madden. This game is a complete joke and I'm not falling for the crap EA CFB team is serving. I really hope that the exclusive license would be dropped and we can have different suitors to offer us a game. The NFL game looks like it could be the best to ever hit this gen.