NCAA Football 13 Demo Is Out, Post Your Impressions Here

[weeeeeeez]

Something else I pointed out is the kick return camera view is making it a lot harder for me to return kicks which is a good thing. In 2012 I was very good at it but this different view for some reason is giving me problems.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by schumach

I didn't notice a lot of difference with this game. But a lot of small things that improved it some. I was definitely hoping for more. If 12 played like this with a patch it would have been.... hey nice work. The fact that it is a new game leaves me underwhelmed. I did like the read react. But sometimes it seemed they just programmed the defender to always look for the ball so that it would appear he was looking at it when he made the play rather than having to look for it before making it. Seemed much smoother, I like the punt return setup but is still seems that the blocks are not great. Don't think special teams got the adjustments I was hoping for. Read option seems 200% better than it has ever been. Never ran a triple option or pitch so not sure how that worked out but the sped up read option was nice and you will get burned by a good team if you don't contain. I also think the crowd reacted more appropriately but still seemed way to quiet for me. Especially in Death Valley? Like it but not in love with it. It's a must buy for me every year, but still feel like not enough improvement was made. Of course I don't remember a year where the demo played anything like what I got when retail came. Unfortunately retail usually has a patch right away that ruins some gameplay aspect. We will see in a few weeks!

A fair honest assessment IMO.

I feel the same way as you. If this was NCAA 12 i feel as if these things would be considered a patch.

This is what i felt like NCAA 12 should have been last year after EA read our complaints.

The fact that they are releasing it as NCAA 13 a new game doesn't really excite me because as you pointed out there was nothing really greatly improved.

Some people will take offense to these types of post...but i felt that after NCAA 11 EA had made huge strides in gameplay. With NCAA 12 and NCAA 13 based on the DEMO I think they have taken small strides basically if this was 12 the game would be a monster a huge leap up from NCAA 11.

But it just appears they are finally just now responding to our concerns after they released NCAA 12......this is more like the patch we should have recieved last year and this year for NCAA 13 we should be getting the engine that Madden 13 is getting.

I'm pretty sure most of us will still get the game but if guys are being honest with themselves they know darn well this is how the game should have played last year after the PATCH.

Yes it say's NCAA 13 but lets keep it real fellas.

[mshoop3]

I dont see it for download on ps3?

[The Kid 24]

Quote: Originally Posted by mshoop3

I dont see it for download on ps3?

It's not out until 7PM EST.

[thebrettness]

Played a little more, just not a fan as of now. Running is extremely easy. Triple option out've shotgun still confuses the defense. Ran an easy 40 yd TD with UO's QB because the safeties stayed in their backpedal well after I was past the LOS.

Every deep pass I throw has been short, even if I bullet and throw high to try to keep him in stride, and I can't user strafe anymore (if autostrafe is on the CPU does it, if its off it hasn't been letting me).
I ran a post against cover 2, WR ran past the FS, and the SS came up to stop the short pass. I let it go, led him so that he could still run under it. The FS that he blew past for easy 20 yards, just turned once the ball was in the air, tracked it and made a diving pick. Nice animation, but the phantom speed bursts seem to still be in the game.

I haven't noticed an super LB's, but I've ran quite a few comebacks that the CB's stuck on like glue and a few picked it off. One still broke on the ball before my WR did, even though he had started his turn and run animation. His break to it was the exact same break the WR's make when running the route.

Even with the QB evades, I have minimal time to pass. I played one game as Baylor and only passed and ran hurry up, And I was still sacked 8 times. A couple were my fault, but the majority was DT's pancaking/chucking my guards down and getting to me in under 2 seconds.

And my last gripes, same as most people. Game looks extremely bland. THe studio updates are annoying (I know its probably ramped up for the 3 min qs). I supersimmed defense in 1 game, Barkley threw the ball 43 times. In 3 min qs, that is atrocious.

I also find that motion blur makes the game look really bad and is greatly overdone. When it shows a player getting up and walking back to the huddle in a cutscene, there is no way he is moving fast enough that you need to have motion blur.

[Melo_man28]

i was cool with the demo until i saw the team ratings, by far the worst ratings i have ever seen.. decent teams are rated 95 and above and a team like texas is 99, where as bama or ou is 97...i dont know if they did this to spite some fans... but most likely they did it so a lot of fans would be surprised and happy that their ratings are far above then what expected... honestly it will f up dynasty to an extent as well

[HarkTheSound]

Considering I am getting this game for 25 bucks on Amazon, I will gladly buy it. NCAA 12 was already pretty solid, and with the improvements to dynasty and gameplay (as long as superhuman DBs and LBs stay gone) I'm going to have a lot of fun in my OD with friends this year.

[beauforsure]

After playing i will not ne nuying NCAA 13.

It does nothing more for me than NCAA 12 did. I re-buy 12 at low price and just play that till Madden comes out..

Gameplay - the same.

Rece Davis updates - annoying.

Motion Blur - Overdone.

Dynasty Mode- 2 improvements.

Heisman Challange - Stupid.


Demo - Thank you for saving me 45.00