NCAA Football 13 Demo Is Out, Post Your Impressions Here

[jeremym480]

Some quick impressions after two games:

The passing game is great. Much more fluid than last year. WR's actually catch the ball in stride. One of my biggest concerns was hearing that you have to manually catch the ball to get the full experience, but in one game I had one WR go up for the ball and another one who completely laid out for a pass. I also saw another WR lay out for a ball that was tipped. All of these weren't manually controlled.

The settings are obviously set to Varsity which unfortunately makes most of the CPU's play irrelevant. Oregon did actually have a nice option run or two, but I was mostly able to shut them down. I don't think that I will be able to tell how good or bad this is until I get my hands on the full version.

The crowd sounds much better than last year. I fumbled a punt return against LSU and the crowd went wild. Again, once I mess around with the audio settings then this should be even better.

I love the updates from Rece. Logic tells me that they will be spread out a little more in the full game. Not to mention that they will actually mean something once you start your actually OD. I think this is going to be great for immersion.

All and all, I have to say that I'm fairly pleased with the gameplay. Of course, I didn't hate NCAA 12's gameplay. Actually I thought it was very good aside from OL/DL interaction. With the gameplay improvements, as well as, the dynasty upgrades, I'm believe that I will be very happy with NCAA 13.

[J-Unit40]

SHUT. THE. FRONT. DOOR!!!

Simon (#24) from LSU just blocked my punt late in the 4th and LSU tackled me in the endzone for a safety.

Wow!!

Man, I wish there was a replay function. Couldn't get my phone camera on the game replay quick enough. I jumped out of my chair in shock. Haha!

[metronomymarkus]

Quote: Originally Posted by paulbrownsrevenge

Haven't seen any new ones yet. Kinda bummed. I still can't believe the 2bar QB RevSpeed and DNA facemasks aren't in. Now Matt Barkley, Landry Jones, Braxton Miller, Denard Robinson, Logan Thomas, Tahj Boyd, Gino Smith, Tyler Bray, Collin Klein, Matt McGloin, and over half the QB's and WR's in the game won't have the right facemask. It's cool EA, they've only been out for over 3 years!!!

WOW!!!! You must be my twin brother. I've been complaining about this since last year, particularly because most of the qbs wear it in college! i've also griped because madden put them in LAST YEAR! it just really sucks that the ncaa team continues to do this....

i hope the game play is good when i d/l (ps3 version), otherwise i'm cancelling my pre-order and sticking with what i know will be a solid game ....madden!

[FinnZzgo]

I played 6 games in a row.Its pretty much the same as last year. The passing is a little better,running animations are a little better,It looks like they toned down the "Hunch Back " running..The game just feels the same as NCAA 12 to me, I will not be buying it this year..

[Outkizast]

Just played my first full game. (Alabama - LSU)

I returned the opening kick 100yds for a TD and noticed the crowd immediately. It was a unique feeling I don't believe I have had in a sports video game before. The entire stadium was going bonkers as I passed the last couple defenders on my way in for the score. Awesome.

The passing game feels sooo much better than last year. Loving putting a little touch on the ball to get it over the LBs.

The catches look great, finally get to see good receivers using their hands to catch the ball out away from their body. The animations look very smooth as well. Whoever WR#10 is on LSU was making amazing catches.

I had 3 penalties called during my game, 2 holding and 1 illegal touching I think it was. My receiver ran a fade and ended up stepping out of bounds at the end of his route, as I scrambled he took off down field and I was able to hit him with a "jump ball" so to speak. He went up between two defenders and made an amazing catch. The refs called him for illegal touching though and it was waived off. That was cool to see.

The running game does not have much of a different feel from 2011 imo.

Graphics look GREAT. Having no issues with "washed out colors". Motion blur on replays actually helps a TON making it look more realistic.

Still not a fan of how the players move, everything seems a bit "twitchy" to me still. Of course, usually I play the game in "slow" speed, so this is all a little faster than I'm used to anyways...

Well that was just after 1 game, I will go play some more and see how it goes.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

SHUT. THE. FRONT. DOOR!!! Simon (#24) from LSU just blocked my punt late in the 4th and LSU tackled me in the endzone for a safety. Wow!! Man, I wish there was a replay function. Couldn't get my phone camera on the game replay quick enough. I jumped out of my chair in shock. Haha!

I hate you now because I haven't seen it yet.

[eagskerfan]

ncaa football 13 = ncaa football 11.75. Cutting to the studio for the updates is annoying, and they don't show any highlights for the games. Way way way over-rated.

[TDenverFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by eagskerfan

ncaa football 13 = ncaa football 11.75. Cutting to the studio for the updates is annoying, and they don't show any highlights for the games. Way way way over-rated.

You can skip them by hitting A... And this game is nothing like 11.75 or even 12.5, this is a solid game.